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Panasonic MX50 Verses the Edirol V4 Video Mixer PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 20 March 2006 11:02
When it comes to four channel video mixers, the Panasonic MX50 has a long history! Even though it's not in production anymore, there is still strong demand and a second-hand market. o­n the other hand, the Edirol V4 mixer is a new unit that brings not o­nly a 4 channel video mixer to the budgets of many, but it's also very high quality. This page is here to help explain and show the differences between the two video mixers.



Images:

video-mixers mx50

edirol v4-mixer

 

Specification comparision:

Major Simularities:

Both have 4 Channels of video
Both can take S-Vdieo and Composite video sources
Both have a T-Bar for mixing between sources

Major Differences:

The MX50 is a Video and Audio mixer, the Edirol is video o­nly
The MX50 has an external camera input -used for DSK (DownSream Keying) -useful for text overlay.
The MX50 has it's controls for wipes and effect as buttons and dials o­n the mixer, the Edirol V4 has o­n-screen menus accessed via the preview monitor.
The MX50 has BNS sockets, the V4 has RCA/Phono sockets

Although the MX 50 has a lot going for it over the V4, the V4 wins in portability and price.


Video/Audio inputs and outputs:

 

Panasonic MX50 Edirol V4
Channel 1 input Composite (BNC) or S-Video
XLR Audio
Composite (Phono) or Svideo
Channel 2 input Composite (BNC) or S-Video
XLR Audio
Composite (Phono) or Svideo
Channel 3 input Composite (BNC) or S-Video
Phono/RCA Audio
Composite (Phono)
Channel 4 input Composite (BNC) or S-Video
Phono/RCA Audio
Composite (Phono)
DSK input Composite (BNC) or S-Video none
Extra Audio Microphone (Jack) none
Live Output 1 Composite (BNC) or S-Video Composite (Phono)
Live Output 2 Composite (BNC) or S-Video Composite (Phono)
Live Output 2 S Video
Preview output Composite (BNC) or S-Video
(actually displays same as live)
Composite (Phono)

 


Technical specifications

Panasonic MX50 Ediro V4
Line resolution 460 500
# Transisitions 287 240
Internal Processing ITU601
Format PAL or NTSC
(factory set, not switchable)
PAL or NTSC switchable
(switch o­n unit to select)
Wipes

Dissolve, White fade, Black fade Wipe (about 200 patterns) 240 to be exact. Effects Composite effects: Chroma-key, Luminance-key Individual 2-channel effects: Colorize, Strobe, Picture-in-Picture, Mirror, Multi-screen, Negative, Still (Field freeze or Frame freeze), Solarise, Color filter

Effects Still, strobe, mosaic, paint, negative, monochrome, multi- picture, Trail, AV synchro, colour corrector, scene grabber
Keying

Luma (onto black o­nly) and chroma + downstream keying of matte from either bus or the ext camera input

Other Ports RS-422, RS-232C, headphone MIDI in, MIDI out (for remote control)



Misc Specifications:

Panasonic MX50 Edirol V4
Dimensions (DWH) 480mm x 164mm x 396mm 290mm x 225mm x 75mm
Weight

6.8kg (15lbs)

2.2 kg (5 lbs)
Power consumption 45W (5W in standby)
Sampling 14.3Mhz, 4:1:1 (Y) / 8-bit 13.5MHz, 4:2:2 (Y:B-Y:R-Y) / 8-bit
Frame Synchronizer Individual 2-channel (Individual 2-channel TBC

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