Telerecord from Florence is celebrating 40 years in the market and has built a new mobile unit top quality and technology in the field of Ob-vans for television. This is called "Unit 26", capable of controlling from the bay station up to 24 cameras, but that it can actually handle up to 44. The Unit has already been used in recent months, also for the production of World Cup hockey and bobsleigh (with 34 cameras).
The need for this ob-truck matured in recent years, needing to have more space onboard, so that it could accommodate the growing number of people engaged in this type of activity. Besides the need to have a second control room for customization, always within the same vehicle, is a real need in recent times.
Then it was also needed to increase the number of wired cameras aboard.
The vehicle is wired both to operate in Full HD and 4K Ultra-HD. Sony 4300 cameras are being evaluated for the final leap to 4K.
Not surprisingly, the integrated matrix, an IP3 by Imagine Communications, has now been configured with 354 inputs and 560 outputs, but it is then expected to expand up to 576 inputs and outputs x 1024 and is also equipped with frame synchronizer, de-multiplexer, internal multiplexer, to handle any type of signal, without integrating other accessories.
The vehicle, without tractor, is 14 meters and 4 expansions that allow it to develop a surface in which to operate up to about 40-45 operators, in whole comfort.
The project, developed considering the new IP vision, looks to the future.
And on this same philosophy we find the new router video / audio MADI IP3 Platinum, of Imagine Communications. The matrix is able to simultaneously handle analog signals, SDI, HD-SDI, 3G.
Either embedded audio signals, discrete and MADI can be managed.
Full redundancy, control and crosspoint cards allow the operation of the vehicle in complete safety. The routing system is completed by 25 re-programmable control panels Magellan series.
Several series cards 6800+ and Selenium are used for conversion and distribution of signals both inside and outside of the vehicle.
As Replays, EVS systems can share all the clips and record trains of images can be transferred automatically, programmed or manual: all contents to storage, archives or editing units. File ingest of contents occurs in a very simple way and is independent of the format or the codec used. This includes access to the remote system, for example from the study, to selected materials to transfer, publish, share, distribute.
The server used on this unit are designed to operate at 1080i, 1080p, 4K, 3G, 3D. They are multi-codec and can create, in real time, a proxy video on gigabit network, which allows to use the multi-review browsing options and also third-party solutions.
Unit 26 by Telerecord can be updated by the current 30 to a further minimum of 48 channels, to reach a maximum of 96.
The audio, 5.1 channels, includes an audio mixer Calrec Artemis Beam, 340 channels, 64 tracks, 32 Aux and 48 Groups.
For conditioning, the motors were placed on the front and rear of the vehicle to obtain the budgeted result.
For the structure carbon steel alloys have been used, certified, offering, at the same weight, greater resistance to strain. For the coating, Isotruck panels were used.
It took only four months to build the mechanical structure by Rescar, and only two months for cabling.
50 inputs cameras are usable even if in reality the limit is represented only by the number of Tally and the CCUs.
With Unit 26 also begins the era of the Ultra HD for Telerecord.
For 4K, the vehicle still provides 10 bay stations, for 10 cameras, as well as related EVS. And the mixer series 8000 Sony is 4K capable, today, thanks to additional updates planned.
Sony cameras are used, the previous HDC1500, follow HDC2500 and now the HDC 3300.
They also use 16 box cameras by Bradley, adjustable focus and zoom, 6 waterproof cameras and two small boxes, which take up 360°. Then, again, PTZ by Panasonic on optical fiber, and Sony HDC-P1.
