We unboxed the ATEM Television Studio Pro HD, by Blackmagic Design.
First impressions:
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Fully contained - frame and control - in one unit
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Very solid alumninum - has some heft, but not terribly heavy
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Very durable
- Prefer prioritizing SDI rather than HDMI as first four inputs, but this may work well for prosumer camera setups
- Prefer a real T-bar, but this design is safer for travel
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Works great within Blackmagic's ATEM live ecosystem of color control, talkback, tally, and program return for Blackmagic cameras
Features:
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Focus, Zoom, Iris control via Panasonic and Sony VISCA PTZ protocols
- Audio faders
- One Upstream Key
- Two Downstream Keys
- 4 DVEs
- Standard Preview and Program Buses with Shift sources
I/O:
- 4 pin XLR power or IEC
- Ethernet port for control
- USB 2.0 port for firmware and configuration
- HDMI for inputs 1-4
- SDI for inputs for 5-8, with SDI outputs
- Analog audio XLR input, 1 TRS input, 1 Headphone output
- Multiview out SDI, HDMI
- Aux out SDI,
- Program out SDI, HDMI
- Ref In
- Aux preview
Summary:
Straightforward, no-nonsense, very durable, fully contained, hardware switcher ready to go out in the field. Huge improvement over previous units in the line.
For more info see BlackmagicDesign.com
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