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Mansion Mobile Meets Demand for Remote HD Production
with Grass Valley Multiformat Technology
February 10, 2009
Source: Thomson-Grass Valley
Mansion Mobile Television is building a
brand new high-definition (HD) truck to meet the increased
need for HD production in the Midwest and across the country,
equipping it with 11 new Grass Valley LDK 8000 Elite
HD cameras and a fully loaded Kalypso HD Video Production
Center.
The purchase order is valued at more than $2 million.
Of the 11 LDK 8000 Elite WorldCam cameras, seven will be used
for fixed positions in a SuperXpander configuration with box-style
lenses, while four will be set-up in handheld configuration
to roam the various venues. The Kalypso HD switcher includes
a 4 M/E panel, four auxiliary bus panels, and is loaded with
a variety of options.
The new 53-foot expandable HD truck, which is set to debut
at the NAB convention in Las Vegas in April, will allow the
company to produce twice as many live events. This will include
entertainment shows as well as sports production.
"We chose the LDK 8000 Elite cameras and Kalypso HD switcher
for their ability to capture and manage events in all of the
major HD formats [720p and 1080i] as well as the cameras'
24p mode [1080p24]," said Dave Goodman, Vice President
of Engineering for Mansion Mobile.
"By supporting productions shot in 24 frames per second,
we've made this truck very entertainment friendly, though
we'll continue to produce sporting events as well," continues
Goodman. "We initially thought that this type of equipment
with a 24p option would be prohibitively expensive, but the
price and value we're getting from Grass Valley is very attractive
to us for what we want to accomplish with this new truck.
Now we'll be able to grow our business and compete with anyone."
For the past two years, Mansion Mobile has been producing
approximately 65 live sports events a year – including
games for Major League Baseball, the National Football League
Big-12 college football, Major League Soccer, the National
Basketball Association (D-League), and Big-12 basketball –
with a standard-definition (SD) truck that features a Grass
Valley Kalypso Duo switcher. Mansion Mobile has also supported
Telemundo at Super Bowl XLII.
"Production companies like Mansion Mobile continue to
choose Grass Valley equipment because it allows them to service
a wide variety of clients with the same systems," said
Jeff Rosica, Senior Vice President of the Grass Valley. "The
LDK 8000 Elite camera's and Kalypso HD switcher's ability
to support multiple HD formats brings Mansion Mobile a faster
return on its investment and helps it to remain competitive
in the markets it serves."
Diversified Systems, a premiere systems integrator of mobile
facilities with offices in New York, San Jose, Seattle and
Washington D.C., designed the system and installed the equipment
in the truck, on top of a body constructed by Calutech Mobile
Solutions, in Hammond, Ind.
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