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POST-PRODUCTION
Creative professionals working in video-intensive post-production applications such as editing, color grading, digital intermediate and visual special effects can easily become fatigued and unproductive when working long hours on systems with the less-than-optimal image resolution quality and unreliable computer peripheral performance that comes from compressed or IP-based KVM signal management systems.
Thinklogical eliminates these issues by providing a 100 percent uncompressed signal path on either CATx or fiber cabling with the lowest signal latency in the industry (microseconds, vs. milliseconds for typical compressed solutions), offering precise pixel-for-pixel transmission of up to 8K resolution video (7680 x 4320 30Hz) with no visual artifacts, jitter or lost frames, and instantaneous computer peripheral responsiveness. This increases user creativity, efficiency and productivity without compromising quality, reliability or performance.
With a protocol-agnostic architecture, virtually any signal — regardless of type or standard — can be switched through a Thinklogical matrix switch and any port on the matrix can be quickly configured to accommodate any signal format or direction, in or out. It is easy to change any port on the switch to be video or audio or machine-or-tablet control — whatever configuration is required to accomplish a task — in just minutes.
With this true “any-to-any” switching capability, a flexible and efficient “virtual-suite” design concept is made possible, where operators in all of the rooms in a post-production facility —including edit suites, VFX, digital intermediate and color grading, theaters, and viewing rooms—can instantly switch in and out of whatever computer they are controlling with a simple keyboard command.
Having one routing system with the flexibility to change the purpose of a suite or workstation with the push of a button, without having to physically re-wire or move servers and displays dramatically improves efficiency and productivity.
Features and Benefits
- Extend and switch resolutions up to 8K (7680 x 4320 30Hz) content and KVM without added latency or visual artifacts
- “Any-to-any” switching: enables one suite for multiple uses with rapid reconfiguration (editing, color correction, VFX, audio)
- Improve collaboration, pipelines and workflows
- Enhance creativity, productivity and efficiency
- Supports DisplayPort 1.2, HDMI 2.0 and 12G SDI
- Full bandwidth USB 2.0 extension supports Wacom tablets and other USB peripherals
- USB-C extension available
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Technicolor Case Study
ON-SET VIRTUAL PRODUCTION
On-Set Virtual Production (OSVP, also called in-camera visual effects or LED wall volumes)
saves content creators time and money by reducing the requirement
for on-location crew travel and computer generated visual effects in post-production. It also enhances artistic creativity by allowing for more rapid adjustments to camera angles and background images while giving actors a more realistic set to work on vs. the green screen backdrop typically used for CGI based visual effects.
LED soundstage volumes are created using a combination of high-resolution video distribution and 3D rendering software engines designed to maintain perspective as the camera moves throughout the immersive environment.
Low-latency, high-performance video and KVM products from Thinklogical are the ideal choice for building LED volumes that deliver flexibility and accuracy in image rendering and rapid scene resets. Thinklogical extenders and matrix switches deliver pixel-for-pixel distribution of up to 8K resolution video (7680 x 4320 30Hz) and fast and accurate control system extension and switching.
Our modular, military-grade products can withstand the most challenging production environments while maintaining “five nines” reliability and 24/7 operations.
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BROADCAST
Broadcasters face a dynamic business and technology environment, with constant change in both the methods of creating, managing and distributing content, and the myriad ways consumers now access this content. Thinklogical recognizes this challenge, and offers a wide range of high-performance, professional-grade signal management solutions for broadcasters that improve productivity, promote collaboration, and reduce cost and risk.
Thinklogical’s 100-percent uncompressed KVM system architecture preserves every pixel of the video image with no added latency, artifacts or lost frames, and delivers smooth and accurate keyboard and mouse control surface performance. Our patented signal extension and switching technology allows for critical computing resources to be back racked, centralized and allocated as needed, reducing studio and workstation heat, noise, and technology clutter.
Thinklogical enables users to easily access and switch among video sources, graphics generators, replay systems and other applications located securely away from the broadcast studio, simplifying studio re-configurations and easing the burden on engineering resources for improved efficiency and lower total cost of ownership.
CONTROL ROOMS
Control rooms are the hub of today’s multi-platform broadcasting landscape, and the ability to quickly access and assign applications, systems and content to meet ever-changing programming requirements is critical to a successful production. Thinklogical understands this, and offers high-performance, professional grade control room KVM signal management solutions that improve productivity, promote collaboration, and reduce cost and risk.
Features and Benefits
- Lowest latency, 100% uncompressed signal stream with fiber-optic or CATx-based cabling options
- Single-button macro control for quick access
- Supports hybrid architecture of computers and virtual desktop (VDI) clients
- High-density, modular design and easy expand-ability, with non-blocking matrix switches that scale from 12 to 640 ports
- Seamless integration with third party and legacy broadcast systems
- System management portfolio (SMP) control software to configure, manage, update and maintain Thinklogical deployments of any size
- Future proof: supports VGA, DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort, and video resolutions up to 8K (7680 x 4320 30Hz) with full duplex stereo audio, serial (RS- 232), USB HID and USB 2.0 (480Mbps), USB 3, and USB-C extension
Thinklogical’s high-performance signal management infrastructure includes state-of-the-art KVM systems with uncompressed signal extension and switching which supports up-to-the-minute execution and decision making for control room operators.
MOBILE TRUCKS
Thinklogical solutions provide any-to-any flexibility for creative professionals working in Mobile Production Trucks. The Thinklogical solution offers complete flexibility to reconfigure one workstation within a production truck into another instantly and seamlessly with a single keystroke. Professionals can switch from working on an editing workstation, to replay, to graphics, to audio in seconds.
Features and Benefits
- Instant reconfiguration of workstations with a single keystroke for productivity and efficiency
- Reliable, resilient and redundant configurations that are hot-swappable for maximum uptime
- Extension and switching of audio, USB, and up to 8K resolution video (7680 x 4320 30Hz)
- A scalable, future-proof hybrid fiber/CATx 10G architecture that supports future formats
- Space saving, modular components reduce rack space requirements
- Reduced IT and AV infrastructure and lower total cost of ownership
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Live Production and Themed Entertainment
Thinklogical helps live production and themed entertainment customers capitalize on projects, operate more efficiently and effectively, minimize installation times and ultimately delight the audience with an immersive sensory experience.
Concerts, theatrical productions, sporting events, tradeshows and conferences can inspire, entertain and educate audiences and attendees. Today presentations and performances are becoming increasingly complex and technologically challenging. The secret to their success lies in the systems that deliver the sound and the vision – the overall audio-visual multimedia experience.
Thinklogical supports the live production and themed entertainment industries with rugged and reliable video distribution and signal extension and switching products that take the risk and guesswork out of system design and implementation. In addition to extending audio, USB and camera control, only Thinklogical offers distribution of video at resolutions up to 8K (7680 x 4320 30Hz) with no artifacts, no added latency or lost frames, and with smooth keyboard and mouse and control surface performance.
With Thinklogical, you are guaranteed the highest-quality signal distribution available in the market today, ensuring an unsurpassed multimedia performance.
