At NAB, Grass Valley will celebrate its 50th anniversary by introducing several new products and enhancements including the Trinix NXT router, a complete ATSC-M/H solution and new versions of Ignite software, Aurora and EDIUS.
The Grass Valley Trinix NXT router has a 512x1024 asymmetrical frame and Grass Valley’s new CleanFlow architecture. Trinix NXT boards are compatible with existing Trinix frames, making for a seamless 3 Gbps upgrade path for existing Trinix users. The company will show a new GeckoFlex 1080p 3G-SDI D/A conversion card for the GeckoFlex platform.
Also, new at NAB is the ViBE EM3100 HD MPEG-4 4:2:2 contribution encoder and the combined MPEG-2/MPEG-4 encoding for the existing ViBE EM1000 and EM2000 encoders.
Thomson will also show a complete ATSC-M/H solution, including a new ATSC-M/H exciter for its existing line of Elite solid-state transmitters, and a full range of ATSC-M/H ready head-end equipment (encoder, multiplexer, electronic service guide generator).
A new version of Grass Valley Ignite software (v5.3) will be demonstrated with new features and functionality for single-operator, multicamera productions. NAB will also see new versions of Grass Valley’s Aurora (6.5) and EDIUS (5.1) HD editing software packages. There’s new integration with the Grass Valley K2 media servers and improved workflow for Final Cut Pro users.
Also on display, the new series of Grass Valley I/O capture cards, which includes the cost-effective HDSTORM, HDTHUNDER, HDSPARK, FireCoder Blu and FireCoder Intra products.
With the emergence of a proposed Mobile/Handheld (M/H) standard for U.S. stations to send broadcast television signals to portable devices, Thomson will show a complete ATSC-M/H solution, including a new ATSC-M/H exciter for its existing line of Elite solid-state transmitters, and a full range of ATSC-M/H ready head-end equipment (encoder, multiplexer, electronic service guide generator).
Also on display, the Grass Valley LDK8300 3x HD super-slo-mo camera, LDK8000 SportElite multiformat 2x HD slo-mo camera, LDK4000 Elite single-format HD cameras, and the Infinity Digital Media Camcorder (with new integration of the Telecast Fiber Systems Copperhead transmission system and utilizing the full range of 2/3-inch cinema lenses). More than 20 Grass Valley HD cameras will also be on display throughout the show floor at partner booths.
