NewTek Spark – BROADFIELD NEWS https://news.broadfield.com Distributor of Live Production Equipment for Resellers Only Wed, 01 May 2019 19:08:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://news.broadfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/bdi-square-logo-150x150.png NewTek Spark – BROADFIELD NEWS https://news.broadfield.com 32 32 NewTek announces the Spark Plus & Spark Plus 4K https://news.broadfield.com/newtek-announces-the-spark-plus-spark-plus-4k/ Wed, 01 May 2019 19:08:52 +0000 https://news.broadfield.com/?p=13081 NewTek has released two new models in their Spark line of products which takes an HDMI input and converts it into NDI to be distributed on a network.

Unlike the Connect Spark– HDMI & Connect Spark SDI, the new Spark Plus models use full bandwidth NDI with virtually no latency and are visually lossless and not NDI®|HX

NDI has been growing in popularity due to its ease of use and many other applications and software incorporating it into their platforms like OBS, Wirecast, XSplit, vMix & more. Other communication programs like Skype & Zoom have also implemented NDI into their apps to deliver live video to meetings, conferences and more.

We are also starting to see more camera companies integrate Ethernet into their cameras for NDI connectivity like the recently announced Panasonic CX350. There are already a number of PTZ cameras that have NDI integrated.

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Pricing & Availability

The Spark Plus 4K will retail for $599 USD & the Spark Plus 1080p will retail for $499 USD. Both units are expected to ship in Q2 2019.

BirdDog also has the Mini HDMI to NDI converter & Studio SDI/HDMI to NDI converter ($895 USD) which that can support 1080p with a tally interface.

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If you are looking to mount one of these units on your camera, you should also consider the Atomos Ninja V ($695 USD) & soon to be released AtomX NDI module($195 USD) which is slightly more expensive ($890 USD) would give you more versatility and an external screen. Just choose what’s right for you.

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]]> NewTek Features the Spark Plus at NAB 2019 https://news.broadfield.com/newtek-spark-the-fastest-easiest-way-to-ip-video/ Mon, 08 Apr 2019 20:21:20 +0000 https://news.broadfield.com/?p=12736 The NewTek Spark™ family of video IP converters enable you to directly connect your existing systems and devices, and have them instantly available as NDI® compatible sources on your network at resolutions up to 4K UHD 60p.

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The NewTek Spark NDI converter line adds two new NewTek Spark Plus HDMI-to-NDI models, one 4K UHD and one 1080p. Spark Plus captures video directly from connected cameras or devices and allows it to be transported over the network as visually lossless, full bandwidth NDI with virtually no latency. Spark Plus devices are the smallest, fastest and easiest way to acquire a 4K UHD or 1080p video source from anywhere on the network and integrate it into your IP-based video production. By combining these products with the announced new NDI recording capabilities, these become the worlds easiest multi-cam capture devices.

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