Posted by Jim on 01/19/08 18:45

"Population Stabilizer" <rockaway@prodigy.net> wrote in message
news:Ffokj.8221$pA7.151@newssvr25.news.prodigy.net...
> Maybe it doesn't exist...yet, but is there any laptop computer that I have
> live video coming in, use multiple cameras, put titles on an overlay and
> insert prerecorded videos, record the finished product and then send it
> out via composite video cables?
>
> The reason I want to do this is that currently I am doing a live public
> access TV broadcast and want to spice it up with extras like videos and
> titles. I can now do this with a lot of old, bulky analog prosumer
> equipment, but am sure there should be something in a laptop that can do
> it easier. Any suggestions?


Yes. It exists. Although it is not quite a laptop, it is a shoebox size
device.
Input cameras, switch, overlay grfx, use the live screen capture of another
computer as an input, roll b roll off of drive, send to external HD,
projectors, vid out and stream all at the same time.

It's called the Tricaster by Newtek.
http://www.newtek.com/tricaster/
there are 3 versions
http://www.newtek.com/tricaster/compare.php

Depending on where you are , Newtek may be coming in town to show it off.
http://www.newtek.com/redcarpettour/


There is also the Sony Anycast. Which is closer to laptop size, is missing
some features of the tricaster, but has some the TC doesn't. It is however
also quite a bit more expensive but does HD with the correct modules.
Tricaster. at this time, is SD only

http://bssc.sel.sony.com/BroadcastandBusiness/minisites/anycast/anycastnew.shtml

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