Newtek TriCaster PRO FX
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TriCaster PRO FX™
The latest Portable Live Production & Virtual Set System. Virtual sets, 3/1 component I/O, 16:9 and 4:3, DVI output, DDR, LiveMatte™ technology, 1 Chromakey/Input, Windows Media 11 & VC1 support. Record program out and WMV stream simultaneously. DVI output. Multistandard PAL-NTSC.
The latest in the award-winning TriCaster™ family, TriCaster PRO FX™ delivers the same small footprint as TriCaster and TriCaster PRO™ and includes many features previously exclusive to TriCaster STUDIO™. TriCaster PRO FX provides a complete portable studio which includes network style virtual sets, an integrated character generator, broader file format support, increased storage and much more.
What You Get
TriCaster PRO FX, is a true broadcast appliance. As with all Tricaster's, TriCaster PRO FX is easy to set up, portable for use in any environment and lets you capitalize on the following benefits:
- LiveSet™ technology that makes it possible for you to turn a very small space into a larger than life network style studio.
- Transition to live double-box effects. For example, show both your in-studio talent and remote reporter sharing the screen.
- Over 20 hours of video storage for video playback during live presentations and for archiving your live presentations.
- Full support for both 4:3 and 16:9 broadcasting giving you the option of delivering your program in the traditional TV format or film aspect ratio.
- LiveMatte™ technology makes it easy to create clean chroma keys for your talent to be displayed in the live virtual sets.
- With NewTek’s iVGA™ up to three computers on the same network with your TriCaster can be added as inputs for your TriCaster live production.
- Live overlays support text, picture and animated titles with alpha channel to provide depth and dimension to your graphics.
- VGA output to projector, with image enhancement controls provide the best quality image to a live in-house audience.
- Edit Media is now optimized with the SpeedEDIT 1.5 engine providing the ability to edit HD footage, along with render support for Mac, iPod, MPEG-4, Flash and more.
- 200+ different effects allow you to transition from one camera or source to another with style.
- File format support has been extended for live and post production to include MPEG and QuickTime for greater versatility in program delivery.
- Character generator provides the ability for you to create your own custom titles, motion graphics, scrolls and crawls.
- For complete versatility and reliability connect Y/C sources using either 4-pin or dual BNC connectors.
- In-field system recovery provides on-location confidence at any production.
TriCaster owners can upgrade their system for just £2975.
The upgrade for TriCaster owners is £2975. NewTek will replace your TriCaster with a new TriCaster PRO FX unit. That hardware trade-up adds component video, balanced audio, and the ability to simultaneously stream and record video of your live event, and more. A comparative list of the benefits of TriCaster PRO FX is available here.
TriCaster PRO owners can upgrade their system for just £1485.
Owners must ship their TriCaster to NewTek in proper packaging (original box preferred), and after an average turnaround of 2 business days, NewTek will return your TriCaster PRO FX in the same method it was shipped – a system shipped via 2-day delivery will be returned via 2-day.
1. LIVE PRODUCTION SCREEN allows one-person control of an entire, multi-cam production, plug in your cameras and sound sources, then go live with three simultaneous feeds to video, projector and internet.
2. ON-SCREEN MONITORS let you pick shots with confidence, displaying all three cameras, external computer display, video clip player, still picture player, video signal monitor or preview and your live program output.
3. ADVANCED VIDEO SWITCHER with total control over three video banks of video inputs. Select a live output, preview a second source, and choose a third for picture-in-picture, double-box and LiveSet™ effects.
4. ONE-BUTTON INTERNET STREAMING will push or pull your live stream directly to the web, and archives for on-demand. One button recording immediately captures your video production to hard drive in a high-quality video file.
5. LIVESET™ NETWORK STYLE LIVE VIRTUAL SETS give you the flexibility of expansive, professional sets even though your location may have limited space. With live multi-camera scaling you can even show your talent in a wide-shot without trucking to the back of the room.
6. VIDEO TRANSITIONS add dynamics and impact to your production. Use any of the 200+ broadcast-quality transitions: cross-fades, wipes, pushes and real-time 3D transitions.
7. LIVE TITLES give you that broadcast look with graphics, titles and animated overlays on top of your live video.
8. AUDIO MIXING with complete control over microphones, line inputs and clip playback levels.
9. PRODUCTION PANEL provides six powerful tools for professional productions - such as adding new titles “on the fly”, arranging video clips to auto-play on cue, color matching cameras, setting up chromakey mattes, double-box effects, virtual sets and more.
TriCaster PRO FX £6499
- Video input 3 Y/C
- 3 composite (BNC)
- 3 component (BNC)
- Video output 1 Y/C
- 1 composite (BNC)
- 1 component (BNC)
- Audio input 2 balanced Mic/Line inputs (XLR or phone)
- 1 stereo line in
- Audio output 1 stereo line out (phone)
- 2 unbalanced RCA outs
- 1 stereo headphone out
- Video ingest 1 4-pin IEEE FireWire®
- 1 6-pin IEEE FireWire®
- iVGA™ input 1 Ethernet network connection
