Major order for Grass Valley K2 Dyno Relay systems

Grass Valley has supplied Wellen+Nöthen, a specialist in innovative IT and AV solutions, with a number of its K2 Dyno Replay Systems, which will be available for rent to nationally and internationally operating OB companies and broadcasters covering live events. Wellen+Nöthen customers will be able to rent the Grass Valley K2 Dyno Replay systems as single units or as part of a full end-to-end workflow of solutions for live production.

Wellen+Nöthen has selected ten Grass Valley K2 Dyno Elite Units. The units include a K2 Summit 3G four channel HD/SD server with DV, MPEG-2, and AVC Intra codecs, 12 x 600GB drives in a RAID 10 configuration for storage of up to 120 hours of AVC Intra content, K2 ChannelFlex software for channel expansion, and K2 Dyno Replay controller that includes operational capability with MPEG-2 formats such as XDCAM and XDCAM HD. Each unit supports replay configurations for up to six cameras.

“We understand our customers’ needs for the highest quality equipment that will optimise their coverage of premium events such as live sport or concerts, and therefore pride ourselves on the service and standard of solutions we supply,” says Alexander Hogrefe, head of rental department at Wellen+Nöthen. “Selecting Grass Valley’s equipment to meet our customers’ needs made perfect sense. The company’s K2 Dyno Elite is the ideal solution for enabling replay operators to deliver high quality live event coverage.”