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Portable Insert / Down The Line Studio for Businesses

(February 2016)

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RK
Rkolsen
I'm having trouble remembering/finding a manufacture that made a small box that included everything that's needed so that a business could go on TV from their offices using an Internet or cellular connection. The system is similar the ReadyCam that's used by businesses and media outlets in the US but it's truly portable. On the website (which I'm having trouble finding) they showed that their product is truly portable in a small box like case where it could be moved and setup easily. The website even showed an image of it being used on the street by using SIM cards.

It's not really important but I would like to visit their website and find information about it then.

Thanks.
DO
dosxuk
Teradek?
BA
Bail Moderator
Indeed, that sounds like the Bond, although the LiveU (and many others) now use cellular bonding and IP to go live without the need for a sat truck.

http://www.teradek.com/pages/bond
http://www.liveu.tv/products
RK
Rkolsen
Sorry, I wasn't specific enough. The device was essentially an all in one - about the size of a file box. The device had a PTZ HD camera in it, a confidence/return monitor, a panel for the connections and I believe a light built in. It was primarily designed for businesses and other places such as universities to give live interviews to the networks (think of the business cross talks). The device was portable enough so that it could be moved around the office where only an Ethernet connection (I think it was 5Mbps up/down) was required. The information also mentioned that it could be done outdoors using an optional adaptor to bond different cell signals.

57 days later

RK
Rkolsen
I found what I was looking for. I was looking at YouTube on my iPad and a video for an earlier version of the product showed up as a recommended video to view. The product is called GlobeLynx.

http://www.globelynx.com/cameras
NG
noggin Founding member
Bits of the website look a bit broken. ** EDIT - removed incorrect reference to mobile number being used **

Lots of 'broadcast quality' being touted - but I'm not sure how what they are selling is going to actually, in any meaningful sense of the world, be broadcast quality. The office cam looks like it has something similar to a basic ComCam or Q-Ball in it - so it may be tolerable, and an improvement on a laptop webcam.

The fact that they talk about "A 30x zoom" on a device at this quality level makes me worried rather than seeing it as a selling point... Most broadcast quality 2/3" studio cameras in small studios will only have something like 22:1 or lower zoom ratios... (Most handhelds will be running with 14:1s...)
Last edited by noggin on 5 April 2016 12:49am - 2 times in total
CI
cityprod
Bits of the website look a bit broken and the contact details are a UK mobile phone number...


Since when is an 0207 number a mobile?
RK
Rkolsen
Bits of the website look a bit broken and the contact details are a UK mobile phone number... Lots of 'broadcast quality' being touted - but I'm not sure how what they are selling is going to actually, in any meaningful sense of the world, be broadcast quality. The office cam looks like it has something similar to a basic ComCam or Q-Ball in it - so it may be tolerable, and an improvement on a laptop webcam.

The fact that they talk about "A 30x zoom" on a device at this quality level makes me worried rather than seeing it as a selling point... Most broadcast quality 2/3" studio cameras in small studios will only have something like 22:1 or lower zoom ratios... (Most handhelds will be running with 14:1s...)

I didn't recognize the camera manufacturer. But the companies Twitter account is full of screen captures.





Maybe the permanent ones have better cameras.
NG
noggin Founding member
Bits of the website look a bit broken and the contact details are a UK mobile phone number...


Since when is an 0207 number a mobile?


Apologies. Total mistake on my part.
NG
noggin Founding member
Bits of the website look a bit broken and the contact details are a UK mobile phone number... Lots of 'broadcast quality' being touted - but I'm not sure how what they are selling is going to actually, in any meaningful sense of the world, be broadcast quality. The office cam looks like it has something similar to a basic ComCam or Q-Ball in it - so it may be tolerable, and an improvement on a laptop webcam.

The fact that they talk about "A 30x zoom" on a device at this quality level makes me worried rather than seeing it as a selling point... Most broadcast quality 2/3" studio cameras in small studios will only have something like 22:1 or lower zoom ratios... (Most handhelds will be running with 14:1s...)

I didn't recognize the camera manufacturer. But the companies Twitter account is full of screen captures.





Maybe the permanent ones have better cameras.


Yes. For a cheap-and-cheerful two-way these solutions are replacing the old, much more expensive, option of a video connection to the BT Tower and a 'real' camera. The results from these devices are certainly better than the (not at all broadcast quality) cameras the BBC installed in Newsrooms in the late 90s for News 24 use, though there is zero need for a 30x zoom...

The screen shots demonstrate that positioning (avoid windows in the background), framing (rule of thirds still holds) and decent lighting are key (and are arguably more important than the tech specs of the camera and IP connectivity)...
NG
noggin Founding member
Saw a down-the-line interview from a London financial office on BBC News today. Suspect it was sourced via a system not unlike those being discussed. It was 25p rather than 50i.

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