JVC has announced that they will have their first NDI compatible broadcast cameras, the GY-HC500UN, GY-HC550UN and GY-HC500SPCN on display for public view at the upcoming 2023 NAB show.
Part of JVC’s Connected Cam family of products, JVC’s HC500 broadcast camera series currently consists of three classic style handheld camcorders, the GY-HC500U, GY-HC550U and GY-HC500SPC that feature a one-inch 4K CMOS sensor, an integrated 20x zoom lens with built-in ND filters as well as manual zoom and focus capabilities, iris control rings and XLR audio connectors.
For the three new models, the GY-HC500UN, GY-HC550UN and GY-HC500SPCN, JVC has added the same NDI compatibility that can be found on their newer PTZ (Pan-Tilt-Zoom) cameras.
JVC GY-HC500UN – The GY-HC500UN is the most basic model and includes functions common to all three models including:
- 10-bit ProRes 422/422HQ/422LT, at 4K UHD resolution and 59.94p/50p/29.97p/25p/23.98p recording to M.2 SSD
- 4K UHD 29.97p/25p/23.98p 4:2:2 10-bit or 4:2:0 8-bit (150Mbps) and various HD recording to SDHC/SDXC card
- HDR recording, HLG or J-Log1 (10-bit)
- Backup recording to SSD
- Clip Continuous Record mode
- 1-inch (effective) CMOS sensor with high-picture quality
- F11 Sensitivity
- Newly-developed 3-ring 4K lens with 20x zoom (f=28mm-560mm 35mm equivalent)
- 40x lossless dynamic zoom
- 4-inch high-resolution LCD monitor
- LCOS Quad VGA viewfinder
- XLR audio connectors
- High performance 1080 60p/50p live streaming (4K Rec + HD streaming + 4K HDMI output)
- Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) QoS for reliable, quality streaming
- Facebook Live streaming with secure RTMPS protocol
- Low latency and high-quality streaming up to 20Mbps with SMPTE 2022 Forward Error Correction
- LAN terminal (Streaming/IFB/Remote) in addition to USB host
- HEVC/H.265 encoding for streaming with 50% reduction in bit rate—or—contribution quality 4:2:2 10-bit streaming at up to 24Mbps (via optional KA-EN200G)
- Return over IP (Return video and IFB)
- Auto FTP to upload native video clips automatically
JVC GY-HC550N – The GY-HC550N model includes everything above and adds:
- Built-in wireless LAN (2.4GHz/5GHz) MIMO with external antennas
- High performance 1080 60p/50p live streaming with Zixi™ error correction (4K Rec + HD streaming + 4K HDMI output)
JVC GY-HC500SPCN – The GY-HC500SPCN model is designed for live sports events and includes all the basic functions and adds:
- Live score overlays and customization for live streaming and recorded video
- Lower-third score overlays for recorded or streamed HD video output without an external CG or production switcher.
- Overlays are controlled using a browser-equipped device such as a tablet or smartphone.
- If desired, the overlay can only be placed over the streamed video, leaving the recorded video without graphics.
- Pre-installed graphics for various sports, including football, basketball, baseball, football (soccer), ice hockey and others.
- JVC’s software utility allows team logos to be uploaded.
- PC application software also enables users to be able to store up to 30 team names and logo bitmaps within the camera.
Why is NDI important?
If you aren’t familiar with it, NDI is a technology that allows hardware and software based video devices to communicate and collaborate over any standard Ethernet-based network.
One big benefits of NDI technology is that it reduces the amount of hardware required provides the ability to send multiple video streams over a single connection. It also allows for multiple video sources to be managed in real-time, using the NDI Discovery function of a network.