Ross announces the launch of the new Tria Express Duet production server. A replacement for the current Tria Express product, Tria Express Duet offers more functionality than the outgoing model at a lower and extremely competitive price point, according to the company announcement.
Launched in 2016, Tria Express has been a production workhorse that has underpinned many important broadcasts and live events. Over these five years, Ross has systematically gathered customer feedback and input into the next generation solution, the Tria Express Duet. Housed in a similar 2RU chassis and built on the same video hardware as its predecessor, Tria Express Duet expands the number of possible video I/O configurations up to fifteen channels, providing even greater flexibility. Two software options are available with the hardware:
- the TRIA-XD-2-SW enables two symmetrical record/playout channels.
- the TRIA-XD-4-SW features these same two symmetrical record/playout channels with two additional playout-only channels.
Jeremy Bagwell is Business Development Manager for Worship Production at Ross.
Jeremy Bagwell, business development manager for worship production at Ross says, the new Tria Express Duet was, “...rebuilt and retooled with the church market in mind, including SMPTE Timecode chase for sync’ing video playback and the band click track for frame-accurate timing.” It also shows timecode countdown so video directors can see time remaining on the video playback and accurately anticipate their next action.
Tria Express Duet also features a built-in MultiViewer. In addition, a two-channel Tria Express Duet can be upgraded in future to four-channels (two record/playout with two payout only) via a convenient software license.
Michael Kljucaric, associate product manager for servers at Ross, says, “We believe that Tria Express Duet meets the need for a compact video server with between two and four channels. Fifteen preset channel configurations allow Tria Express Duet to be quickly changed from one operational mode to another, and the added MultiViewer (which can be undocked and moved onto an extended desktop computer display) and highly intuitive user interface make it a delight to use. Combined with powerful standard features such as timecode chase and single-file architecture for fill/key and ISO-2 video content, the Tria Express Duet is the ideal solution for a wide variety of different workflows. And at a price (starting at $14,999) that’s even more accessible than the outgoing product, we really think our customers are going to love this new model.”
