The Slate 3000 is the most powerful member of the Slate
family. The Slate 3000 starts with a Slate 1000 and adds an
integrated router for more I/O and redundancy, as well as a
second channel of clip store. The routers are manufactured by
Harris for Broadcast Pix. We add software to provide integrated
fail-safe switching and display all sources on the multi-view.
Powerful I/O
Slate 3016 is available in HD/SD or SD only and includes a
16x16 router. It provides 12 live inputs, 2 channels of clips
and 5 graphic, and has 8 auxiliary outputs for program, preview,
clips or any live input.
Slate 3032 is HD/SD or SD only. It includes a 32x32 router and
can select up to 18 of its inputs, and has 24 outputs.
Two switchers can share a central router by adding a Slate
1000 or Slate 100 to a Slate 3000 switcher. For larger
facilities, this greatly simplifies wiring, and lowers cost.
Fail-Safe and Ready for Primetime
There are other integrated ‘studio-in-a-box‘ systems on the
market, but they all lack two things which the Slate 3000
provides - a professional control panel that is instantly
familiar to switcher operators, and fail-safe switching so you
can keep switching cameras even if the workstation stops. While
Broadcast Pix computers are extremely reliable, any
workstation-based system used in live TV production must be
ready for the day when its network goes down, its computer stops
or something is simply unplugged.
The Slate 3000’s control panel is connected to the router with
both a network cable and a redundant serial cable. If the
computer or network goes down — the serial control takes over
and enables the operator to continue switching cameras. The
Slate 3000 also comes standard with dual redundant power
supplies for both the control panel and router that
automatically fail-over, as well as a back-up SoftPanel that can
take over all panel operations if the physical control panel
should ever fail. No other switcher has a back up softpanel or
standard redundant power supplies.
The Slate 3000 expands the single channel clip store in the
Slate 1000 to dual channel, and increases clip storage capacity
from 15 to 30 hours.
HD/SD or HD-ready
The Slate 3000 HD model is the most cost effective HD live video
production studio. It is a fraction of the cost of assembling an
HD control room out of an HD switcher, CG, clip store and
multi-view. Slate is so well integrated the one person can run
it, and yet still create compelling live television that looks
like it was created by a team. Slate HD I/O includes 1080i,
720p, SD, DVI and VGA. The Slate 3000 SD is HD-ready. Use it
today in SD, with either SD SDI or analog I/O, or a combination
of both. Then whenever you want to upgrade to HD in the future,
you can upgrade your switcher by just changing a board, for just
$4,000.
Slate 3000 includes:
-
Video Switcher with 9 button control panel, 4 keyers, 3
DVEs and chromakeys. Mix 8 live SDI or analog inputs with 2
clips and 5 graphics.
- Inscriber TitleMotion Pro
Character Generator with animations
-
Clip Store with key, dual channel, 30 hours of storage
- Still Store, Title Store, Logo Generator
-
Multi-View Monitoring with full motion displays of
program, preview and sources, plus thumbnails of keys and
libraries
- DVE on each key for up to 3 resized boxes (PIP)
- Non-stop, on-air operation, and still switch cameras
even if the workstation stops
-
AutoAspect to enable mixing of widescreen (16:9) and
traditional (4:3) cameras, clips and graphics without
stretching video.
- Broadcast Pix control panel
- Broadcast Pix router
- Rack-mounted workstation with Broadcast Pix V5,
Inscriber TitleMotion Pro CG, Windows XP, Slate video
boards, triple disks, dual NICs, dual monitor support, r/w
DVD/CD, keyboard, mouse (monitor not included)
Slate 3000 specific Options:
- 2nd SDI I/O card for enhanced multi-view (& DVI in HD)
- Analog I/O card for 4 analog inputs and 1 output
- Remote aux control panel(s) 16x1
- Tally box for all live inputs
For Clip Store:
- MPEG2 Support
- Clip Store expansion
For CG:
Camera Control
- Sony camera control
- Hitachi camera control
Plus
- Quad monitor support
- Redundant power
- Server control
- Extended warranty
- Training
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Specifications
- Internal processing is pristine 10-bit uncompressed
digital
- Inputs can be synchronous and/or asynchronous sources
- NTSC or PAL switchable; 4:3 or 16:9
- Audio for clip stores: embedded SMPTE 272M, plus
break-out to XLRs for analog stereo.
Dimensions:
- Control panel
table-top or drops into console
inches 18.5 x 12.5 x 5.5
centimeters 47 x 31.8 x 14
- Rack Mounted Workstation (4RU)
inches 16.75x20x7
centimeters 43x51x18
- Router
- 16x16 1RU
- 32x32 2RU
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