FutureVideo Products, Inc. recently announced it’s launching the V-Station HD Pro4 multi-channel DVR, saying it’s “designed to meet the needs and expectations of event videographers” for $2,995 MSRP.
The V-Station HD Pro4 “enables independent content creators to record up to four HD cameras of a multi-cam or multi-angle shoot in one device, plus perform live switching and streaming, all at the same time,” assording to FutureVideo’s press release. It also includes a USB touch-screen control panel for portable operation, according to the announcement.
Here’s more from FutureVideo’s press release on the V-Station HD Pro4:
This full-featured DVR records 4 simultaneous video tracks of full HD 1080p at 60fps video in H.264 format, and can accept either HDMI or 3G/HD/SD-SDI sources, while viewing all sources on a single screen.
Unlike any DVR or live production system today, it can do live switching and perform line-cuts while simultaneously recording at full HD with all four channels. As an optional upgrade to the Pro4 Plus model, the line-cuts from the live program can be recorded simultaneously as a 5th track at the same time as it records the other 4 channels, providing an instant rough-cut.
V-Station HD Pro4 can record all video inputs, including either the camera’s audio or separate 4 line audio inputs, in perfect sync. It has a built-in 1TB HDD which holds approximately 80 hours of 1920 x 1080p 60fps full HD video when four cameras are simultaneously being recorded.
With its built-in project management system, V-Station HD Pro4 enables seamless project transfer from wrap to post-production with its advanced XML project transfer capability. It automatically creates the bins and sequences from the line-cuts, thereby eliminating the tedium of organizing and syncing the video content during post-production.
Users can record and playback simultaneously via its fully featured built-in media player, all which may be operated by hot-keys as well as the touch-screen panel.
According to Stephen Godfrey, FutureVideo’s director of business development, “V-Station HD Pro4 provides a host of new video acquisition and live production possibilities. The new live-switching and line-cuts functions provide an instant rough-cut video that can be uploaded to the user’s FTP site or YouTube directly from the DVR with an internet connection. Or, the user can attach a third-party streaming device, and broadcast live the event being recorded. Users will marvel at the creative and workflow benefits, as much as the affordability.”
Click here for more information on FutureVideo’s V-Station HD Pro4 multichannel DVR.
