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- Real Name: Dale Jay Dennis
Hello, all. Just joined the forum, so I will be interested to see how many struggles we have in common!
I work with a community access station that owns an ATEM 1 M/E Production Switcher. At present, when we need graphics, we create them in software and import them into the media manager...but I am wondering about Character Generators, and what forum members have experience with in the way of CGs, particularly for live production.
I have looked online in a couple of places, and most of what I see is quite expensive (especially for a community station), but there were a couple of units that seemed to hold out some promise.
So, does anyone here have any experience with the Data Video TC-100 or TC-200 Character Generators? The TC-200 has the better features (and is a bit more expensive); it has SDI in and out, and features separate Key and Fill outputs--and therein lies the problem.
We use cameras with SDI outputs, which give us better flexibility than using HDMI. Since the ATEM switcher has four SDI inputs and four HDMI inputs, two SDI inputs would have to be tied up with CG outputs to use those on an upstream keyer. Of course, downstream can be used...but that has its own set of issues.
The TC-100 has HDMI inputs and outputs. The outputs are not identified as Key and Fill, so my suspicion is that they are redundant DSK outputs.
Does anyone have any experience with either or both of these CGs? I would appreciate any thoughts and feedback you could give.
Thanks.
Dale Dennis
I work with a community access station that owns an ATEM 1 M/E Production Switcher. At present, when we need graphics, we create them in software and import them into the media manager...but I am wondering about Character Generators, and what forum members have experience with in the way of CGs, particularly for live production.
I have looked online in a couple of places, and most of what I see is quite expensive (especially for a community station), but there were a couple of units that seemed to hold out some promise.
So, does anyone here have any experience with the Data Video TC-100 or TC-200 Character Generators? The TC-200 has the better features (and is a bit more expensive); it has SDI in and out, and features separate Key and Fill outputs--and therein lies the problem.
We use cameras with SDI outputs, which give us better flexibility than using HDMI. Since the ATEM switcher has four SDI inputs and four HDMI inputs, two SDI inputs would have to be tied up with CG outputs to use those on an upstream keyer. Of course, downstream can be used...but that has its own set of issues.
The TC-100 has HDMI inputs and outputs. The outputs are not identified as Key and Fill, so my suspicion is that they are redundant DSK outputs.
Does anyone have any experience with either or both of these CGs? I would appreciate any thoughts and feedback you could give.
Thanks.
Dale Dennis