Four Channel HD and 4K multicamera recorder and switcher

A FMV Production Studio In The Palm Of Your Hand.

Convergent Design announces the perfect solution for all critical infrastructure patrols with gyrostablized multi-sensor gimbals or other multicamera or sensors. Red Hen is very encouraged that Convergent Design has presented this powerful 4K/HD DVR.

"Match this solid state video recorder with Red Hen Hen's VMS-333 spatial metadata multiplexor and encoder, and you have the most affordable solution for the emerging instrumented corrdor patrol missions... wire, pipe, rail, waterways and streets.  The sDVR, spatial digital video recorder once a $40,000+ investment now can be configured for a fraction.  This is a  huge break-through in afforadability of Airborne & Mobile Geospatial Full Motion Video Recording Systems and Integrated GIS Software", decalerd Neil Havermale at Red Hen Systems.  

(Colorado Springs, CO) 10/28/15 – Today Convergent Design announces Apollo, the industry’s first truly portable HD multicamera recorder/switcher. Apollo can simultaneously record up to four HD video signals, along with a fifth channel of either a live-switch between the four or a quad-split reference view. Apollo can also function as a four-channel live switcher while simultaneously recording the four isolated HD video signals. The size of a small tablet and able to run for hours on a camcorder battery, Apollo is truly portable and the only device of its kind that can both record multiple HD camera feeds as well as live-switch between them. It’s a production studio in the palm of your hand.

• 7.7" 1280x800 OLED Touchscreen Monitor
• Four Input Switching and Recording
• Records to Convergent Design SSDs
• Compatible with Select Samsung SSDs
• HD Recording over SDI or HDMI
• ProRes Recording
• 3G-SDI Inputs/Outputs, HDMI In/Out
• Image Analysis Tools
• Built-in LUTs & Custom 3D LUT Support
• Program Camera Indication

All cameras stay in perfect sync with matching timecode. A single SSD contains all of the multicamera media, dramatically reducing turnaround time for post. There are two SSD slots on Apollo, allowing for twice the record time or mirror recording for safety backup. Apollo utilizes industry-standard 2.5” SSD media, either manufactured by Convergent Design or qualified 3rd party models.

Additional functions are planned for release in the first quarter of 2016, including two-channel 4K/UHD video recording, DNxHD recording, and cascade interconnect between up to three Apollos for up to twelve HD channel or six 4K/UHD channel simultaneous recording. These and other additional functions will be made available via a free firmware update. A remote keypad control unit will be offered along with a rack mount and other accessories.

For those owners of the 7Q/7Q+ recorders who are wondering what happened to the promised quad recording option? Apollo is it. In an interesting move the Apollo functionality will also be available to owners of the 7Q/7Q+ as a paid upgrade. From the outset Convergent Design told users quad recording was going to be a paid option and so this comes as little surprise. Although the price is not insignificant for what is essentially a firmware upgrade the company have added extra features such as the fifth screen recording, which is more that was originally promised.
Apollo is scheduled for release in December 2015. Manufacturer’s list is $3995, with an SSD to USB3 adapter, a 5-pack of SSD mounting handles, and a universal AC power supply included. Owners of the Convergent Design Odyssey7Q and Odyssey7Q+ will be able to purchase an Apollo Option for their devices as an upgrade for $1795.

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