Ken's Olympic adventure is coming to a
close, but typhoon-like conditions could not keep him from sharing some secrets
he unearthed in the swimming and diving compound on his penultimate day in
First, and not pictured, is removing the
need for a bunch of small LCD panels usually used in EVS operation. Bexel
figured out how to pump EVS clip information to the 40-inch NEC monitors via an
Evertz multiviewer. It allows EVS operators to watch video clips on the same
monitor as the EVS rundown. Yes, the move saves money by cutting back on
monitors, but it also has gotten positive feedback from the operators, who like
not having to look away from game action.
Schiller also showed off a new military-grade wirerope isolator that is placed between an equipment rack and the rack. "These isolators are really good for us because we need flypacks that are more stable," he says. "In some of our older flight cases, the foam has bent, and that causes the racks to shift. So this makes everything more stable to the router."