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ESPN3 Makes it Easy for your Collegiate Sports Broadcasts to Reach a Wider Audience
Student teams can gain valuable experience producing a professional network quality broadcast Collegiate athletic programs are turning to streaming in a big way as an outlet to broadcast sporting events. ESPN3 makes it easy to reach a wide audience on a reliable platform and provides an ESPN3 branded on-air graphics […]
Core SWX – How to Power Sony a7, Sony FS5, Sony FS7, CineAlta, and Broadcast
Sony, as we all know, is a widely diversified corporation selling products from consumer electronics, to their array of professional cameras. Of course they offer many of their own power solutions along with those, but we’re here to offer even more unique options that they might not have. Let’s […]
What’s The Difference Between USB-C, and Thunderbolt 3?
The new iMacs and MacBook Pros have confused me enough with all these new connectors, that I thought I’d try and make some sense out of it. Here is what I found out: USB Type C really describes a connector plug shape: USB Type C USB Type B USB Type […]
LTO-8 And The Latest LTO Roadmap
last updated on 8/14/18 by John Zdechlik The big news here is that LTO-8 drives can not read LTO-6 tapes. They can read and write LTO-7 tapes. In the past, LTO drives could always write one generation back and read 2 generations back. We believe this is because LTO-8 drives utilize tunnelling […]
Sony Service and Technical Support Tips
How to get help, parts, and repairs on for Sony Pro Video Equipment We at Z Systems are here to help you get back up and rolling as quickly as possible, and are happy to act as a liason, but once you learn Sony’s infrastructure, you will find the often […]
Demystifying “Crop Factor”
By: Keith Mullin What Is It? “Crop Factor” is the idea that imagers smaller than a full 35mm stills frame effectively increase the focal length of any given lens. Essentially they “crop in” on the image being transmitted from the lens onto the focal plane. For example, the most common […]
U of M Raptor Center Utilizes Z-Cart by Z Systems For Remote Video Learning
By Frederick Gotfredson The University of Minnesota Raptor Center, part of the College of Veterinary Medicine, is world-renowned for medical care, rehabilitation, and conservation of birds of prey. When they needed a video system for their remote learning program, they chose Z-Cart by Z Systems – An HD mobile video […]
