Premium Members William Demeritt Posted April 23, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 If they were the ones at NAB, then yea their replacement Meridian transmitter apparently goes well over 100 feet. If memory serves, the Boxx folks confirmed some power amplification was introduced to their transmitters and receivers to allow greater range. I'd be curious to see if the new transmitters can work with the old receivers, considering the new chips are a two part system, and the receiver does have one uplink transmitter antenna, so that would require the new technology and PA's. I'm still building my own HD transmitter from consumer parts, here's hoping I'll have a working model soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Lars Erik Posted April 23, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Don't own any of them yet. Our show rented two Boxxes. They were great (besides going through several hundred dollars in antennae throughout the season - yes, really). Our DP from day one said "no" to the Camwave as he thinks they suck so the rental house bought the Boxxes. I saw no way to make more money with it this time around (Bean counters back in LA were already freaking out about my gear rental so I wasn't about to get any more money no matter what I added to my inventory). I've had the unit for some time now. One of the first to receive one, I've used it a lot and the performance is amazing. The antennas is a problem though. Boxx need to sort it out. I spoke to Scott in the UK, he said that the problem was getting a sturdy antenna which also performed well at a cost effective price. I invested in a new type of antenna, which basically makes it look like a Frankenstein, but the rig will likely brake more easily than the antennas now. I think they were about £150-180 each. LE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Jens Piotrowski SOC Posted April 23, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 The newer Camwaves I think use the latest revision of the AMIMON chips, but they still use a PCB antenna, so the transmission integrity could be improves. The new Meridian uses 4 external rubber duck antennas to increase broadcast capabilities (plus a receiver antenna). What will really push the boundaries is whoever introduces power amplifiers to the antennas. I'm using the newer CAMWAVE serial U52Dxxx with great success. On stage no problems whatsoever, outside up to 300ft (with some drop-outs)..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members chris fawcett Posted April 23, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 And I'm still using the Transvideo Titan HD/SD. Still flawless, direct-to-air, quality, no dropouts ever. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Thomas English Posted April 24, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Its tempting Chris.. its tempting. Its just quite big and fairly expensive. But transvideo stuff is awesome. You don't regret it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members James Davis Posted April 24, 2011 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 ah yeah I saw the one they had on the Tango at the demo, seems like a really nice bit of kit, build quality of transvideo stuff is superb, only downside is the price eh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members chris fawcett Posted April 24, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Hi Thomas, I don't find it so big in practice. It's certainly light, and I like the compact antenna. Being able to clip it on a battery mount below is handy too when things get heavy up top. You get what you pay for, I guess. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Adi Visser SOC SASO Posted April 24, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Hi Currently working with Camwave and not impressed.The receiver has to very close at all times to get a decent picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members JobScholtze Posted April 25, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Its tempting Chris.. its tempting. Its just quite big and fairly expensive. But transvideo stuff is awesome. You don't regret it... The Boxx and or the Transvideo are awesome stuff. i do use the camwave for over a year now, and i must admit, for the money its been great. Great picture, only the distance of 25 meters is less then the boxx or transvideo. Inside i get almost 40 meter, outside it depends, but it has a minumum of 20 meters. I for one, never occured a problem with the distance, i aint that far away from videovillage. But thats all personal i guess. It works fine, and for the money it costs, i got it back real quik. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Chris Medico Posted April 30, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 I know this is a consumer product but I'm rigging an Asus WiCast transmitter for HD off camera monitoring. It requires a HDMI connection instead of SDI but it does have reasonable range and very low latency. We did a test of the setup at the Blackbird stabilizer booth at NAB and the range was a lot more than I expected. It was at least 200'. The price is right too. I picked up 2 sets for less than $400. I'm assembling the power cable with the 5v regulator now. I hope when its done I'll be just under the weigh limit of the Pilot with the F3 and the transmitter on board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members William Demeritt Posted April 30, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Chris, if you have any questions or ideas please shoot them my way? Ive been working on making my Brite view "set friendly", and today will be it's first real world test. I've got a power cable, added some new antennas, and even have it ready for an hdsdi field monitor. Power amplifiers and receiver antennas are next on the slate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Tom Wills Posted April 30, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Funny enough, I'm also working on a WiCast solution for my rig and a director's monitor. I'm building up a power distribution box which would accept raw battery power in, and give you 2 5v regulated power outputs and a 12v unregulated output. The basic idea being that I can drive: - the WiCast and an HDMI splitter if I'm doing HDMI jobs - the WiCast and a Composite to HDMI upconverter for SD jobs - the WiCast, an HDMI Splitter, and a Decimator 2 (why I've got the unregulated out) for HDSDI jobs On the monitor side, it'll give me power for both the receiver and a splitter, so I can run with a director's monitor and a larger "video village" style monitor. The hardest part will be figuring out mounting for all of the parts. All told, looks like mine will run around $500, including the director's monitor. Not too bad, considering that a used modulus and tuner setup runs $1500. William, how did you manage to attach an extra antenna on to the Brite-View? I wonder if I could do the same with a WiCast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members William Demeritt Posted May 1, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Tom: I ripped off the u.fl connectors on the pcb of the transmitter and soldered down the connection from a cut pigtail in line with the rf signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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