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2 INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing this NewTek™ product. TriCaster™
TCXD850 is the newest addition to a family of video systems and
software with a proud heritage. A bona fide video pioneer,
NewTek is justifiably proud of its record of innovation, ongoing
commitment to excellence and superb product support.
This chapter provides a quick tour of the major components of your
TriCaster system.
2.1 OVERVIEW
Traditionally, producing live high definition television has been very costly, requiring very
expensive equipment and a large crew. TriCaster TCXD850 (like its standard definition siblings)
changes all that. In one compact system you have a complete toolset to create, broadcast, web
stream and project your HD production. TriCaster TCXD850 even includes NewTek’s
revolutionary LiveSet™ system to provide you with network quality virtual sets, for ‘bigger than
life’ production capabilities.
TriCaster thus sets a new benchmark for “portable live production”. It is the most complete,
reliable and efficient system available for live production and web streaming. Its capabilities are
equally well suited to production control room installation or remote broadcast location, and it
requires just one person to operate. No matter what your live broadcast ambitions are, TriCaster
can help you fulfill them.
With TriCaster you can produce and distribute live video programs (in both Standard and High
Definition) from diverse sources and materials – use multiple cameras, recorded digital video,
PowerPoint™ presentations on networked laptops, live web pages, digital photos and graphics,
and much more. Your presentations can be simultaneously displayed by video projectors,
television monitors and streamed in high quality on the Internet.
2.2 STARTUP SCREEN
When you power up TriCaster the Startup Screen appears. This is your command center for
initiating most other operations.