ATEM1 vs Tele Studio

ok so I'm on a tight budget here and looking to build a poor man's OB van...

I need to live switch up to 8x digital cameras (can be a mix of HDMI + HD-SDI). So I am eyeing at the ATEM1 and Television Studio products. The specs for both say "4x HDMI and 4x SDI inputs" total of 8x inputs, but I need more clarification as to what exactly can be used simultaneously. Can I use all 8 inputs at the same time? or is it not possible to mix them, so I'm stuck with either 4x inputs of the same type only?

atem has 4 x hdmi and 4 x sdi

tvs has 6 inputs 2xsdi 2xhdmi and 2 that can be either

jason

ok so I'm on a tight budget here and looking to build a poor man's OB van...

I need to live switch up to 8x digital cameras (can be a mix of HDMI + HD-SDI). So I am eyeing at the ATEM1 and Television Studio products. The specs for both say "4x HDMI and 4x SDI inputs" total of 8x inputs, but I need more clarification as to what exactly can be used simultaneously. Can I use all 8 inputs at the same time? or is it not possible to mix them, so I'm stuck with either 4x inputs of the same type only?

The TVS - although it has 8 inputs (4xHDMI and 4xSDI) two of the HDMI/SDI inputs are shared. You have a maximum of 6 active inputs only. E.g. It can be any combination of 2xHDMI and 4xSDI or 4xHDMI and 2xSDI.

The 1ME on the other hand allows for 8 simultaneous input. With the added benefit of input 1 can be Component or HDMI and you also get a downconverted SD-SDI or Composite program output - along with HD-SDI / HDMI and Component outputs too.

It may not be important but the TVS has the Build in H.264 encoder output on the USB connection, and the ATEM1 has the Uncompressed output on the USB3.0
Sharyn

Liam is correct about the TVS, but to be exact:

There are 4 HDMI inputs (1-4) and 4 HD-SDI (3-6) inputs.

Inputs #3 and #4 are shared by HDMI and HD-SDI, and have to be selected as such. So technically, you could have 3 HDMI and 3 HD-SDI if you wanted to, just an example.

Thanks guys, exactly what i needed to know.