Broadcast Pix unveiled a 50Hz version of Granite, its new native HD live video production system, ready for 1080p. The Granite combines a new HD Switcher with a new server operating the company's workflow software, Fluent, which allows users to create live HD video, at a price unmatched in the specialty.
Available in three models – the 1 M/E Granite 100 and 1000, and the 2 M/e Granite 5000 – the new product line offers a simple upgrade option between them. Customers can upgrade to granite from the current Pix Slate HD/SD Broadcast hybrid analog systems, which use the same control panels and Fluent software.
Installed in a 3 RU frame, the Granite switcher includes 11 HD/SD-SDI video inputs (expandable to 22), plus the equivalent of 14 more inputs from the server via its PCi express connection, including one clip channel, two animation channels and four channels
Graphics. Each SDI input automatically detects and sets its format to 1080i, 720p or SD (plus 1080p in the future).
Inputs can handle 16:9 and 4:3 content without stretching images, as well as synchronous and asynchronous fonts. The switcher also offers eight outputs, six HD/SD-SDI (expandable to 12) and two DVI. It has up to six keyers with DVE image within image, and excels in the production of live events, given that it has very low constant average system delay, of only 33 ms, including format and aspect conversion, PiP and graphics.
