IS VT Dead?? (see Grammy's webcast)

[PIZAZZ]

A client of mine proved that the VT system is still not dead. He used it to webstream the 3 hour PreGrammy's webcast earlier this week. You can watch the webcast here - http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/GRAMMY_Live.aspx

You can read the press release about it here-
http://www.streamingmedia.com/article.asp?id=10951

So for you guys out there that think the TriCaster guys have all the fun... well think again. A VT system still has plenty of fun. The Grammys... How much more fun do you need?

Way to go Mark!

[DiscreetFX]

Your right Jef, VT[5] is far from dead. It's a very powerful solution and more people should buy it.

[joseburgos]

I agree and consider it more powerful :)

[Quiet1onTheSet]

Truncated: A client of mine proved that the VT system is still not dead. - http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/GRAMMY_Live.aspx

You can read the press release about it here-
http://www.streamingmedia.com/article.asp?id=10951

...A VT system still has plenty of fun. The Grammys... How much more fun do you need?

Way to go Mark!

Indeed. Thanks for posting these, Jef.

[billmi]

Far from dead.

IMHO NewTek should be marketing it for "when Tricaster is not enough..."

[ScorpioProd]

When's the last time you saw ANY Newtek marketing for the VT?

It's been years, hasn't it?

[starchieo]

I was recently at the Broadcast video show in London, and was actually told that tricaster wasn't enough for what I wanted and to look at the VT system.

The only thing that really gets my goat is the lack of preview monitors for your inputs in the system.

i am using VT3 at the moment, is this fixed in VT5?

kevin

[billmi]

No, it isn't. It's a hardware limitation of both the VT and Tricaster. There are only 3 input channels, so the only way they can provide 3 on-screen camera preview monitors is if the interface is limited to 3 camera inputs total (as it is in the lower Tricaster models.)

Bob's XTra channel does offer on-screen preview locked to a hardware input as an aftermarket expansion, but additional hardware is required for each input you add.

[lvsoule]

I've gone to the video store many times and I will stick with the VT5- I now have 2 for live switching- I keep one for my office and 1 for on the go. I got sick of tearing it apart everytime I wanted to do a shoot. I do like the compactness of the Tricaster, but it doesn't do so many things that the VT5 does.