2024 is the year of integration, in the context of the economic downturn, the major host manufacturers have sensed the market for the first time, or through the integration of internal departments to improve efficiency, or through external mergers and acquisitions, the fast action has been adjusted in place, and the slow action is naturally ignored by the market. Today's first day of NAB, let's take stock of the host manufacturers and see what they have to deal with!
Who else is NAB's first and foremost exhibit besides Sony? As always, Sony occupies the largest venue in the Central Pavilion and is the cornerstone of stability for the industry and NAB.
Traditional radio and television solutions are still the focus, and cloud solutions are getting more and more attention, but China and Europe and the United States cannot communicate with each other, leaving room for opportunities for domestic cloud solution manufacturers.
Virtual production has attracted much attention and occupied the C position, and it has evolved from the promotion of black color crystal LED to a packaged virtual production solution.
Cinema Line cameras were the main cameras, and the FX30 and Venice 2 were on display.
With such a dense model layout, which new Cinema Line will be next?
The FX9 is the oldest of all the models, will it be the next generation, will the FX series be 8K, will the S35 model be added, and so many questions will have to wait a little longer.
Surprisingly, Sony exhibited a slightly "rudimentary" 3D solution, although the image quality is certainly very high, and it is all based on a full-frame camera, but it needs to sacrifice 15% of the coincidence angle. A more professional stent plan needs to be followed up.
The LR1's small body, high pixels, and flexible control interface make it a good choice for this combined system-level application.
The hair-level 3D still image is completed synchronously in 3 seconds, but unfortunately the viewing effect and the pain of 3D image cannot be experienced on the spot.
In terms of stand-alone, there is also the just-launched AI PTZ camera AM7, one-inch sensor, 20x optical zoom, comes with a motorized gimbal, can automatically track the composition, a good choice for reality shows.
The FP1 of the head of the machine that can push live streams feels good, and it is divided into streaming mode and monitoring mode, and the monitoring menu is very rich.
The ingest status menu is displayed
Mode toggle menu
Monitor the menu
Back interface
Ingest interface
Ingest resolution
Ingest bitstreams
The Monitor & Control app also has a wide range of monitoring options
The multi-machine wireless control scheme is about to be upgraded and supported, but there are frequent lags at the exhibition site, and large-scale events are the sworn enemy of Wifi control.
In the end, there are actually many cases of Japanese companies acquiring American companies, and Sony is also a master of acquisitions, such as this sideline ruling system with a high appearance rate in major sports events, HAWK-EYE.
Sony's system solutions and Cinema Line stand-alone product lines are typical of the successful product line adjustment in the industry, and a strong product line is inevitably the result of an optimized organizational structure supported by the back. With more competitors joining the restructuring team this year, will Sony be able to maintain its advantage? Let's wait and see!