The Korona mixer and the LDX-86 camera, Grass Valley's main bets in Las Vegas

The new LDX-86 native 4K camera promises great flexibility and usability with an eLicense upgrade program.

Marco López, president of Grass Valley, has started the press conference of this manufacturer integrated into the Belden group, ensuring that the company is prepared to manage the change to any format and at any time, offering the market Glass-to-Glaas solutions capable of generating interoperable infrastructures in the environment. IP. He also stressed that Grass Valley solutions are ready to help broadcasters and operators increase their revenue thanks to more powerful streaming and faster VOD.

New LDX-86

One of the new features at this NAB is the new LDX-86, native 4K camera that promises great flexibility and use with an eLicense update program.

Belonging to the LDX family, the new LDX-86 has a 2/3″ sensor with native 4K resolution in a 16:9 aspect ratio with full sensor lenses. It uses three 4K Xensium CMOS sensors capable of generating 3820x2160 pixels.

The new LDX will be marketed like its “sisters” under a licensing program, with HiSpeed ​​options with HFR 1x/3x in HD; Xtreme Spped with 1x/3x/6x in HD and 1x/3x in 3G; WorldCam with 3G/HD content in 1080i/720p/1080PsF/1080p; 4K with WorldCam features but with 3820x2160 UHD; and Universe that offers universal and selectable 1x/3x/6x HD, 1x/3x 3G and 1x 4K support.

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Its new compact Korona mixer, designed for small spaces or tight budgets, will also surely attract attention at the Grass Valley stand.

Thanks to a touch screen, operators can streamline content production. It features an in-panel menu and uses the same OLED and color technology as Grass Valley's large panels.

With the aim of completing its line of production mixers in the compact segment, this proposal is positioned as the “younger brother” of the popular Kayenne or Karrera.

The system is available in 1 or 2 M/E panels, features K-Frame S-Series processing technology, and is compatible with top-of-the-line solutions.

Korona supports multiple HD formats and can easily be upgraded to 3G/4K with a software license purchase. The control panel supports up to 20 assignable buttons on each M/E. Despite its small dimensions, it has a great capacity to route signals with an 80x48 matrix with inputs and outputs in optional IP in SMPTE ST 2022-6 I/O.

GV Node

In order to offer the market a gass-to-glass solution for processing, routing and monitoring with native IP interfaces, Grass Valley has developed GV Node. This solution aims to cover both routing, IP processing and multi-display in a single compact platform.

Without a doubt, it will help an integration that reduces wiring, complexity and costs. Its main advantage is that it processes where necessary from a distributed architecture.

Finally, note that Grass Valley and Cisco are collaborating in the development of IP solutions based on Cisco Media Blueprint.

In Las Vegas, we can see a demo using GV BDC and Cisco IP Professional Media Network (PMN).

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