Posted by Larry in AZ on 11/26/06 17:26

Waiving the right to remain silent, "blackburst@aol.com" <blackburst@aol.com>
said:

> I run a medium size access center. We have about 9 years to go on the
> contract and a one-time upgrade of about $400k.
>
> I have to rebuild for 9 years with the future in mind. Obviously I will
> go digital, and I'd like to go HD, or at least with upgradable
> equipment.
>
> Editing is easy, FCP. The studio is the tricky part. What format (tape?
> hard drive?) I am interested in the Broadcast Pix switcher, but which
> cameras? They need to be configurable for studio use (tally, etc.), so
> I guess I need SD/SDI cameras that can be used in the studio, but are
> HD capable. Any such beast? And I'd like to have a tape-to-tape edit
> capability, but which format? (Must be capable of insert of video,
> audio 1 or audio 2)

Do everything in HD-SDI, and scale down to SD when needed.

You have enough budget to work with a professional design/consultant for
selecting the appropriate bits.

--
Larry Jandro
Video Engineering & Equipment Rentals
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
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