July 24, 2014
By: Chip Bobbert II
Help us review a few cameras! We recently tested five popular single-chip PTZ cameras for our MPS Studio upgrade. We perceived what seem to be significant differences in quality. To validate our findings, we would share what we saw with...
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July 22, 2014
By: Chip Bobbert II
We currently have several, popular single chip PTZ cameras all in one location and hooked up to a test monitor. On hand is the Sony BRC-Z330, Panasonic AW-HE60, Vaddio HD019, Cisco PrecisionHD, and Logitech BCC950. With the exception of the...
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July 10, 2014
By: Chip Bobbert II
Panasonic is coming on site today from 2:30-4pm at MPS West in the Perkins / Bostock Library to demo their PTZ line up. We will be testing their cameras in several conferencing and production scenarios. Representatives will be available for...
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July 9, 2014
By: Jack D'Ardenne
HDBaseT Builds a Base in Pro AV Good overview by Tim Kridel on HDBaseT and how it is gaining a lot of popularity in the pro AV world. Tim discusses some pros and cons of the technology and also has some...
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July 8, 2014
By: Jack D'Ardenne
Last month Duke's Biamp rep, Michael Frank came out to give us a look and listen to their new TesiraFORTÉ DSP product line. There are several models available to cover various use cases including VOIP, POTS, and external codec conferencing....
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By: Todd Stabley
A number of you are fans of Wirecast, a production tool that can input audio, video, and graphics content from various A/V sources plugged into your local computer and that allows you to switch and mix those sources for broadcasting...
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July 3, 2014
By: Todd Stabley
I stumbled across an interesting talk from the transLectures workshop @ OCWC Global 2014 via the INSTTECH listserv (http://listserv.educause.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A1=ind1406&L=INSTTECH). Stuart Phillipson and Andrew Wilson describe how they recently moved from an opt in to an opt out approach to lecture capture...
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By: Chip Bobbert II
Continuing our exploration into 4K we have acquired a Sony FDR-AX100. This a prosumer grade camera from Sony with the notable feature of being, of course, 4K (specifically UltraHD). I will do an in depth review of it in the...
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June 25, 2014
By: pz18@duke.edu
HI all, This Thursday our Vaddio rep, Misty Chalk will be visiting bringing with her the following items listed below. Misty will be here from 10am-12pm in Perkins 118. GroupSTATION System WideSHOT Camera Vaddio ClearVIEW HD19 EasyUSB Table MicPOD Thanks,...
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June 23, 2014
By: Chip Bobbert II
A new PrimeSense scanner has been purchased for use in the MPS starting this fall. We couldn't help ourselves when we explored some applications in the Media Lab. To demonstrate the potential, we used a powerful application called Faceshift that...
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