K2 Solo and T2 Comparison Guide July 2016

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K2 Solo 3GPortable 2-channel HD/SD Server

T2Digital Recorder/Player

Hardware

Size 2 RU (half rack width) 3 RU (full rack width)

Storage HDD onlyT2 Express 2: HDD 1TB

T2 Pro 2: HDD 1TB RAID-10T2 Elite 2: SSD 2 TB

Interface

LCD Touchscreen No7-inch LCD Touchscreen

(preview, managing & selecting media clips, clip editing, trimming & playout, playlist creation)

Input Connections (Video) SD/HD SDI SD/HD SDI, analog component (Y-Pb-Pr), DVI-D, composite

Input Connections (Audio) Embedded Audio, AES/EBU, XLR (option) Embedded Audio, AES/EBU, XLR

Jog/Shuttle Control Knob No Yes

Jog/Shuttle Control in Software Yes, under AppCenter control Yes, Workstation Mode only

Media Card Reader Yes, under AppCenter SW control T2 Elite 2: Yes (SD, SD (UHS-II), CF, SxS, 2.5-inch SSD); T2 Pro 2/Express 2: No

USB Ports Yes (6 x USB 2.0) Yes (3 x USB 3.0, 10 x USB 2.0)

Gigabit Ethernet Yes (4 ports) Yes (2 ports)

FireWire (IEEE 1394) Yes No

Video

Channels

2 record + 1 play (ChannelFlex: Elite only)2 camera inputs and 1 play channel

1 Super SloMo camera input and 1 play channel4 camera inputs

1 3D camera feed and 1 play channelVideo+key record or playout on each channel

1 record + 2 play video+key on playout

Input FormatsDV100, XDCAM HD/HD422,AVC-Intra50/100 (Elite only),

QuickTime, MXF & GXF import

Grass Valley HQ 422 (Max 200 Mb/s),MXF (XDCAM) compatibility

Recording Capacity 12 hours (DV100, MPEG-2 100 Mb/s)T2 Pro 2/T2 Express 2: 14 hours (Grass Valley

HQ 150 Mb/s)T2 Elite 2: 28 hours (Grass Valley HQ 150 Mb/s)

Scheduled Recording Yes, under AppCenter SW control Yes

Proxy Encoding Yes (MPEG-4, AAC) No

Edit-in-Place Yes Yes

Output Formats (Native Playback)

XDCAM, XDCAM EX, XDCAM HD, XDCAM, HD422, AVC-Intra, MPEG-2, DVCPRO, H.264,

QuickTime, MXF, GXF

AVC ULTRA (AVC-Intra 200; AVC LongG 50/25) AVCHD (H.264/AVC)

AVI (DV, DVCPRO, DVCPRO 50, DVCPRO HD, Grass Valley HQ, Grass Valley HQ + Alpha) GF (DV, DVCPRO, DVCPRO 50, MPEG-2)

MXF (Grass Valley HQ, AVC-Intra 50, AVC-Intra 100, AVC-Intra 200, D10, DV, DVCPRO, DVCPRO

50, DVCPRO HD, H.264/AVC, MPEG-2) P2 (DV, DVCPRO, DVCPRO 50, DVCPRO HD,

AVC-Intra 50, AVC-Intra 100) XAVC (XAVC HD Intra 100/50; Long422 50/35/25)

XAVC S (H.264/AVC) XDCAM (DV, IMX, MPEG-2)

XDCAM EX (MPEG-2) QuickTime (Grass Valley HQ, ProRes 422 ProRes

422 HQ, ProRes 422 LT, ProRes 422 Proxy) (Grass Valley HQ + Alpha, ProRes 4444 – T2 Elite

2 only) MP4 (H.264/AVC)

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K2 Solo 3GPortable 2-channel HD/SD Server

T2Digital Recorder/Player

Video (cont.)

Transcode Import No

AVI* (Grass Valley HQX, Grass Valley HQX + Alpha, Grass Valley Lossless, uncompressed)

MPEG-2* MXF* (Grass Valley HQX, Grass Valley HQX +

Alpha, Grass Valley HQ) P2* (AVC-Intra 2K 422, AVC-Intra 4K LT,

AVC-Intra 4K 422) QuickTime* (Grass Valley HQX, Grass Valley HQX + Alpha, DV, DVCPRO HD, DVCPRO 50, H.264, JPEG2000, animation, Motion JPEG, MPEG-4, Photo JPEG, PNG, ProRes 422, ProRes 4444, QuickVideo, Sorenson Video 3, uncompressed)

Windows Media* (Windows Media Video) Sequenced files* (TGA ,BMP, JPG, TIFF, PNG, GIF)

GXF** (AVC-Intra 100, AVC-Intra 50, D10 DVCPRO HD, DVCPRO50, DVCPRO, DV, MPEG-2)

P2** (DV, DVCPRO, DVCPRO 50, DVCPRO HD, AVC-Intra 50, AVC_Intra 100)

P2** (AVC-Intra 200, AVC-LongG 50, AVC-LongG 25)

* Convert to AVI (Grass Valley HQ) ** Rewrap to MXF

Up/Down/Crossconversion Yes Yes

3D Yes Yes

Video/Key Yes Yes

Monitor Mode SDI monitor out (with timecode burn-in),VGA Multiviewer mode (with text overlay) Composite monitor out (with timecode burn-in)

Slow Yes (High Quality) Yes

Instant Replay Yes (less than 1/2 second) Yes

Remote Control

Protocol BVW (RS-422), VDCP (RS-422),AMP (RS-422, Ethernet), K2.net native API

BVW (RS-422),AMP (Ethernet)

GPIO Yes (12 in, 12 out) Yes (6 in, 6 out, Trigger/Tally)

Timecode Chasing by LTC Input No Yes

VTR Emulation Yes, Sony BVW75 protocol (w/o insert edit) Yes, Sony BVW75 protocol (w/o insert edit)

K2 Dyno Support Yes No

Others

Embedded OS Windows Embedded Standard 7(K2 Summit v9.x) Windows Embedded Standard 7

Language (GUI) English + Unicode supportEnglish, Chinese (Simplified),

Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish

Workstation Mode Yes, under AppCenter SW control Yes (Workstation)

Standalone Use Yes (recommend control PC for playout) Yes (Can use standalone, and GUI is optimized for Playlist playback)

Effects Fade up, Fade downDissolves between two video tracks Fade up, Fade down

Remote Monitoring Yes (SNMP-based) No

Customize Playlist View Yes Yes (Icons/Tiles/List/Details View)

Customize Keyboard Shortcuts No (fixed shortcuts) Yes

Synchronized Playback of Multiple Units No Yes (Constant delay playback by GPI Input,

Timecode chasing by LTC Input)

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Control module with VGA multiviewer output, GPIs, Ethernet connections, USB and IEEE 1394 connectors, and reference.

Two-channel codec module: With ChannelFlex, each channel can record 2 camera feeds or 1 super

slo-mo camera. Two SDI output BNCs provide an on-air output and a configurable monitor output or support for 2 streams from a 3D or video+key file.

8 AES audio channels on DB25 connector, LTC I/O and RS-422 (RJ-45) for control.

K2 Solo 3G

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RS-422Video REF InExternal OS monitor (VGA & DVI-I)

USB 3.0

USB 2.0 x8 GPI (6 In, 6 Out)

Ethernet (LAN x2)

Analog Audio / 2 Ch x 3

Monitor OutLTC Composite

HD/SD-SDIDVI-IAES/EBU

(two additional USB 3.0 ports available on the front for easy connectivity)

T2 Digital Recorder/Player