The digital HD format OB truck operated by German television and film service provider HD Broadcast can handle two HD/SD productions simultaneously from independent control rooms, with the option of combining both of these individual facilities into one large control room.
Designed, planned and implemented by Wireworx and Broadcast Solutions, the vehicle is used for outside broadcast/TV/film production and events such as the German soccer league and talk shows. Essential to its operation are two rack-mounted Sonifex RM-4C8-HD1 Reference Monitors supplied by German distributor Orange Tec.
The units are able to take a 3G/HD/SD-SDI signal and de-embed the audio making any of the groups available for visual and audible monitoring. This is in addition to providing four stereo analogue or digital audio inputs for monitoring. It was specified that the VTR operator's workplace should monitor de-embedded audio from the DVD recorders and the VTRs. The VTR operator uses a headset connected to a Riedel Artist RCP. In order to receive the audio from the RM-4C8-HD1 line output only, a muting feature of the Reference Monitor is used to mute the speakers before being sent to the RCP. The truck manager, having global control, uses the second RM-4C8-HD1 to monitor both de-embedded audio and discrete audio derived from a Lawo routing system.
The production and broadcasting infrastructure has fully integrated HD (720p50, 1080i25 with 1,485 GBit/S and 1080p50 with 3GBit/S), and is ready for future 3D production.
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