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Customer: The Parker College of Chiropractic Product: GY-DV300 | ||
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Customer: NTL, the UK's largest cable company Product: GY-DV5000 | ||
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Customer: A local TV station in Bad Homburg, Germany Product: Professional DV system | ||
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Customer: Army TV Ch-7 in Bangkok Product: GY-DV5000 | ||
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Customer: Sky Italia, a satellite channel in Itary Product: GY-DV5000, BR-DV6000, BR-DV3000 | ||
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Located in Dallas, Texas, the Parker College of Chiropractic is a nonprofit, coeducational, private professional institute whose mission is to train doctors of chiropractic as primary health care providers. JVC's GR-DV300s are used in 30 training classrooms and 30 laboratories. |
| "We make all practice and training sessions available so that students and teachers can access them anytime in the college or at home" said Mr. James Beebe, AV coordinator of Audio/Visual Faculty. Before purchasing the GR-DV300s, the college had to Download everything shot with the previous camcorders to a non-linear editing system. Once edited, the recordings were encoded on the PC, then burned onto CD-Rs and given to the server administrator who uploaded the material to the server so that students and teachers could access it on the college's local network. According to Mr. Beebe, "When our dealer, Accent Audio/Video, introduced us to the GY-DV300, we found that it made encoding much easier and saved us time because it eliminated the process of encoding material on the PC. Instead, we could directly transfer the data as ASF files to a notebook PC's hard disk via the wireless LAN." | |
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| "When we got the GY-DV300s, we saved the material we shot on a CF card. After transferring the data from the CF card to a notebook PC, we selected the material we wanted to use and burned it onto CD-Rs. However, we soon discovered that, thanks to Parker College's LAN system (Intranet), we could transfer anything shot with the GY-DV300s directly to the notebook PC's hard disk via the wireless LAN, without having to save it on a CF card first." Since there is no need to encode the recordings on the PC, it takes less time to transfer data. At the same time, the GY-DV300 can record high-quality images on the MiniDV tape in the GY-DV300. If quality pictures are required, selected images can be transferred separately to the PC server for editing. Good audio is a priority for seminars while quality video is more important for laboratories. |
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| The GY-DV300's streaming capability makes realtime on-line lessons a reality. Students or teacher can shoot a training or practice session with the GY-DV300, while other students "attend" via the LAN system. "Since the GY-DV300 can be connected so easily to a LAN system, we are planning to use them for live streaming of the conference which will be held in the near future", said Mr. Beebe. "Students and teachers can watch and listen to renowned lecturers in real time. It's very exciting." |
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| The GY-DV300s at Parker College are used in a closed narrowcasting environment established before the camcorders were introduced. However, eliminating the need for encoding in the PC makes this camcorder a practical solution for anyone who edits or produces video material for distribution via a network. Introducing the GY-DV300 is easier than setting up a LAN system because of its high cost to performance ratio and easy setup. The high-quality images shot with the GY-DV300 and recorded on the MiniDV tape can also be used for secondary purposes. |
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| That's what Mr. Malcolm Padley of NTL - the UK's largest cable company - had to say about JVC's new GY-DV5000. JVC and NTL teamed up in November 2002 to convey live webcasts of the gala activities at the annual Regus London Film Festival (RLFF)."We worked with JVC in past projects and found the people very capable and the equipment very suitable to our Broadband communications and broadcasting needs. To have the opportunity to use the latest technology for this webcast was not one to be missed," said Mr. Padley. The 3 x 1/2" CCD GY-DV5000 features a dual tape deck that accommodates standard DV tapes as well as Mini DV and has the capability to stream live video images. So, the Regus London Film Festival gave JVC, in association with NTL, the perfect opportunity to test the performance of the new GY-DV5000 and prove, not only its imaging qualities but also its webstreaming capabilities. | |
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| "The wireless connection to the Odeon Leicester Square, where the main gala event took place, was connected via a wireless base station at Guy's Hospital in central London, using NTL's 10GHz frequency, to a cable modem and then down to Ethernet to a hub where the PC was placed and on to a wireless LAN base station which transmitted to the camera." In simple terms, the prime objective was to enable a laptop PC to be linked into the NTL server so that the live webstream could be broadcast out on the Internet. The built-in wireless system of the GY-DV5000 camera was linked directly to the laptop via a wireless access point located on the balcony of the cinema. This allowed the laptop to be situated safely within the cinema, and the camera operator could also wander freely to capture the foyer action and interviews with the celebrities. |
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| Mr. Steve Parker, who operated the camera at the Regus London Film Festival and a specialist in webstreaming commented that, "Ergonomically this camera was good to use, having the advantages of easy-to-navigate menus, changeable lenses and control features that are designed for professionals." Steve's final comment was, "The wireless technology means that the camera has endless possibilities not just for the Internet but also for the application of live television. JVC have done their job, now its time for Internet and television producers to do theirs, by dreaming up content so that the streaming capabilities of this camera can really be put to extensive use." |
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| For NTL and particularly JVC, these streaming opportunities have been invaluable in putting both the new camera's image qualities and streaming capabilities to the test. As Mr. Dale Barnes, advanced technologies manager at NTL, at the close of the London Film Festival activities commented, "We were really impressed by the capabilities of the JVC camera and how flexible it was to network with our wireless Broadband equipment. We learned a great deal from a technical point of view and look forward to working together with JVC on similar applications in the future." |
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| Since commencing on-air broadcasts in October 27, 2003, this regional TV station in the Rhein-Main area located in Bad Homburg near Frankfurt has reached a target audience of over three million users. Although still housed in a temporary building (completion of the new facility is scheduled for the summer of 2004), this new TV station has found JVC's professional DV system to be very suitable for every broadcasting need. By means of reception through cabelnet and Astra digital satellite, the fifty employees here use JVC equipment to broadcast on-air for 12 hours daily, 6 hours of which are originally produced programs. |
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| Mr. Johannes Friedel, Chief of Production and Engineering, and the management decided on JVC equipment because it provides the highest possible price to performance ratio when compared to other brands. It also offers easy-to-operate technology that even untrained personnel find effortless to use, allowing faster news processing at the transmission side. Technical advantages include the 25 Mb/s DV format, compatibility with other digital formats, and tapeless in-house workflow (utilizes on FTP). |
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At a considerable investment of  1.6 million, the station has equipped its news editing workstations, studios, post-production edit suites, etc., with the following JVC products: 20 x BR-DV3000, 20 x GY-DV300, 20 x Pinnacle Liquid Edition Edit Stations, 5 x GY-DV5001 with Firestore, 6 x GY-DV550, 60 x monitors of different types, 10 x BR-DV6000, and Pinnacle Vortex Server System. |
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As seen here, the portion highlighted in blue represents the first phase of the system com-position, which is scheduled for expansion upon completion of the new facility. |
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The acquisition staff of 20 journalists uses their own system called the VJ. Recordings are made using the GY-DV300 or GY-DV5001 with Firestone, which are edited on a BR-DV3000E or HDD and sent to the Pinnacle Liquid Edition Edit Station. From there, the edited materials are sent to the central server via FTP for further distribution. |
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The central server works as a temporary content storage and programs are transmitted from it. The DVD archive has extended storage capability to accommodate materials from the central server, whereas the streaming server is an I/O from the Vortex Storage. |
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After careful consideration of performance, quality, operating convenience, and available features, Army TV Ch-7, which is operated under license by Bangkok Broadcast Television Co., Ltd. (BBTV), decided to purchase 12 sets of JVC's GY-DV5000E Professional DV Camcorders. When specifications were compared item by item, it was determined that JVC's GY-DV5000E was superior to the major competitor brands in many areas. And most importantly, the pricing of the GY-DV5000E package was also lower than that of these brands. The full package for the GY-DV5000E purchased by Ch-7 is listed below:
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To facilitate quick, on-the-spot news gathering, the lightweight and extremely portable GY-DV5000E Professional DV Camcorder selected by Army TV Ch-7 weighs a mere 6.0kg, even when fully configured with all necessary features. This high performance is complemented by easy operation and a modern design that looks very appealing according to Ch-7 news personnel. JVC Professional DV Camcorders have also proven to be very reliable in the most demanding conditions as the first three sets of the GY-DV500E (previous model) delivered to Kantana Group Ltd. in early 1998 are still in operation at this date. |
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The JVC GY-DV5000E Camcorder uses the Professional DV Format 25Mbps with full compatibility to playback all DVCAM and DVC Pro VCRs. Furthermore, the quality of the Professional DV Format is similar to other DV formats, such as DVCAM and DVC Pro as they incorporate similar technologies. Another important advantage is that users can enjoy the extra cost-performance offered by DV blank tapes, which cost less than tapes of comparable formats. |
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Ch-7's Master Control Building (MCB) incorporates a Master Control Room (MCR), a Telecines Room, a Commercial Spots Editing Unit, the Technical Administrative Offices, and a new studio that is not yet completed. Throughout the MCB, JVC monitors - of many models and sizes - can be found in use prominently. These monitors were existing equipment removed from the previous building, however, all of them were still in excellent operating condition even after four to ten years of service (the earliest since 1994). |
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| With a main branch in Rome for news production and sports production facilities in Milan, Sky Italia is a satellite channel that serves over 2.6 million households in the Italian domestic market. And this station is well equipped to provide the best service possible to its customers thanks, in large part, to high-performance JVC Professional DV camcorders. | |
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At Sky Italia, the cameraman is basically a one-man operation when shooting as he or she goes out alone, shoots and edits by himself or herself, and sends the news material to the main station by satellite (the editing staff handles editing for materials shot within the city of Rome). The raw news materials are then put on the server for later use during broadcasts. When going out to shoot, the cameraman takes only a GY-DV5000E, a BR-DV6000E, and a laptop with AVID Express DV. As this is on-the-spot news shooting, there is no need for detailed picture-quality checks and images are checked on the GY-DV5000E or BR-DV6000E LCD display (the cameraman does not carry a monitor). This kind of operation certainly shows the cost-conscious attitude of the management at Sky Italia, so it's obvious why they chose JVC Professional DV. And comments made by Sky Italia staff such as, "we selected JVC cameras, which had the highest cost performance", clearly reflected this high level of cost consciousness. |
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The backbone within the station is a video server (not FTP). Therefore, the interface is SDI and the main format continues to be DVCPRO but the shooting format has been switched over to mini-DV. The main reason for this change was to improve cost-performance during news gathering. When Sky Italia first began using Professional DV last September, competitor stations questioned the wisdom of using the DV format but now, these stations fully understand the superior economy offered by the light, compact, and easy-to-handle Professional DV shoulder-mounted camcorder. There are currently 18 GY-DV5000s in operation, several of which have been distributed to branch stations in Milan, Naples, Bari, Palermo, and Bologna. The news materials taken by these camcorders are provided to the staff at the main station for editing but at branch stations, the cameraman edits materials with an AVID laptop NLE and sends the results by satellite to the main station. This arrangement worked very efficiently when Sky Italia camera crews worked at the recent Cannes Film Festival. Before selecting Professional DV, Sky Italia compared the performance offered by camcorders of other companies and it was decided that DVCAM camcorders were too expensive and that consumer Mini DV camcorders, while more reasonably priced, have difficult iris settings and slow focusing speeds. On the other hand, however, Sky Italia found that the GY-DV5000 offered outstanding sensitivity in low-light situations and extraordinary picture quality - superior characteristics that made it the obvious choice. In addition to the GY-DV5000, twenty BR-DV3000s and 16 BR-DV6000 are in operation. They are used primarily for NLE spoolers and viewing; for online operations, an adapter is attached and playback uses DVCPRO. |
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