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Broadcast & Digital MediaPowerful, portable mobile workstations for digital video productionYou've got a robust stationary rack server or desk-side workstation in your studio environment, but taking this power out of the studio is just not practical. And most off-the-shelf notebooks don't have the high-end graphics capabilities, storage, or I/O support for professional video, nor are they rugged enough for the rigors of remote production. NextComputing brings portable power and flexibility to the broadcast and digital media industry. Our robust, portable workstations offer the same performance, high-end 3-D graphics capability – and support for video I/O – as a rackmount server or tower workstation. The difference is you can take it with you, achieving the performance you need whether you're producing live broadcast graphics, encoding HD video, or wrangling digital camera data on set. Plus, our portable computing solutions are modular so systems can easily be upgraded when you need more performance, more storage, or both. Use NextComputing Solutions for:Broadcast Graphics (Character Generator)Broadcasters that produce informational graphics over live video often rely on closed-box solutions from a number of well-known OEMs. Others build their own graphics engines using off-the-shelf hardware and software. In either case, these systems usually reside in a bulky rackmount or tower system that is rarely transported. However, when multiple remote events take place over a large geographic area or length of time, as with traveling sports, shipping around these huge systems becomes impractical, unreliable, and expensive. NextComputing offers the same robust, broadcast-quality performance of these systems in a portable form factor that is ideal for the demands of continuous live production. Live HD Encoding & StreamingWith more HD content being viewed online, content creators and distributors are looking for new ways to engage the audience with unique web content without a huge technology investment. But the hardware required to encode live, HD video in real-time requires a specially configured server with multiple processors, coupled with I/O for specialized video capture cards. NextComputing can provide the same capability in a small, lightweight system that is perfect for fast-paced live event production. Digital Camera File Management (Data Wrangling)Whether it's for broadcast television or feature film production, the linear world of tape and film is quickly being replaced by non-linear, file-based acquisition formats. Popularized by Panasonic's P2 format, Sony's SxS, and RED Digital Cinema, productions are challenged with how to reliably handle the huge influx of data coming off these cameras, while ensuring that the footage is easy for post-production to manage. The new role of DIT or "Data Wrangler" has becoming critically important to making sure a production runs smoothly, and that no data is lost. Meanwhile, cinematographers now look to leverage the immediacy of digital video by being able to color-correct, review shots, and create dailies – all before ever leaving the set. NextComputing provides solutions for managing your precious camera files on set, while delivering the kind of performance you would expect from a high-end post-production workstation. |
