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Karen Italo: 516-829-0404IKEGAMI MAKES AN IMPACT ON HD AND SD PRODUCTION WITH NEW SYSTEMS FOR NAB 2004
NAB 2004, BOOTH # C6428: Ikegami has extended its lead in digital television production at NAB 2004, showing an extremely impressive range of new systems for HDTV and SDTV. Ikegami's highly advanced line of cameras, monitors, switchers and converters will be joined by new HD technology that includes the HDK-725P and HDK-75EX cost-effective HD cameras, the HDL-0101 HD wireless camera, the HDL-40C with CMOS technology, the HDK-79NAR HD camera with rotating optical block, the new HSS-3000 4 M/E 96-input large live production switcher, and the TA-79HD camera triax adapter and CB-79HD CCU converter box. New SD camera systems include the HK-399PW, and an improved Editcam II hard disk-based camcorder. Two new LCD and two CRT monitors will also be on display at NAB 2004.
The new Ikegami HDK-725P and HDK-75EX are cost-effective HD cameras that make Ikegami's industry-leading HD image quality more affordable than ever before. Both cameras employ IT CCDs with improved vertical smear for superb picture quality. The HDK-725P is 720p, and the HDK-75EX shoots in the 1080i format.
The HDL-0101 wireless HD camera, developed in cooperation with NHK, is a self-contained, one-man unit with RF links and MPEG compression, selectable from 60 to 24 Mbps. The video with embedded audio is transmitted over a 7 GHz COFDM channel with an omni-directional antenna to a receiving site. There is an additional 2.4 GHz Spread Spectrum channel for talk/listen intercom, control, error correction, and status feedback. All of this is in a very compact configuration, ideal for ENG-type applications. In addition to the fully integrated HDL-0101 solution, Ikegami will also be showing the stand-alone PP-57 RF transmitter, compatible with HD or SD cameras.
The award-winning Ikegami HDL-40C CMOS is a high-performance POV camera featuring three 2.1 million pixel CMOS sensors, Ikegami's new multi-format sensor which works in native 720p, 1080i, and 1080/24p formats. The HDL-40C achieves superb picture quality in a very compact size, making it ideal for numerous POV applications. The HDL-40C weighs less than 4 pounds, and fully digital stream through the camera to the HD-SDI output assures signal integrity, repetitive high picture quality and stable reliability. An expanded CMOS camera line will be on display for super-slow motion, multi-format sports production, as well as government and industry applications such as inspections, surveillance, medical and more.
Ikegami's spirit of innovation comes through in the shoulder-mounted HDK-79NAR HD camera with rotating optical block. The rotating optical block can rotate the image as an effect in and of itself, with a rocker switch for controlling the speed and direction of the rotation. It also offers gyro-stabilization mode, which will maintain a level optical axis, no matter what the camera's orientation.
Ikegami has just introduced an improved HD triax system, the TA-79HD camera triax adapter and CB-79HD CCU converter box, to allow mobile HD production crews to easily switch back and forth between triax and SMPTE hybrid fiber/copper camera cable. With the one rack unit CB-79HD installed, the mobile unit will have a triax and a fiber connector for each camera, ready for use. Either TA or FA is mounted to the docking style camera to complete the system.
A new 4 M/E 96-input live HD production switcher, the HSS-3000, will also be shown. It features the flexibility of 64 outputs and four keys per M/E. The HSS-3000 is compatible with multi-format HD SDI signals, as well as, SD SDI. Individual M/Es can be set for HD or SD. This large production switcher joins the compact, self-contained 2 M/E TDP-370M introduced last year.
This show also sees the debut of Ikegami's new high-end SD camera, the HK-399PW. The HK-399PW incorporates 14-bit A/D converters, producing images with 68dB signal-to-noise ratio. Ikegami's latest evolution in portable SD imaging will have an available system expander, the SE-500S, for studio conversion. The HK-399PW is also budget-friendly, with a significantly lower price point than its predecessor HK model.
The latest update to the revolutionary DNG line of hard disk-based Editcam cameras and recorders, is the DNS-33W camcorder. The DNS-33W is designed to work with FieldPaks whose capacity can be greater than 100 Gb, which would represent over seven and one-half hours of DV25 video. The DNS-33W has the ability to handle the over 500 video clips that may be recorded on such a large capacity storage FieldPak. The camcorder now features a color LCD panel for the user interface, which can show real-time video. Recording to a convenient digital non-linear environment, Editcam II brings features such as retroloop, timelapse recording and random access editing to field production.
Another addition to the Editcam group of products is the DNE-31 hard drive recorder. It serves as a direct replacement of a conventional VTR, but with the same features found in the DNS-33W including video monitoring on its color touch screen. The DNE-31 can record in over ten different compressions and rates, including several M-resolutions. It can be dual rack mounted and RS-422 machine controlled.
Ikegami HD and SD monitors stand as the industry leaders for production, post-production and video applications. The Ikegami HTM-1907 is a flat surface 19-inch HDTV/SDTV multi-format color monitor, featuring a high resolution CRT for superb picture quality. Ikegami's HTM-2070 20-inch HDTV/SDTV multi-format color monitor features a SMPTE phosphor high-resolution CRT and improved video processing, achieving master monitor picture quality. An optional New Multi SDI Module has been developed to accept either HD-SDI or SD-SDI by auto-detection. Also on display at NAB2004 will be two new LCD HDTV/SDTV multi-format color monitors, the 22-inch HLM-2200 and the 17-inch HLM-1700.
NAB 2004 sees a large-scale expansion of HD offerings from Ikegami,Esays Alan Keil, VP and Director of Engineering for Ikegami. We are going beyond our traditional offerings of camera and monitors, with RF equipment and switchers to create complete HD production environments with the superb image quality that Ikegami is known for.E
Visit booth # C6428 to see the full line of Ikegami products at NAB 2004.
Product Catalogs :(recommended to view with Adobe® Acrobat 6.0 or better)
DNG Products DNE-31 DNR-20 DNS-33W
HDTV Cameras HDK-720/720P HDK-725P HDK-75EX HDK-790E/79E HDK-79EC HDK-79NAR HDL-0101 HDL-20 HDL-240C HDL-40C HDL-40HS
SDTV Cameras HC-400W HK-399PW HL-59WNA HL-60W HL-DV7AW
Switchers/Router/Converters DVU-series HSS-3000 HSM-series TDP-370
Microwave PF-503 PP-57 Ikegami Electronics is one of the world's leading manufacturers of high quality professional broadcast equipment. Ikegami offers a broad range of TV cameras for ENG, EFP, Studio, HDTV, CCTV and Medical Imaging. Ikegami products have received various Emmy Awards for Engineering Excellence. The company's universal High Definition TV Cameras have been widely accepted by the broadcast industry as it continues the change over to the High Definition Television Format.
