A TV Studio in a Box for $5000

Until now, though, live TV production has remained the domain of professional studios.

No more. The new TriCaster from NewTek puts an entire live television control room into a customized PC for just $5,000. Add in the overpriced optional switching keyboard and a decent monitor, and the full package costs under $6,500—replacing hardware that can cost ten times as much.

The TriCaster itself is built into a customized Shuttle small-form-factor PC, which makes it portable as well as powerful. The TriCaster includes NewTek’s VT4 video production card and a 250 gigabyte hard drive. NewTek has installed a customized front plate to the basic Shuttle box, with six video input ports (three composite, three S-Video), two 1/4-inch microphone jacks, and audio/composite/S-Video outputs.

via ExtremeTech