Projected Image Digital's David March comments: "We're excited to be working with D-Tek Industries and products that are at the forefront of visual production and creativity. The industry is currently moving very fast, and these are the first of a whole series of related products."
The D-Switch, a DMX-controlled 4:1 video switch unit, is the first in a series of new products from D-Tek, developed to give lighting designers the power and flexibility to control the video elements of their show. The D-Switch unit switches four synchronized (genlocked) video signals to a single video output via DMX512 lighting control protocol. Four video sources (e.g. video sources, DVDs, or cameras) can be switched between, and output to, a single video feed going to a video projector or LED wall. The switching is controlled by a DMX512 lighting console using only a single channel to select between the user's four video sources and blackout. The unit also features a manual selection mode and an automatic chase function. The second product is the D - Switch Pro - a DMX-controlled 4:4 video switch matrix unit, which allows the switching of four synchronized (genlocked) video signals to four video outputs via DMX. Four video sources - videos, DVDs or cameras - can be switched between, matrixed to and output to four video feeds - either projectors or LED walls. The switching is controlled by a DMX512 lighting console using four DMX channels to select the four video outputs from the four sources, plus a blackout function. The unit also features a manual selection mode and an automatic chase function.
Both units are Composite Video and S-Video units, and Component Video and Serial Digital Interface (SDI) units will be released in early 2004. D-Tek Industries is to donate £5 for every unit sold to the charities Warchild and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy.
(Lee Baldock)
