Unprecendented Upgradeability
With Slate, you can grow as your needs grow. A low cost Slate 100 SDcan upgrade all the way to a 2 M/E Slate 5032 HD. Slate non-G systemscan upgrade to the Slate G Series, and then on to 3G 1080p/60.Conventional HD switchers are not upgradeable to 3G, so someday theywill need to be replaced to support the emerging 3G standard. BroadcastPix gracefully takes you to the future.
 Broadcast Pix system have always created compelling live video very cost effectively.Now the 3G Switcher Frame will make 1080p production affordable. It enablesBroadcast Pix customers to gracefully and economically upgrade when they areready to enjoy 1080p and superior multi-definition production using all of today’s HDand SD standards. Investing in a Broadcast Pix system means investing in the future.
The Broadcast Pix 3G Switcher Frame features simultaneous input of 1080i, 1080p,720p, SD, SDI, and DVI, and simultaneous output of all. It is ideal for television,Internet, Blu-ray and even the most demanding live events thanks to anunprecedented delay of just 33 ms even with format conversion, aspectconversion and DVE picture-in-picture boxes all applied (patent pending).
Conventional HD switchers provide “dual-link” 3G by splitting each input into two1.5Gbps streams, consuming 2 inputs for each source, and 2 M/Es for each M/E.This is very cumbersome and expensive. Broadcast Pix provides support for 3Gbpson a single SDI cable, and processing of complete 1080p/60 streams inside eachM/E. Slate’s 3G upgrade creates an entire 1080p live video production systemwith clip and graphic stores, CG, multi-view, and Fluent workflow software.
The 3G Frame is a separate box, which simplifies wiring, increases I/O, and furtherenhances robustness. It intimately communicates with the workstation over ahigh bandwidth PCI Express bus cable, which carries 16 inputs of HD/SD clipsand graphics from the workstation. Exceptional redundancy for non-stop on-airoperation is provided with a patented redundant interface enabling the panelto still operate the switcher even if the workstation is unplugged.
Upgrading to 3G is easy. Just remove the current Slate video processing boards froma G Series workstation, plug in the included PCI Express board, and connect it to the3G Frame with the included PCI Express cable. There is minimal disruption to yourworkflow, since your HD clips and graphics in your workstation are ready to go.
Benefits of 3G 1080pSuperior Picture Quality
3G is named for its data rate, 3Gbps 1080p/60, which is twice the1.5Gbps data rate of conventional HD.
Superior Multi-Definition Switcher
3Gbps creates a superior “multi-definition” switcher. Thefundamental problem with conventional multi-def HD switchers isthat they lose image quality, such as when using a mixture of 720p,1080i, and SD cameras and other sources, or providing outputsin different formats. Upscaling 720p cameras to 1080i means thefinal output will not have all of its spatial resolution. In the otherdirection, de-interlacing 1080i sources to output 720p createsartifacts. A 3G 1080p switcher solves both of these problems,providing a superior multi-def switcher, with lossless use in bothmixing and simultaneous output of 1080p, 1080i, 720p and SD.
Superior Mixing, with Progressive
1080p progressive processing is inherently less prone to motionartifacts than conventional interlaced HD switchers, and soprogressive processing improves picture quality whenever theswitcher processes motion, which includes transitions, picturein-picture boxes and 4:3 / 16:9 aspect correction. Broadcast Pixis a leader in progressive processing, as all Slate switchers featureprogressive processing.
An Emerging 1080p World
The most important reason to have a 1080p live video production system isthat everything is going to 1080p. New TV sets are now predominantly 1080p.New routers and terminal gear are 1080p. New computers, monitors andprojectors are mostly 1080p. Cameras are now emerging in 1080p. With itssuperior picture quality, superior effects, and the creation of a single standardthat superbly handles both of the conventional HD signals (1080i and 720p) isit any wonder why 1080p is becoming so dominant?
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“The Slate 1000 isn’t just enabling us to do high school sports in high-def, it’s making it profitable because it’s extremely cost, space, and energy efficient.”