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Middle Tennessee State University Upgrades
Mobile Production Truck with HD Multiviewers from Apantac
January 11, 2010
Source: Apantac &
Delamere Marketing
Apantac LLC, a leading
designer and developer of high quality, cost effective Multiviewers
and signal processing equipment, announced that Middle Tennessee
State University (MTSU) has installed Tahoma-LE Series of
High Definition Multiviewers in their newly refurbished HD
mobile television production truck.
The 40-foot mobile production truck is a
state-of-the-art Mobile Production Lab used to produce live
sports events that are telecast to high-profile outlets such
as ESPN. The truck also focuses on concert production, and
local charity events including the Ronald McDonald House telethon.
In addition, the truck is used as a lab for MTSU mass communication
students. Recently, MTSU students produced a 1-hour NASA documentary
for PBS Nashville on the ARES-1 rocket launch.
The MTSU mobile production truck is equipped
with advanced technology and equipment, including the Apantac
Tahoma-LE Multiviewers. MTSU trains their students on state-of-the-art
equipment that's actually being used by working video and
audio professionals. This improves their teaching capabilities,
and provides an outstanding learning environment for the students.
At events, the student crew handle all production
aspects of the event coverage. The new Apantac HD Multiviewers
provide students with the multi-image display processing tools
they need to visually monitor all feeds from cameras out in
the field and content being fed from tape decks and digital
disk recorders.
The feeds are displayed on a monitor wall, which includes
two 46” LCD’s screens. One Tahoma-LE-16 HD (16 input)
Multiviewer module is used for the preview monitoring, another
Tahoma-LE 16 HD is used for program monitoring, and a third
Tahoma-LE-16 is used for monitoring 8 inputs of video for
the engineering monitor and 8 inputs of video for the audio
booth monitor. Two Tahoma-LE-4 (4 input) HD Multiviewers are
used for monitoring the playback sources.
Each Tahoma-LE Multiviewer displays 4 -
16 SD, HD-SDI or composite inputs, and the production crew
can configure each display using Apantac’s intuitive
and easy-to-use configuration layout software. The Tahoma-LE
series incorporates a built-in CATx extender, which allows
the output of the Multiviewer to be extended up to 115 feet.
Tahoma-LE supports DVI, HDMI and VGA outputs up to 2048x1080
(incl. 1080P), and includes built-in video and audio alarm
detection, borders, the ability to insert graphics (e.g. logos)
and display window labels.
“The Apantac Tahoma-LE Multiviewers
have proven to be an excellent teaching tool, and an excellent
addition to our mobile production truck. Our students are
mastering the complex task of technically producing shows,
giving them real-world experience and confidence,” comments
Marc Parrish, Director of Technical Systems at MTSU. “When
we brought in Apantac’s Multiviewer for evaluation, it
was instantly clear that the feature-set provided us with
the functionality we needed.”
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