TriCaster™ 300
Portable Live Production in HD/SD

Pricing: $11,995.00

TriCaster™ is the gold standard in portable live production and TriCaster™ 300, raises the bar, capabilities and expectations. TriCaster™ 300, is the latest entry in the TriCaster family for live production and streaming. TriCaster™ 300, provides a small footprint and easy one-person or small team operation making it possible to live produce in HD/SD and stream from almost anywhere.

TriCaster™ 300 Interface
The power to drive your production

TriCaster™ 300 Benefits

TriCaster 300 at US $11,995 (Educational: US$11,995), represents the state-of-the-art in portable live production systems with the highest quality 32-bit floating point, 4:4:4:4 video processing. TriCaster 300 accepts high definition video in both 1080i and 720p along with SDI, Y/C, component and composite. Whether you work with a team or operate on your own, TriCaster 300 is easy to set up, portable and provides the following system benefits:

Pristine Video and Audio

• End-to-end HD 1080i video pipeline, including effects and virtual sets
• Video processing employs 32-bit floating-point precision, 4:4:4:4 video processing and component (YCbCrA) color (well beyond industry standard 10-bit)
• Four-channel audio processed at 48 kHz, 32-bit floating point
• Extensive audio input/output flexibility including Embedded SDI on all video channels, four channels of AES/EBU, and professional level balanced XLR/phone connectors
• All video inputs can be Proc-Amped, keyed and frozen, including titles and DDRs
• Integrated full field rate Waveform Monitor and Vectorscope with full color beam tracing
• Individual processing controls for both Main and VGA outputs
• Pristine capture of video or stills with support for full 4:2:2 up to 1920 x 1080 resolution at very high bit-rates
• Next-generation optimized user-interface design with key live production tools readily available, supported by the ability to quickly access controls to configure each source

Virtual Switcher Inputs and Live Virtual Sets

• Five Virtual Input functions, each similar to advanced mix/effects bus with positioning and overlay capabilities
• Use "virtual cameras" by populating multiple Virtual Inputs from a single camera source (and switch between them)
• Each source has a Proc Amp, keying, garbage matte and alpha channel support
• Layer up to five live video or CG sources (internal or supplied by network)
• Independent zoom and pan controls for each source that make composition and camera placement easy
• All Virtual Inputs provide an additional overlay channel with independent transitions and scaling capabilities
• Insert live video inputs into live virtual sets with ease
• Zoom the virtual camera smoothly and easily either interactively, or using automatic control to user specified zoom preset levels
• Presets provide quick convenient access to numerous Virtual Input setups

Production Flexibility

• HD-SDI and HD component plus SD-SDI, component, Y/C and composite input/output
• Mix source resolutions and aspect ratios (including HD and SD video)
• Simultaneous HD and SD video output with Proc Amp control
• iVGA™ supports unlimited networked computers as live inputs to the switcher 
• Simple live HD streaming with Adobe® Flash® or Windows Media® in either push or pull
• Record 18 hours of full HD 1080i video in high quality 100Mbps I-Frame only MPEG at up to 4:2:2 color precision
• Genlock input for broadcast system integration supports bi-level and tri-level references
• On-screen ISO monitoring for all switcher inputs (internal and external)
• Enhanced secondary video output for projector or second monitor (up to 1920 x 1200) with sophisticated full field-rate defielding and scaler processing offers varied displays including Program, Preview, Effects, all ISO sources, Waveform Monitor and Vectorscope, and more
• Dedicated upstream overlay with transitions with per source positioning, scaling, and color processing
• Two additional downstream overlay channels with individual transitions, scaling, position, keying and alpha channel
• Sophisticated control system for transitions, automated playback, overlays and more
• Next generation LiveMatte™ HD for incredibly clean real-time keying with advanced spill suppression and garbage matte controls.
• Convenient user presets available throughout the live production environment, including DDR playlists, Virtual Inputs, and audio mixers
• Integrated audio mixer with audio-follows-video and talk-over options
• Auxiliary audio output supports external mixing of sound from integrated media players for easy integration with complex audio installations and external mixing
• Edit title pages live, including changes to fonts, text sizes, graphic replacement and more
• Media player autoplay allows easy on-air cue of titles, video clips, sophisticated count-down capabilities and more
• DDR provides real-time dynamic playback speed control for clip playback
• New session system allows convenient storage and recall of complete configuration and playlist setups for different shows, locations and more
• Easy access to every important control during live production
• Support for LiveControl™ LC-11 hardware switcher
• Extensive file format support simplifies media import
• Integrated professional HD CG/Titling and real-time HD editing capabilities

TriCaster™ 300 Specifications

1 Both digital (SDI) and analog video output connectors are active at all times.

• HD rows output HD-SDI and HD Component
• SD rows can be configured as “SDI + Component” or “SDI + Composite + Y/C”

For live productions:

• Output Row 1 and 2 run at the session resolution
• Output Row 3 always provides an SD output
• SD output is always 16:9 for 16:9 sessions, 4:3 for 4:3 sessions (HD or SD)
• Minimum display resolution of 1280 x 1024 for 4:3, or 1440 x 900 for 16:9

For post productions:

• For HD projects, all outputs are HD output consists of 3 HD-SDI and 3 HD Component.
• For SD Projects, output consists of 3 SD-SDI connections, 1 SD-Component, 2 Composite and 2 Y/C