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A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FROM DASCOM SYSTEMS GROUP
May 2009 Issue
In This Issue
Videoconferencing Article
TRMS Zeplay Instant Replay Machine
New Dascom Support Center
NAB Attendance Down
May Trivia Question
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Featured Article:
VIDEOCONFERENCING Frank Sabella, Dascom Sales
 
Videoconference 

Videoconferencing is often misunderstood and has even been labeled too much trouble for the investment.  The truth is videoconferencing is one of the most cost-effective solutions that you can add to your business or institution. 

In today's business environments, there are two main considerations when purchasing new technology: financial and environmental. Videoconferencing has the unique power to benefit both of these categories. 

And there is that old saying "time is money". With video-based communications, you not only save time and money, but also increase meeting productivity, and are able to share ideas and information.  

Gone are the choppy images of conferencing past.  With high-definition videoconferencing, you can conduct meetings or hold classes as if everyone is in the same room.   



Tightrope Media Systems Zeplay 400 Multichannel Instant Replay Machine Offers High Quality at a Low Cost
Zeplay TRMS
Zeplay is a four-channel instant replay system for sports and ISO recording. It features an interface built for the fast action of sports, giving you four previews and four live action views on a single display.

Zeplay's play bar and sequence builder make it easy to navigate the action, and build highlight reels. You can even play external clips, using Zeplay as a clip store. The MPEG-2 I-Frame video engine gives you near perfect quality in real-time, frame blended slow motion or fast motion. Zeplay comes in standard high definition models. Standard definition units can be upgraded in the field to HD.

Zeplay Specs
  • Four SD/HD-SDI inputs/outputs
  • SD or HD, 480i, 720p or 1080i
  • Twenty hours of storage per channel
  • RAID-5 protection of video content
  • RAID-I protection of system software
  • Includes professional jog/ shuttle controller
  • 4RU rackmount chassis
> For more information, please contact us
Dascom Adds Support Center to Online Offerings and Resources 
Dascom recently added a Support Center to our Website as a place for customers and Website visitors to go for a collection of cont inuously growing information on products- and a place to fill out an online service request or Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) form.

In addition, the SupporNavigation Pane of Support Centert Center is a resource for getting sales support and contact information, and more information on our service rates and policies. 

For more information, visit:
> Dascom Support Center
> Dascom Website

National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Trade Show Attendance Down in 2009NAB Show Logo
Statistics cited in Broadcast Engineering Magazine

Approximately 20,000 fewer people attended NAB in 2009 than in 2008.

According to the association, the official registered attendance for this year's convention stood at 83,842, while total registered attendance for the 2008 NAB show was 105,250, and 2007's total registered attendance stood at 111,028.
It appears the recession may have taken its toll on the annual show.

Reaction to the decline on the exhibition floor was mixed. While some exhibitors expressed concern over not seeing as many broadcasters in their booths as at past shows, others said they found those visiting their booths to be serious and not simply "tire kickers."
May Trivia Question
(The winner is the first reader to correctly answer by replying to this email or sending answer to Muriah Keith.) 

Q: What is the name of the television studio system that used photomultiplier tubes located throughout the studio and a flying-spot scanner to produce live component color television signals in the 1950s?


Last month's WINNER was:
Tim Dunbar, Northcentral Technical College
Wausau, Wisconsin

Congratulations Tim Dunbar for being the first to answer that the place the first Sony EVI-D30 pan/tilt/zoom camera was installed in the United States was in one of Dascom's distance learning networks in Nebraska.