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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 11 - Issue 2 | February 2021

InTech

Marshall Decides to Double-Down
on IP Workflows with Additional
Camera Options
Announces more NDI®|HX cameras with high
bandwidth NDI® camera release models in 2021...

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or almost 40 years, Marshall
Electronics has been known in
broadcast for designing and producing
high-quality video monitors used in
television and movie production to
analyze waveform, vectorscope and
other video monitoring analytics.
While Marshall continues to release
new monitors, cameras have become
a larger portion of its business
model. The company released its first
miniature POV camera a decade ago,
which offered simple broadcast-centric
features and broadcast performance
built into small durable bodies at an
affordable price point. This quickly
grew into multiple generations of new
release models incorporating lessons
learned, added features and tireless
refinement.
More recently, Marshall's PTZ
cameras have exploded in popularity

Marshall CV630-NDI

Marshall CV730-BK

due to their flexibility to serve a
wide range of broadcast and proAV
applications. Marshall PTZ cameras
now offer improved video quality
with the release of professional grade
4K (UHD) sensors, simple one-cable
to camera setup, smooth remote
manoeuvrability, simultaneous outputs
available and compatibility with a
variety of IP workflows.
" It's been a wild ride over the past 10
years, and only gets more interesting, "
says Tod Musgrave, Director of
Cameras for Marshall Electronics. " I've
always enjoyed collaborating with
our broadcast customers that use our
products, how they use them in their
workflow and picking their brains for
practical applications. Our customers
are some of the top engineers in the
field, so once you stop and listen,
they almost design the next camera
for you. Then it's a matter of working
with our design engineers to ensure we
refine video quality, collaborate with
technology partners, and ensure we
deliver what I consider as our Marshall
heritage of broadcast quality and
reliability. "
Marshall released two levels of 4K
PTZ cameras within the last year with
30x optical zoom and professional
grade sensors: one with up to 4K30
(CV630) resolution and one with up to
4K60 (CV730) resolution. The CV630
with 3GSDI/HDMI comes in two flavors:
one with IP/HEVC/SRT (CV630-IP) and
one with NDI®|HX (CV630-NDI). The
CV730 with larger 1/1.8 " sensor and
12GSDI/HDMI comes in two versions as
well: one with IP/HEVC/SRT (CV730-IP)
and one with NDI®|HX (CV730-NDI). In
addition, the CV730 is equipped with
the added convenience of a USB3.0
for video conference and PC/Mac
workflows.
" The Newtek NDI® team has been fun
to work with since the very beginning, "
Tod Musgrave adds. " Marshall was
one of the first adopters of the NDI®
platform, building the technology into
our PTZ cameras several years ago
and watching the technology progress
with greatly improved NDI® Tools,

lower latency, ease
of discovery and the
ability to mix different
media types into the NDI®
workflow. We're proud to be a part of
the NDI® network. "
Marshall also recently released two
levels of fixed position cameras with
30x optical zoom and professional
grade sensors: one with up to HD60
(CV355-30X) resolution and one
with up to UHD60 (CV420-30X). The
CV355-30X with 3GSDI/HDMI comes
in two options: one with IP/HEVC/SRT
(CV355-30X-IP) and one with NDI®|HX
(CV355-30X-NDI). The CV420-30X also
comes in two variants: one with IP/
HEVC/SRT (CV420-30X-IP) and one
with NDI®|HX (CV420-30X-NDI).
Offering an IP camera model for
every budget, Marshall is looking
towards 2021 with several new
products coming down the pipeline.
On the higher-end, Marshall is
announcing a High-Bandwidth NDI®
camera (CV730-BHN) releasing late
Q3 in PTZ form with up to 4K60
resolution and 30x optical zoom
packed with High-Bandwidth NDI®,
NDI®|HX and simultaneous 12GSDI/
HDMI2.0 outputs. On the lower-end,
also releasing later this year, Marshall
is announcing the CV620-BI with 20x
optical zoom 3GSDI, HDMI and IP/
HEVC/SRT, and the CV620-BN with
20x optical zoom 3GSDI, HDMI and
NDI®|HX.
For the ultra-budget conscious
applications, Marshall will release a
sub $800 model mid 2021 with the
CV605 PTZ HD Camera model, which
will include IP/USB-C/HDMI and
3GSDI. This offers a tremendous value
versus performance alternative with
clear HD video and accurate color
enhancement,
even
in challenging light
environments.
Marshall has added
additional
tools
that can be used
to support setup
and operation of
the entire PTZ and

Marshall
CV420-30X-NDI

Zoom camera lines. One
ultra-convenient tool is the Home
Run RS232/RS422 Splitter Extender
Box (RS7-HR), available now, that
splits control of one controller via CAT
cable to up to seven cameras while
extending usable length of cable runs
by two (2x) fold for RS232 or RS422.
For PTZ controllers, choose from
two different models from the entrylevel VS-PTC-200 or the advanced
broadcast-style VS-PTC-IP model with
individual dial control of Exposure, Iris,
White Balance and Focus with a rocker
seesaw for zoom. Finally, encasing
every model in IP68 housings for
outdoor use is also now possible with
CV-H20-HF for fixed position models,
CV6XX-HFH for CV600-series and
CV7XX-HFH for the CV700-series, all
with heaters and fans for environment
control.
It's safe to say that Marshall is
completely behind the big push in IP
cameras with PTZ and fixed position
camera options, whether it's standard
IP (HEVC), Haivision SRT or Newtek
NDI®. The company has doubledowned, triple-downed, even gone
ALL-IN on the future of IP in broadcast
and proAV. The only question is what
will be added next... stay tuned.

Marshall CV6XX-HFH

Marshall RS7-HR
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