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Panasonic’s next-generation solid
state camera
Ushering in a new age in electronic newsgathering, Panasonic
unveiled its strategy for next-generation DVCPRO newsgathering
systems based on solid-state memory at NAB 2003.
Panasonic’s ground-breaking architecture features a solid-state
memory electronic newsgathering system, fully compatible with
existing DVCPRO and DVCPRO50-based non-linear editing and
server systems, and supports multiple video resolutions for DTV,
including HDTV applications.
Panasonic’s solid-state memory card-based DVCPRO news
system features mechanical transport-free camcorders and
players, eliminating the potential problems of mechanical
breakdown or wear from repetitive use. The new camcorders
exhibit high immunity to environmental stresses, such as extreme
cold or humidity, vibration, repetitive shock, rain, dust or snow.
Elimination of all mechanical transport elements also means
the camcorders are silent in operation.
The camcorders record on PCMCIA-size cards based on
Panasonic’s industry-leading SD Memory card. Four 1GByte
SD Memory cards running in parallel in a data array provide a
maximum transfer rate of 640Mbps, equivalent to a 20 times
real-time transfer rate of DVCPRO quality images, with a record
capacity of 18 minutes. The memory cards can be overwritten a
minimum of 100,000 times without performance degradation.
Higher-capacity memory cards will be available as core SD
Memory card sizes increase from 1GByte to 4GBytes to
16GBytes and beyond.
Autocue adds QScript to newsroom
products
AIB Member
Autocue
has launched its new product QScript,
the result of a specification from
CNN
in Atlanta. It will work not
just on Autocue’s own QNews system but as a front end to other
newsroom computer systems.
It has a number of ground-breaking features:
• It is based on a touch-screen PC or a tablet PC and can
have a wireless connection and so can be carried anywhere
within a news department
• It mirrors the newsroom system rundown and continuously
updates any changes including adds, deletes, updates,
reorders and floats.
• The touch screen shows two separate script pages, and
allows rapid navigation around the pages and the rest of the
rundown. A set of user-defined soft function keys (or icons)
gives access to a range of functions.
• A stylus can be used to highlight script text, and if a tablet
PC is used to change text and to insert hand written
instructions and annotations using either text recognition or
pre assigned stamps. Notations saved on a script are visible
to any other user of the QScript system, and on the prompter.
If a QNews system is used in the station then the script text
changes can be fed back to the system to be viewed by all
users.
Although initially focused on control room operations, QScript is
an option of the standard QSeries client. It is designed to interface
to all other newsroom systems, but within a QSeries environment
all normal integrated functions are available. It is also available
within a prompt-only package.
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