JVC To Concentration On Local Broadcasters At NAB

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Mar 25, 2011 3:02 PM, By Michel Grotticelli

Understanding the needs of small-market stations and their organisation tenure is vicious to success for manufacturers working in a difficult mercantile climate. With this in mind, JVC will uncover its new GY-HM750U ProHD condensed shoulder-mount camcorder at the NAB Show.

The firm mentioned its new camcorder provides broadcast-style features in a low-cost package that help stations pick up and hope for headlines calm quickly. For example, the new camcorder shoots in both SD and HD, but it does not add genlock capability, that is on JVC's higher-end GY-HM790U.

According to Craig Yanagi, national selling and brand executive at JVC, stations need collection that fit their bill and still create the on-air look they must be stay competitive. With selectable information rates up to 35Mb/s for 1920 x 1080 HD images, the GY-HM750U allows ENG headlines crews to do only that. A new feature, borne from countless patron requests, allows coexisting recording to SDHC cards for present backup or client copy.

Images are available as MOV files on low-cost SDHC mental recall cards, creation it easy for users of Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere or any other NLE network that is matching with Sony XDCAM EX files (MP4) to start working immediately. The camcorder can moreover record typical DV files (AVI or MOV).

The new GY-HM750U is versed with 3 1/3in CCD imagers and captures 720p, 1080p and 1080i images, together with SD (480i) scenes. The camcorder moreover includes a twin card container for coexisting recording that accommodates SDHC cards and/or an elective SxS mental recall recorder.

Leveraging its modular design, the GY-HM750U includes a 68-pin framework connector that creates a clean, send interface with assorted modules, with no outmost cables needed. At the NAB Show, the firm will deliver a new ASI outlay module, the KA-AS790, that provides a send feed from the camera to a heavenly body uplink or x-ray receiver around BNC. This is preferred for broadcasters who wish live HD video from the field. Not only can the camera be related to the receiver or uplink with a singular BNC cable, thereby removing the need for extra black-box interfaces, but the GY-HM750U automatically switches to low-latency mode, with reduction than 300ms delay, when the procedure is in use.

JVC has moreover softened its Pre Rec (retro cache) feature, that every time archives and stores footage in cache mental recall and helps head off longed for shots of violation events. The GY-HM750U stores 20s of footage in its cache. Other features add non-static support rate recording, endless picture customization, a 1.22 million-pixel LCOS viewfinder and 4.3in flip-out LCD monitor, and JVC's Focus Assist functionality. The GY-HM750U moreover features two XLR audio inputs with haunt power, in addition to handbook audio turn controls with audio meter.

The camcorder may be purchased inclusive a Canon 14:1 wizz lens, but it moreover accommodates a accumulation of lenses with its 1/3in bayonet lens mount. In fact, JVC offers 10 lenses from Canon and Fujinon, together with a extended line of college of music and margin paraphernalia that are matching with the GY-HM750U.

A LoLux chronicle of the camera specifically written for ENG use, the GY-HM750LL, is moreover be available to send announce customers. Developed to assist TV reporters when outmost lighting cannot be used, JVC's LoLux underline goes over the normal earn speed up to create broadcast-quality imagery in exceedingly low-light environments.

See JVC at the 2011 NAB Show in Booth C4314.