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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 13 - Issue 5 | May 2023
InStudio
Another Huge NAB Show
for BirdDog
A
t NAB Show 2023 BirdDog proudly made a raft
of new announcements including:
X120 a revolutionary new PTZ Camera, NDI PTZ
Control App, Fleet Manager, and Silicon 2 update,
and a 5-year warranty for P and X series cameras.
There's a lot to cover so let's jump straight in
starting with X120.
X120
Shipping June, $995 USD introductory price
The World's First NDI HX3 Wi-Fi Production PTZ
has arrived, delivering unprecedented flexibility
and freedom, with no video cables needed.
X120 packs an amazing Sony Exmor R image
broadcast sensor to deliver fantastic low light
capabilities and incredible picture performance.
In true BirdDog style, there is an OLED display to
show the IP address, 360° mohawk tally, filter
thread, and free auto-tracking and colour shading
via Cam Control.
X120 also offers
four hardwired connection
options along with Wi-Fi making it the most
connected PTZ camera on the planet with 5 ways
to connect. In addition to WiFi, connection options
include NDI®
over Ethernet, SDI, HDMI for live
production work, and UVC USB for connecting to
Zoom & Teams delivering connection freedom like
never before.
X120 won a best of show award, and Broadcast
Pix has signed an agreement to bundle X120 with
their Integrated Production Solutions.
Silicon 2
Shipping June, Free
They say the best
things in life are free,
and Silicon 2 surely
won't disappoint.
A free update for
all BirdDog P and A
series Gen 2 cameras, Silicon 2 for cameras will be
available as a free update for all BirdDog P series
and A series HD cameras, including P100, P110,
P120, PF120, P200, P240, A200 Gen 2, and A300
Gen 2.
Silicon 2 adds h.264, NDI®
|HX2, NDI®
|HX3, SRT,
RTMP, RTSP and importantly makes all the cameras
dual IP stream capable.
All cameras will be able to send a Full NDI stream
and one of any of the Silicon 2 high efficiency
options
simultaneously, delivering workflow
flexibility like never before.
For example, you can send Full NDI and SRT, or
Full NDI and NDI HX3 at the same time.
Cloud Connect and Silicon 2 for 4K Family
converters due in Q3, 2023.
Silicon 2 is a major step forward towards
BirdDog's vision of globally connected hardware
for true remote production freedom.
5 Year Warranty
Free from March 1st, 2023
BirdDog P-series and X-series
purchased on, or after March
1st 2023, now come with a 5 year,
global warranty.
This includes, but is not limited to P100, P110,
P120, PF120, P200, P240, P400, P4K, and the all
new X120 camera announced at NAB 2023.
Fleet Manager
Shipping June, Free
Fleet Manager delivers one of the most requested
features; to control all BirdDog devices from a
single interface. We take a lot of pride in listening
to our customers and Fleet Manager makes life
easy for managing, monitoring, and updating
BirdDog deployments.
Each BirdDog device shows up automatically
inside Fleet Manager giving instant access to all
relevant device information including Status, IP
Address, Subnet, Device Name, Stream Name,
Serial Number, Firmware Version, MCU Version for
PTZ cameras, and more.
When new firmware is available, Fleet Manager
will show an alert, and you can update the
firmware directly
leaving the Fleet Manager interface.
to your devices without ever
NDI TV Monitor
Available now for $49.99 USD from Play Store
NDI TV Monitor is an app that turns your Android
enabled TV into an NDI Monitor.
Use your remote to browse NDI sources which
appear automatically on your TV equipped with
Android directly, or via Chromecast with Google TV
device.
Android TV Monitor is shipping April, 2023 and
will be available as a free download for testing from
the Google Play Store with a $49.99 USD cost to
unlock the watermark.
That's the highlight announcements, to read all
the NAB announcements please visit:
http://www.BirdDog.tv
NDI PTZ Control
Available now for $19.99 USD from App Store
NDI PTZ Control
support for all NDI®
is the ultimate iOS app with
PTZ regardless of manufacturer.
Featuring full Pan, Tilt, Zoom control including
a live joystick, and save and recall pre-set PTZ
positions. The inbuilt
viewing of any NDI®
, NDI®
HX3
viewing monitor allows
HX2, and NDI®
source in full screen.
NDI PTZ Control becomes even more powerful for
BirdDog PTZ Camera users with Cam Control built in
to access all the Colour Matrix tools to shade your
BirdDog PTZ camera.
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