High Definition Studios, OB Vans and Playout Centre

Panasonic have been the major installer of High Definition studio's and OB Vans in Japan, and have also designed and installed the High Definition Release Centre for the ABC Network in the USA. — Some of the HD Studio's to have been built by Panasonic include all 7 HD studio's for NHK, Studio's and OB Vans for Fuji (CX), YTV and NTV. — This paper will discuss issues that have been confronted by the design engineers who have put these facilities together. Some of these issues are:- • Monitoring • Cabling • Interfacing • Distribution • Ergonomics • Customer input — As part of this paper, an overview of the new DVCPRO100 series ENG products will be discussed and compared with the top end HD products that have been designed for high definition production work.

Published

1999-07

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/M001164

ISBN

978-1-61482-948-5