

Also new are ICP-X7000 control panels, which add an RGB cross-point button, high-visibility OLED display and an easy-to-operate LCD button to the Sony MVS-8000X and 7000X professional/broadcast switchers. Sony also debuted the newest versions of the Anycast Touch production switcher MVS-3000A compact production switcher and the MVS-6530, now available in 3 and 2 M/E configurations. SONY launched its first 4Kready IP-networked production switcher, givingbroad-casters the flexibility to configure equipment for IP only, SDI only, or IP and SDI hybrid. SNELL debuted input embedding, 2Kx2K capability, IP routing and a new control panel for its Sirius 800 routers and unveiled a format-independent integrated multiviewer for Kahuna and new operation modules for Maverik. ROSS VIDEO launched Carbonite Black, the latest addition to its Carbonite switcher line, offering an expanded I/O and ME count with 3 MEs, 36 inputs and 22 outputs. The company also launched expansion interface cards for the V-1200HD and M-500 live audio mixing consoles. ROLAND debuted the V-1200HD, a 2 M/E broadcast and live production switcher with a hybrid engine that combines a 4:2:2 2 M/E switcher with a 4:4:4 10-bit multiformat processor presentation switcher.

Lucinda Ireland (L) and Glenn Hill (R), both from Sony, demonstrate the Sony ICP-X7000 switcher control panel to Joe Vinci (C) of NEP/WGN.
