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Zodiak™ Digital Video Production Switcher

Source: Grass Valley Group
With an unrivaled combination of production power and affordability, our next-generation Zodiak™ digital video production switcher is right at home in your sports arena, post-production, mobile, or mid- or small-market broadcast facility—as a new addition or an analog switcher replacement.
Our Emmy® award-winning switchers are the industry pacesetters for reliability, quality, and intuitive user-interfaces. Whether it's a live, studio, mobile or post-production application, they offer sophisticated, easy keying power and superior image quality.

With an unrivaled combination of production power and affordability, our next-generation Zodiak™ digital video production switcher is right at home in your sports arena, post-production, mobile, or mid- or small-market broadcast facility—as a new addition or an analog switcher replacement.

Key Features

  • Powerful Mix/Effects (M/E) architecture
    • 4 keyers per full M/E for extensive, flexible layering
    • 1 utility bus per full M/E for video in borders, video wipe patterns, or masking
    • Built-in digital effects on every keyer plus external digital effects support
    • 5 wipe pattern generators on each full M/E
    • These powerful features are integrated into M/E 1 and M/E 2 of the 2.5 M/E model, and added as a full-featured M/E on the program/preset row of the 3 M/E model
  • Available in two powerful models: 2.5 M/E and 3 M/E serial digital
    • 2.5 M/E model comes with 64 inputs and simple mix/cut program/preset row with 3 linear downstream keyers
    • 3 M/E model comes with 64 inputs and an additional full-featured M/E that augments the 3 linear keyers on the program/preset row
  • Familiar Grass Valley interface and easy-to-use, touch-screen menu display
  • 100 frame still store with animation
  • Easy upgrade path from 2.5 to 3 M/E system