Newtek has released TriCaster PRO(TM), a new, enhanced version of the portable, live presentation system that has won over a dozen industry awards since it began shipping last year. TriCaster PRO allows users to mix multiple live component cameras with pre-edited video, overlay titles, images, external computer displays and even live web pages with simultaneous output to video, projector, and the Internet.
”We’ve been amazed at the variety of live production and presentation environments where TriCaster has been successfully installed.” said Philip Nelson, Vice President of Sales and Video Marketing. “From live sporting events to live studios; from classrooms to board rooms; the list just goes on and on. TriCaster is the most powerful and affordable tool for anyone who wants to mix live video, graphics or PowerPoint for video, projection or webcast.”
TriCaster features include: • Switching and preview of 3 Cameras; connect up to 6 • iVGA(TM) network import of external computer displays (both PC and Mac) • XGA Projector output • Virtual VCR and picture player (digital disk recorder) • Live web streaming and recording • Audio mixer • Titler • Hundreds of 2D and 3D transitions • Video editing • Optional TriCaster VM(TM) switching surface TriCaster PRO adds several high-end features: • Component video in and out • Auto camera calibration • BNC and XLR connections • Waveform and vectorscope • Balanced audio in and out with phantom power • High resolution projector outputs – WXGA, SXGA, WSXGA, QSXGA
This exclusive TriCaster technology is like nothing you've ever seen before. Each computer on the network runs a small application so it is 'seen' by TriCaster.
The TriCaster producer can then select any one of those computer screens, and bring it into the presentation in real time. This goes way beyond sharing graphics, though. Network IN is capable of brining in full-screen images, animations and even video playing on the outlying computer with incredible clarity and smoothness. The possibilities are exciting:
If its a picture on a computer, you can use it in your live presentation. TriCaster's Picture player is one of several inputs to the video mixer, and can display pictures in very high detail.
Drop them into the Picture folder, and re-arrange at will, or call them up in any order. Help your customers better understand each points by presenting supporting graphs and data.
New Customer Relations
Never again do you have to limit your audience to the people in the room.
Running a presentation with live speakers and recorded footage requires flexibility and full control of audio, and TriCaster has simplified this to a couple of controls.
Each source (mic1, mic2, line, and VCR) has its own audio level controls and a single output volume control. Verify the quality of your signal with on-board audio meters as well as with the integrated headphone.
Each input has Balance, Equalization and Solo. The microphone inputs also have an automated Talk Over button, to quickly reduce the volume of all other inputs, giving that microphone level priority.
Digital Video Tools
Connect a camera or deck to TriCaster, and use the streamlined capture functions begin ingesting clips for editing or live production playback.
Choose an analog or digital connection, provide a name for the video clip and you can quickly begin capturing up to
Simple start and stop functions.
Storyboard Simplicity
TriCaster's Storyboard editor is simple enough to master in seconds, as all pictures and videos sequence one after another. This is the best place to start editing, as you can quickly re-arrange and then play to see the changes. Timeline Power
The power of the Timeline is in the way it can create picture-in-picture effects, add titles and quickly create multiple video layers.
Easily add transitions, and your project is now ready to be utilized in several ways; output as a digital video file, send to the projector or stream to the Internet. While the Storyboard is fast and simple, this is still a very powerful editor, capable of any special effect you'll need.
What makes TriCaster so different? TriCaster brings several revolutionary technologies to the presentation market:
TriCaster/TriCaster PRO
Competitive Pricing
NewTek TriCaster™
TriCaster PRO™
Sony Anycast™ Station
Globalstreams VTK400™
$4,995
$6,995
$19,500
$8,995
Competitive Matrix
Live Production Systems Comparison
Feature
NewTek TriCaster PRO
Price
Weight
10 lbs.
22 lbs.
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Video Inputs
3 Y/C or Composite
3 component, Y/C or composite
4 Y/C or composite or 4 FireWire
4 component, Y/C or composite ([unspecified] digital ins & outs ‘available’)
Video Output
Y/C or composite
Component + Y/C + composite
Y/C, composite,
IEEE 1394
1 component, Y/C or composite out
Projector output
Yes
No
Network IN
Live Internet Streaming
Yes; push or pull
Digital Disk Recorder
Yes (external; optional)
Yes ($4,200 add-on)
Full Character Generator
Template-drivenCG
Mic input
2 Phono
2 balanced (XLR
or phono)
2 XLR; 4 Phono
Ability to cut between keyed backgrounds
Line inputs
1 RCA stereo
2 XLR/phono
RCA stereo pair
2 XLR; 4 Phono; 2 RCA
Vectorscope
Timeline/Storyboard
Editor
Batch capture
Deck control
IEEE 1394; VISCA
RS-422
Camera control
Yes; RS-422
Intercom
TriCaster vs TriCaster PRO Comparative Matrix
TriCaster™
3 Y/C or composite
3 Y/C, composite,
Component
Y/C + composite
component + Y/C + Composite
Yes; XGA
Yes; XGA, SXGA, WXGA
Video capture
Yes; 6 hours of avi
Yes; 10 hours of avi
Camera auto-calibration
2 Phono (unbalanced)
2 Phono or
2 XLR
2 RCA
2 Phono (balanced) or
2 XLR or 2 RCA
Phantom Power
Waveform monitor
Yes; Y or YC
Yes; 75%
Video editing
Web streaming
Yes; pull only
Simultaneously stream &
record
XGA resolution CG
iVGA (PC or Mac)
iVGA Fade on/off
Timed picture playback
Template-based CG
IEEE 1394 Deck control
