brianstorm Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Hi, This is a general poll for all you video techs to see what you expect to be using in the real world this year. Has the time come to upgrade to HD projection or is it still too expensive? Or do you expect to be using 3D (just like the cinema)... Please discuss, I'd love to get some feedback to try and gauge whats coming this year... Many thanks Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomG Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 After working on a 3D storytelling conference last week, and seeing some of the amazing content that is on its way, I believe that in a few years it well become more prominent, over the next few years, but will not fully take off until it can been watched without glasses and from a wide viewing angle. Until then HD will lead the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian H Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 In 2010 major client moved from SD to HD Studio, so everything is now either HDSDI or 1920 by 1080 out of a media server. Still use 1024 and 1280 for LED products. Very rare to use any analog signals at all now ---- All DVI and a bit of HDMI --- transmission by Fiber is the best - Ian H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J o n n y Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Definitely seeing a shift in the direction of HD in terms of pre-produced VT content as I find that this is the format that most post-production companies work with (EX3's are very reasonable nowadays). It is far easier and more cost effective for them most of them to send us a .mov file than printing to tape. With HD playback becoming easier and cheaper for hire companies, this is easily achievable (even if it means sometimes scaling down 1080p content slightly through image processors if your display device isnt quite up to 1080p). I think that hire companies will be slower to move all their camera channels to HD however as this will require major investment for (from my experience) something that the client is not always demanding at the moment. (i.e. There is no huge benefit in seeing the beads of sweat pour from a nervous presenters head and noticing that tiny blemish on the lectern blown up on the big screen!) Obviously this is not the case for every situation, but I think I speak for a large number of companies working in the corporate event/conference side of things at the moment. Interestingly, there are now 'cheaper' alternatives to buying full broadcast HD camera channels in the form of studio systems for professional level HD camera's including Sony EX3s, PMW 350's and other brands, meaning you can have iris control and comms link etc. I've not had any experience with any of these yet, however I am interested see the results as while they may not always suitable in every situation, they may be a good balance of cost and quality for small to medium sized corporate events if the client requires. It'd be interesting to see if more small to medium hire/event companies consider adopting this approach in 2011. Most up to date quality image processing, and display devices now offer HD as standard (or at least near HD), its just a matter of whether the content justifies the additional distribution cost (if using fibre). I'm sure there will be certain applications for the use of 3D in events, some for imaging, and some just as a gimmick...but not most often in 2011. Jonny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete McCrea Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 We're quite lucky in that being not quite 6 years old as a business, we don't have a legacy kit stock of old SD kit. We have more Full HD projection in the larger format than we do 4:3 (SXGA+), and we tend to bung signal around either as DVI over Fibre or HDSDi over Coax. Our next larger projector purchase ( 3Chip DLP 15k+) will only be Full HD native, and ideally 3D capable. Bought from the right place I believe that Song HXC-100 channels can be had for less than £30k, which isn't too bad, but still a fairly sizeable investment. We've been using the EX3's and they give a great result, and allegedly be controlled from a recent series RCP so enabling remote racking of the units. Sony do also sell a back end system for them, though this isn't the cheapest option, especially when it's not to far from the price of HXC channels.... We've also seen a shift in clients moving from old skool tape to .mov files. With the advent of Play Back Pro and the such this is becoming a better way to work in my opinion, though can have associated issues with storage of the files etc. Managing the acquisition and storage of camera rushes is a new challenge that we still have to perfect, though probably just requires an investment in RAID and portable drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstorm Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Thanks for the replies, some very interesting points made. Looks like HD is the way forward, roll on ISE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plinque Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 We've basically transitioned directly from DVD/PPT to file/PPT. HD doesn't really mean anything to me right now. Some material is higher resolution, some is lower, but ppt is *always" ppt - and almost always 4:3 at that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.calder Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 My venue is planning a roll out of HD projectors in our main ballrooms and an across the board format conversion from 4:3 to 16:9 at some point within the next 4 months. Included in the brief is installation of HD-SDI and Fibre throughout the venue. Sadly, DVD is still the playback medium we are provided most frequently, but I believe that is in part due to our account managers requesting that format where possible, something which will have to change once we are running HD across the board. We toyed with 3D but in the end decided that there were not enough content producers working in 3D within the budget of corporate events to warrant it. Instead we have settled for "the intent to purchase" a single high lumen projector to be put in general rental stock with a couple of large screens. All pending interest from clients of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plinque Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 @ mac.calderInteresting. I have been toying with the idea of fibre / HDSDI for the future. How are you dealing with backwards compatibility. I assume you're having to make some provision for older formats etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.calder Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Initially we will be leaving our existing vga-cat5 architecture in. We will be filling three in's on our projectors. We have not yet decided how we will route it etc and are looking into suitable presentation switchers... big project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plinque Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Interesting. So you'll use the projector to switch sources. I was hoping to get away from having to do that!In my dreams, the "backbone" to and from all the rooms and sources would be SDI, and we'd simply have HDMI-->SDI converters in each room for users to plug into, with vga, composite converter boxes available from stock for those users who required legacy formats. Everything would be routed through an SDI crosspoint switch in the control room. In practice, not quite so straightforward, although this is in part due to other design constraints, such as the base requirement of extreme simplicity for end users Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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