New Grass Valley Turbo iDDR supports playout, recording, content management and HD

Making the recording, playout, and management of professional audio/video (ProAV) content easy, affordable, and integrated, Thomson has announced the Grass Valley brand Turbo iDDR (intelligent digital disk recorder).
Designed specifically for event, corporate, institutional, and worship production, the Turbo iDDR leverages the digital storage, networking, and clip-creation capabilities of the Emmy award-winning Grass Valley Profile line of video servers. Grass Valley has won multiple awards for its server line, as well as VTR replacement technologies, including two recent market leadership awards from the U.S.-based industry analyst firm Frost & Sullivan.
Starting at an unprecedented 7,995€ ($9,995 USD), and smaller than a typical broadcast tape deck at 3 RU high, the Turbo iDDR can hold 10 to 40 hours of storage, perform the work of up to three VTRs, and can capture and deliver complex content in multiple formats— including compressed high-definition (HD) video. Users can control all its features via a touch-screen interface or with a keyboard, monitor and mouse. They can also operate and monitor the iDDR using popular control systems such as those from AMX and Crestron.
“The Turbo iDDR delivers remarkable workflow benefits for professional presentations, allowing materials in multiple formats to be held in a single device, ready to be played out at a moment’s notice,” said Gary Kayye of Kayye Consulting, Inc.
The Turbo iDDR is part of the Grass Valley ProLine, a series of products to be unveiled over the next several months and that will provide a complete acquisition-to-production workflow for ProAV applications.
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