Most broadcast facilities are mid-transition from SDI to IP, running both at once. Here you'll find coverage of SMPTE ST 2110, remote and cloud production, bonded cellular contribution, camera-to-cloud workflows, and the switchers and gear keeping live shows on air.
Studio 4D, an architectural visualization firm, adopted BOXX Cloud for real-time virtual reality (VR) architectural visualizations after encountering performance limitations with AWS servers (specifically GPU performance for ray tracing). This shift enables Studio 4D to render complex, high-detail projects using NVIDIA GPUs and Unreal Engine, showcasing the demand for specialized cloud infrastructure in virtual production.
BoxxTech highlights the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's successful adoption of BOXX Cloud, a dedicated remote desktop solution, for producing custom, TV-quality webcasts. The USCC leveraged BOXX Cloud to run vMix for virtual event production, addressing challenges with other platforms like connection issues and limited remote guest support. This enabled a flexible and cost-effective cloud-based workflow for their video production team.
Cinematographer Nick Eagleston utilized an AJA ROI-SDI scan converter on a commercial shoot to efficiently produce simultaneous horizontal and vertical video feeds. This hardware solution allowed for real-time vertical monitoring and accurate framing essential for social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok, alongside traditional broadcast deliverables. The article highlights the practical application of AJA's product in navigating the growing demand for multi-format content.
The Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) is upgrading its audiovisual infrastructure to support 4K HDR content production and delivery, integrating new tools from AJA Video Systems. This initiative aims to enhance QPAC's Digital Stage platform, offering a more dynamic experience for viewers and expanding audience reach. The upgrade includes AJA's FS-HDR, ColorBox, and Ki Pro Ultra 12G for a 4K HDR recording workflow, alongside HELO Plus for H.264 streaming.
MeyerPro leveraged AJA Video Systems' fiber Mini-Converters, Ki Pro recorders, and FS4 frame synchronizers for Microsoft Ignite's remote production, enabling the transmission of 1080p 59.94 signals from San Francisco to Seattle. This workflow highlights solutions for maintaining high-quality, long-distance signal integrity in large-scale corporate and broadcast events. Cole Miller, Broadcast Engineer for MeyerPro, shared insights into the production challenges and the role of AJA technology in ensuring reliable AV delivery for the event.
Butcher Bird Studios, an LA-based production company, leverages AJA KUMO routers and Io 4K Plus for flexible video routing and I/O in its live and virtual productions. The company detailed its infrastructure for multi-camera virtual productions and remote setups, citing AJA gear for low-latency signal management. Butcher Bird Studios is also actively monitoring trends in AI and remote production for future growth and diversification.
East Tennessee State University's digital media program replaced 80 Dell systems with BOXX APEXX 2 workstations for students in animation, VFX, and game development. The move significantly improved performance and provided a marketing advantage by equipping students with professional-grade hardware. BOXX also coordinated to ensure timely delivery and technical support for a rapid deployment.
Thrillbox, a company offering an immersive media platform with 360-degree content and behavioral analytics for VR, AR, and 360 videos, utilizes BOXX hardware to power its operations. The partnership highlights BOXX's role in supporting demanding media applications for clients such as Google and Austin City Limits Music Festival.
AJA Video Systems has launched the openGear OG-GEN10 HD/SD Sync Generator, addressing timing challenges in broadcast, production, post, and proAV environments. This new openGear-compatible card provides nine HD/SD reference outputs and one AES-11 reference output, allowing reliable audio and video synchronization. It builds on AJA’s GEN10 Mini-Converter, offering redundant power and remote configuration via Ross DashBoard software.
Elara Systems, a digital media content provider specializing in 3D animation and VR, highlights its 14-year reliance on BOXX workstations for high-performance creative workflows. The company details how BOXX's hardware and technical support are crucial for managing intensive processes with software like Unreal Engine and Adobe products, ensuring efficiency and meeting deadlines.
AJA Video Systems announced the v2.0 firmware update for its IP25-R SMPTE ST 2110 Mini-Converter, introducing a new Tx (transmit) mode for 12G-SDI to ST 2110 or HDMI conversion. The update also expands channel support in Rx mode to six streams and includes an integrated test signal generator. This free update will be available soon and enhances the converter's capability for baseband/ST 2110 workflow bridging.
FOX VFX Lab deployed BOXX APEXX T3 workstations, featuring AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX processors, to power its virtual production facility. This collaboration enabled the lab to achieve high performance and reliability for virtual filmmaking. The article highlights BOXX's role as an 'enabler' in defining the future of virtual filmmaking.
AJA Video Systems has launched BRIDGE LIVE IP, a 1RU hardware device designed for bi-directional SMPTE ST 2110 conversion with various streaming IP video and audio codecs. This device integrates compressed media into ST 2110 broadcast and streaming workflows, supporting up to four UltraHDp60 channels. It aims to offer more flexibility for hybrid IP productions at a price of $17,999.
Boxx provided low-latency streaming solutions, hardware workstations (APEXX and renderPRO), and support for the remote production of the "Welcome Back, Choppers" motorcycle television show. This facilitated efficient real-time collaboration between the production crew and remote editors. The article emphasizes the significant improvements in rendering speed and overall workflow efficiency compared to their previous systems.
AJA announced that its KONA IP25 video I/O card now integrates with Colorfront Transkoder and On-Set Dailies software on Windows. This integration enables ST 2110 I/O capabilities for streamlined high-resolution dailies, transcoding, and streaming workflows for production and post-production professionals.
BOXX Technologies has announced a series of new high-performance workstations featuring AMD Threadripper, NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs, and Intel Core Ultra processors. The company is also entering the creator PC market with its new Creativ PC line and has appointed Tim Lawrence as Chief Technical Officer. Additionally, BOXX has partnered with Carahsoft to deliver its workstations to the U.S. Government market.
BOXX provides a compilation of reviews for its workstations and servers, highlighting products such as the APEXX S3 for CAD and 3D modeling, APEXX T3 for CG artists, and FLEXX server systems for remote workstations. The reviews emphasize performance benefits for video editing, 3D visualization, and other media and entertainment workflows, including a cloud workstation service. The article also includes customer testimonials praising BOXX's hardware quality and technical support.
Boxx's "Videos" resource page showcases various product videos, customer stories, and benchmarks focusing on their high-performance workstations and servers for creative professionals. While the summary provided in the article metadata mentioned NAB 2024 and IP production software, the actual content of the linked page is a collection of marketing videos for their hardware, covering topics like liquid cooling, specific workstation models, and their use in AI, design, and VFX applications.
BOXX for Enterprise provides IT engineering services, custom hardware, and BOXX Cloud for demanding remote workstation needs, particularly for creative professionals. These solutions focus on integrating high-performance computing into existing infrastructure and enhancing workflow. The company also offers OEM and custom-branded hardware programs for organizations seeking manufacturing partners.
BOXX Technologies highlights its high-performance, liquid-cooled workstations and servers, emphasizing their purpose-built design for demanding applications in industries including media and entertainment. The company states its solutions can provide a significant ROI to clients like Disney and HBO, offering superior performance, longevity, and dedicated US-based technical support compared to mass-market alternatives.
BOXX Technologies offers GPU rendering workstations, including APEXX desk-side and RAXX rack-mounted systems, designed to accelerate 3D modeling, animation, and VFX for creative professionals. These systems feature AMD Threadripper and Intel Xeon processors and support multiple GPUs for demanding rendering workflows. BOXX also highlights the benefits of network rendering, network render managers like PipelineFX Qube! and AWS Thinkbox Deadline, and compatibility with NVIDIA RTX-enabled software and the NVIDIA EGX Platform.
BOXX Technologies offers purpose-built V-Ray workstations, optimized for 2K, 4K, and 8K+ footage workflows, catering to architectural visualization and feature film visual effects. These systems feature configurations from single-socket GPUs for 2K to multiple GPUs and many CPU cores for demanding 8K+ resolutions, supporting Chaos Group's V-Ray rendering engine. The article details specific workstation models and their hardware specifications tailored to different resolution requirements.
BoxxTech is promoting its line of high-performance workstations optimized for the VEGAS POST Suite, a comprehensive package of video and audio post-production tools. These workstations are designed to accelerate professional video editing, compositing, still-image editing, digital media asset management, and audio editing workflows. The article highlights several recommended systems with varying CPU and GPU configurations to meet different production needs.
BOXX offers specialized workstations for Autodesk Maya 3D modeling and animation workflows, starting at $4,399. These systems are optimized for high CPU frequency to handle single-threaded tasks and include various AMD and Intel processor options. The article also mentions support for Autodesk AI in Maya, allowing natural language text prompts for scene control.
BOXX is offering APEXX S3 workstations optimized for Depthkit Studio, Scatter's portable volumetric capture system. These workstations support full-body 3D video creation, accommodating up to 10 Azure Kinect sensors for local livestreaming and efficient volumetric video formats.
Boxx released recommendations for workstation configurations optimized for Blackmagic Design's DaVinci Resolve, tailored for 2K, 4K, and 8K+ video editing. The advice details specific CPU and GPU requirements to handle DaVinci Resolve's advanced features, including new AI capabilities like UltraNR and IntelliTrack AI.
BOXX offers high-performance APEXX Cinema 4D workstations specifically configured for 3D modeling and animation tasks within Cinema 4D. These workstations are optimized to handle single-threaded workflows common in modeling and animation, integrating with software like Adobe After Effects, Illustrator, and CAD applications. BOXX emphasizes CPU frequency for these tasks over core count and promotes its tailored hardware solutions for media and entertainment professionals.
BOXX Technologies announced that its APEXX T4 workstation, featuring AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO CPUs and NVIDIA RTX or Radeon Pro W6800 GPUs, is now Avid-qualified for Media Composer. This qualification supports diverse workflows from 2K to 8K+ footage, and advanced features like PhraseFind and ScriptSync, indicating enhanced capabilities for video editing professionals. The APEXX T4 represents the second generation of BOXX's T-Class workstations to receive Avid qualification.
BOXX is advertising its dedicated workstations optimized for Adobe Creative Cloud applications such as Premiere Pro and After Effects. The systems are designed to accelerate video editing, photo manipulation, and generative AI features for creative professionals. The article highlights configurations for various Adobe tools, emphasizing CPU, RAM, and GPU recommendations for optimal performance.
BOXX recommends specific APEXX S3 and APEXX A3 workstations, featuring Intel Core Ultra or AMD Ryzen 9000 Series processors, for Autodesk 3ds Max 3D modeling and animation workflows. The company emphasizes single-CPU, high-frequency processors for these single-threaded tasks, offering configurations between $4,219.00 and $5,795.00.
BOXX Technologies provides specialized high-performance workstations for media and entertainment professionals, optimized for various software used in VFX, animation, film editing, and broadcast. These systems support both 2K and 4K production environments, and the company highlights its "Workstations as a Service" cloud offering, BOXXCloud.
BOXX Technologies advertises its APEXX and Creativ Plus workstations, optimized for KeyShot's CPU and GPU rendering workflows. These systems support both local and dedicated rendering needs, featuring high-end AMD Ryzen or Intel Core/Xeon processors, multi-GPU options, and substantial RAM configurations. The article highlights their suitability for 3D content creation, motion media, and AI-powered tools such as text-to-image and image-to-image generation.
BOXX Technologies offers high-performance workstations, including rackmounts and cloud-based workstation-as-a-service (WaaS), optimized for professional applications like 3D modeling, animation, and AI, particularly within media and entertainment workflows. These purpose-built solutions aim to accelerate workflows for visual effects, film editing, broadcasting, and streaming. The company also highlights its AI workstation solutions, powered by NVIDIA GPUs, for training and inference computing.
BOXX Cloud released videos detailing its cloud services, including a case study with TNP, Inc., which integrated HP Anyware. The content showcases BOXX Cloud's capabilities, powered by FLEXX, through discussions with Teradici and ConnectPress. This highlights remote workstation solutions for creative professionals in media and entertainment.
BoxxCloud announced updated support tiers for its cloud workstation services, offering standard support during business hours and an enhanced 24/7 option for an additional fee. The company also published customer testimonials highlighting the benefits of its cloud remote desktop solutions for media workflows, including ease of installation and performance increases.
BOXX Technologies has introduced BOXX Cloud, a workstation-as-a-service platform designed to provide remote workstations with dedicated NVIDIA RTX GPUs. The service aims to enhance performance for demanding professional workflows in CAD, content creation, and product design by offering cloud-based, performance-tuned workstations that mirror desk-side capabilities. BOXX Cloud is powered by FLEXX high-density compute nodes, offering flexible, scalable, and secure Windows OS environments.
BOXX has launched the HELIXX 4U8G | EPYC CX8, a 4U server designed for hyperscale AI workloads and cloud data centers. This new server features Dual AMD EPYC 9005 Series processors, support for up to eight graphics cards, and 3 TB of memory. Integrated PCIe Gen6 connectivity and 400Gbps networking are provided by the NVIDIA MGX PCIe Switch Board with ConnectX-8.
BOXX has introduced the HELIXX 4U8G | XEON, a high-density 4U server powered by dual Intel Xeon 6700 Series processors and supporting up to eight NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell Server Edition GPUs. This server is designed for deploying NVIDIA Omniverse simulations, high-performance LLM inference, real-time rendering, and AI model deployment. The product provides significant GPU, CPU, and memory resources in a compact design for edge deployments.
Boxx has launched the HELIXX 2U4G server, a high-density 2U server powered by Intel Xeon 6700 Series processors. It supports up to four graphics cards and 2 TB of memory, making it ideal for NVIDIA Omniverse simulations and high-performance edge AI inference. The compact server is designed to deliver necessary GPU, CPU, and memory resources for real-time rendering and AI model deployment.
Boxx has launched the RAXX T3 Pro, a new 3U rackmount system featuring the 96-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9000 processor and 1TB M.2 NVMe 5.0 SSD. This system is designed for demanding media and entertainment workflows, including feature film editing and VR deployment, supporting up to 2TB DDR5-6400MHz memory and multiple GPUs.
BOXX has launched the RAXX W3, a new 3U rackmount workstation that supports up to four GPUs and Intel Xeon W processors with up to 60 cores. This system is designed for demanding professional workflows, including complex rendering, broadcast graphics, and deep neural network training. The RAXX W3 aims to provide significant computational power for creative and AI-driven video applications.
BOXX has introduced its new RAXX rackmount workstations, engineered for enterprise businesses and high-performance applications like VDI, multi-display, and broadcast. These systems feature Intel Xeon and AMD Threadripper Pro processors, alongside NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell GPUs, designed to accelerate tasks such as AI and GPU rendering. The RAXX line supports various configurations to optimize computational and creative workflows.
BOXX has launched the APEXX P4i workstation, featuring AMD EPYC 9005-Series processors and up to four NVIDIA RTX PRO GPUs. This system is designed for professional 3D content creation, rendering, and simulation workflows, including those important for effects and animation in streaming production.
BOXX has launched the APEXX A4 Workstation, powered by AMD Ryzen 9000 Series processors and NVIDIA RTX PRO GPUs, designed for demanding 3D content creation and rendering workflows. This new system starts at $5,931 and is aimed at professionals in media and entertainment, architecture, and design industries. The workstation supports high-performance tasks critical for pre-production and post-production in streaming media.
BOXX has launched the APEXX A3 workstation, featuring AMD Ryzen 9000 Series processors, designed for demanding 3D content creation, rendering, and simulation. The workstation supports up to two professional GPUs and 256GB DDR5 memory, with a base configuration starting at $5,795 including an NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell GPU. BOXX targets the Media & Entertainment industry as one of its key solutions for this hardware.
BOXX has launched the APEXX T4 PRO workstation, priced from $20,888, featuring AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9000 WX-Series processors and support for up to four professional GPUs. This high-performance system is designed specifically for demanding media and entertainment applications, including motion media, rendering, and complex simulation, which are critical components of video production workflows.
BoxxTech has launched the APEXX T4 workstation, a high-performance system featuring AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9000 Series processors and support for up to four professional GPUs. This workstation is targeted at demanding motion media and 3D content creation applications and is certified for Avid Technology products. The company also promotes a competitive offer against Dell workstations.
BOXX has launched its APEXX T3 workstation, featuring AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9000 processors with up to 64 cores and NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell GPUs. This workstation is designed for demanding motion media and 3D content creation applications, catering to professionals in the media and entertainment industry.
BOXX has launched the APEXX E3 workstation PC, costing $4,839 and featuring an Intel Core Ultra 200 Series processor and NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell GPU. This workstation is designed for CAD, 3D modeling, and motion media applications. It offers liquid cooling and extensive storage options, making it suitable for professionals in media and entertainment workflows.
BOXX has introduced the APEXX W4 workstation, featuring an Intel Xeon 600 Processor and support for up to four NVIDIA RTX professional GPUs, starting at $21,399. This liquid-cooled system is optimized for GPU-centric workflows such as rendering and simulation, catering to professionals in content creation and visual effects, potentially including those in video production and AI applications for video.
