Sony HD equipment takes gold medal in Torino
Love it or hate it, there's no denying that NBC is working hard at their high-def coverage of the Olympics. The real question is: what the heck are they using for equipment? Enter Sony with a plethora of powerful production props. In the main booth, Sony's HDC-1000 multi-format 1080/60P cameras are capturing the desk action, while in the field, Sony HDCAM HDW-730S camcorders are sprinkled within the snow. Over 70 Sony monitors in the BVM-D HD line are used for mastering; each of these display the Olympic imagery in the native res and frequency of the inputs.
We were curious what some of this gear costs and surprise, surprise: a 20-inch monitor in the BVM-D HD line was found for a paltry $300 (Edit: the $300 is a daily rental fee, which makes more sense. Thanks Alan!). That's OK, NBC probably blew their wad o' cash on the HDC-1000's pictured above. We're saving up our pennies for one of these, thinking a 1080p HDBeat videocast would be an excellent partner for our HDBeat podcast.
