What transmitter do you own? Why do you like it? and How much did you pay?

[Alan Rencher]

I think Teradek released the "1st generation" Bolt Pro 2000 as an unfinished product for the sole purpose of competing with the already shipping Tomahawk.

 

Why else would the second-generation be so different, and released within months of the first?

[Nicholas Davidoff]

While other transmitters may be smaller and cheaper, it seems to me the Boxx Meridien is still the number one HD transmitter on the market right now for signal strength and reliability. Would this be correct to say?

 

I've owned a Boxx for two years now and have had no technical issues. And a general eerie silence from video village most of the day. It's been great.

[RonBaldwin]

I believe it would be correct to say, Nick

[Eric Fletcher S.O.C.]

Nick, we had both the boxx and the teradek's on my last show and we ended up leaving the boxx's in their case. performance is very similar. I wouldn't hesitate to use either, we just found for our work style and set sizes that it was more convenient to use the teradek's

[RonBaldwin]

The best thing (to me at least) about the box is how it behaves when losing/reacquiring the signal. It doesn't just go blank, if starts losing pixels but an image is still there. That being said, the size blows and I wish it was the size of the bolt

[Jens Piotrowski SOC]

http://boxx.tv/next-generation-for-ibc-2014/

 

Here we go Ron....

[RonBaldwin]

I saw that...pretty cool and about time. Hope the performance really matches it's big bro

[Alan Rencher]

I saw that...pretty cool and about time. Hope the performance really matches it's big bro

It has to be using the same Amimon board that the Bolt Pro and Tomahawk are using, but with the Boxx special sauce.

[flemming laybourn]

Boxx is king..! and Scott and his team is second to none.. Have used their systems since they started and never had any problems.

Like mentioned earlier, videovillage is always quiet..:-)

[Mike Gailing]

I think Teradek released the "1st generation" Bolt Pro 2000 as an unfinished product for the sole purpose of competing with the already shipping Tomahawk.

 

Why else would the second-generation be so different, and released within months of the first?

Alan,

 

That couldn't be further from the truth. It wasn't a half finished product at all. Good conspiracy theory, though.

 

The reason we came out with a second revision relatively early was because we were able to complete some R&D ahead of schedule. Instead of waiting to introduce it, we decided to bring it to the industry as quickly as possible. This R&D is what resulted in:

 

1. Dual HDMI + 3G-SDI inputs/outputs

2. USB 3.0 output on the receiver (GRAB Engine)

3. Half the size of the original Bolt 2000 RX (and for that matter, half the size of the Tomahawk RX)

4. OLED screen for status + config

 

The new models also do not have any PSF issues and can pass metadata and timecode on select cameras.

 

We also offered an upgrade program for anybody who bought the original Gen 1 Bolt 2000 just to make sure everyone was taken care of.

[Alan Rencher]

And you have done a good job it seems with the 2nd generation. Teradek didn't actually make the receivers smaller, you just switched to the smaller Amimon HDMI receivers. I'm sure other companies will follow soon.

[Jens Piotrowski SOC]

http://www.amimon.com/Sky-506

 

Vs

 

http://www.amimon.com/sky-604

[Alan Rencher]

http://www.amimon.com/Sky-506

 

Vs

 

http://www.amimon.com/sky-604

Exactly

[Osvaldo Silvera SOC]

I have a question for us Live Broadcast ops.

Why is it that none of these except for the BOXX can be used for Multi camera live broadcasts?

Is there some type of compression issue that the engineers don't like or something?

I mean I have worked shows where I had a Camwave 5 and there was a guy following me with the receiver on a stick hardwired to the control room and even that wasn't too good., Then I used a Boxx Meridian one time and it must have not been set up right because it was breaking up about 20 feet from the receiver, so I went triax hardwired.

I have seen where you use a Boxx Meridian to transmit the signal, another smaller Boxx unit to receive Paint/Data control and tally, and yet another full meridian system to receive the program signal or use it for Teleprompter. But that is a whole lots of Gak on the sled.

 

yet every full broadcast wireless show I do is either the CP communications systems (Wave Central) or the AVS systems,or the lesser used NuComm system. All are in excess of 50K for just the Tx and Rx.

What's the difference? Other than $$$ and a super reliable, never breaks up 1000' + line of sight and incredible None line of sight performance?

 

I imagine if any of these were capable of the signal strength and quality of the AVS or CP systems they'd be in use on the live shows.

 

For instance the new AXIS series from CP boasts 30ms of delay at 1000' + and you have camera control from the RCP unit as well.

 

Thoughts?

 

PS. I have used the BOXX units with great performance on many jobs as well as the Paralinx Arrow (Mine) and the Teradek Bolt Pro provided by the Video Assist folks. Just never in a live situation. And the time the Boxx broke up really bad I was indoors. I have also had the Paralinx Arrow not work past 20 feet at a mansion that I later found out had every one of it's 30 outside security cameras on a wieless wifi system that caused havoc with every wireless video system, even the Camwaves.

[Mike Gailing]

Exactly

 

There are two boards in the new Bolt models. The first is our own FPGA, which gives us dual inputs and other features that no one else has.

 

We co-designed the RF board with Amimon, which is why the antenna configuration resembles what we are currently selling. It is also why we released it way before anyone else.

 

Once our exclusivity expired on our co-developed RF board, it was turned into a reference design that Amimon can sell to competitors.

 

However, since our FPGA and its unique features was developed 100% in house, it will not be shared as a reference design.