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A considerable upgrade from the 4-channel [[Polar vision mixer | A considerable upgrade from the 4-channel [[Polar vision mixer]], this arrived at some point during [[Michael Prior-Jones]]' tenure as [[Technical Director]]. It had two big advantages: the control console was remote from the rack crate, so we didn't have to run multiple BNC cables to the vision mixer's station, and it had a proper program/preset architecture, unlike the Polar where you had to remember which bank was "live". We either purchased it very cheaply or acquired it for nothing, and it survived a few years before dying in the middle of [[Elections 2003]]. | ||
Although it had eight inputs, it had no integral framestores, so I don't think it ever had eight things connected. The [[Dual framestore]] was acquired at about the same time so that we could feed three non-genlocked sources into the T8 (one via [[P164]] and two via the [[Dual framestore]]) | Although it had eight inputs, it had no integral framestores, so I don't think it ever had eight things connected. The [[Dual framestore]] was acquired at about the same time so that we could feed three non-genlocked sources into the T8 (one via [[P164]] and two via the [[Dual framestore]]) | ||
Revision as of 16:10, 6 November 2017
A considerable upgrade from the 4-channel Polar vision mixer, this arrived at some point during Michael Prior-Jones' tenure as Technical Director. It had two big advantages: the control console was remote from the rack crate, so we didn't have to run multiple BNC cables to the vision mixer's station, and it had a proper program/preset architecture, unlike the Polar where you had to remember which bank was "live". We either purchased it very cheaply or acquired it for nothing, and it survived a few years before dying in the middle of Elections 2003.
Although it had eight inputs, it had no integral framestores, so I don't think it ever had eight things connected. The Dual framestore was acquired at about the same time so that we could feed three non-genlocked sources into the T8 (one via P164 and two via the Dual framestore)