Posted by Richard Crowley on 01/21/08 18:35

"Population Stabilizer" wrote ...
> 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?

If you don't like the Newtek Tricaster suggestion, there is
always the Sony Anycaster for $20K! It has the form-factor
of a (rather beefy) notebook computer.
http://bssc.sel.sony.com/BroadcastandBusiness/DisplayModel?id=76323
Looks like they've dropped the MSRP to only $18,500 :-)
Such a deal!

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