That prompted us to look for a way we could achieve professional looking and sounding video, so we took it up a notch by adding in professional support, lighting and microphones. It worked, but didn’t sound or look good. When we first started producing a show for Facebook LIVE we were shooting from a phone. That’s why these new Blackmagic products caught our attention. Over the past year, we have been in search of the newest and best ways to stream video to Facebook. It also includes HDMI monitoring, a built-in sync generator and ethernet for uploading to a FTP. It has 6G-SDI and records up to UHD at 30 frames per second. The HyperDeck Studio Mini, $695, is a deck that records and plays back 10-bit video using SD Cards. The ATEM packs a big punch for just a bit under 1,000 dollars.

It has analog audio inputs and built-in talkback when using SDI.

The ATEM Television Studio HD is a live production switcher with eight inputs, with multi-view, aux and program outputs.

A streaming program is not included, so third-party software is required for streaming on some services like YouTube. You can even live switch between two sources when the Teranex Mini Smart Panel is attached, but that costs an extra $85. This gives you the ability to use any camera for Skype calls. On your computer, it simply shows up as a USB webcam. With both a 12G-SDI and HDMI connection it will conform SD, HD and UHD sources to 1,280 by 720 to be broadcast via USB webcam protocols. The Web Presenter is $495 and allows SDI and HDMI video sources to be streamed online.

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