Our Christmas Opening Times and a Short Review of the Main Features of this YearAll at Polar would like to wish you a very Happy Christmas and a prosperous new year.Opening Times – Our office will be closed at 12pm on 24th December and will re-open 4th January 2015 Broadcast Year In Review:In the Archive WorldThis […]
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Stardom – Low Cost Raid for Video
SR2 and SR4 Stand Alone RAID Enclosures Offer Value and Performance Two of our best selling products in the Stardom range are the SR2 and SR4 drive enclosures. They both support up to 8TB drives so you can store a massive amount of data in a small box with the peace of mind of RAID protection. With […]
New Modular Multiviewers – Apantac T#
A Brand NEW Range of Modular Multiviewers from Apantac Apantac, provider of cost-effective multiviewers, video walls, extenders, and signal processing solutions is launching its new T# – T Sharp Multiviewers at IBC 2015, Stand 8.E37.The T# multiviewer is based on a revolutionary modular architecture from Apantac. Three frame sizes (1RU, 2RU, 4RU) and 16 pre-configured models […]
Come and See the Latest StorageDNA LTO Tape Archive in Soho London
StorageDNA Open Day – October 22nd 2015 We are holding a StorageDNA Showcase in London at Kettner’s Soho on 22 October 2015. Come by for an afternoon or evening session where we will showcase the new features in DNAevolution® V4.0. Learn more about our new Infinity Series line of LTO libraries, which can scale up to 1.4 Petabytes […]
Open Gear Quad Split
Did you know that Apantac has the only affordable quad-split solution for the openGear platform? Why is Apantac’s solution different? The OG-MicroQ quad-spit for openGear is a direct descendant of the industry’s most popular standalone quad-split, the MicroQ-s.It is the first triple rate 4 input multiviewer in the market for openGearThe first video quad-split to offer […]
New Products for IBC 2015
New Storage and Signal Processing products from our Suppliers for this Years Show in Amsterdam Obviously 4K and Ultra HD is going to be a big story at IBC. Here is Polar MD Peter Rowsell talking about the new products showing at this years IBC 2015:https://youtu.be/dcE_zGALarE Storage DNA & Sony Optical Disk Archive(ODA) – Revolutionary Media StorageWe […]
Storage for 4K and UHD Video Resolutions
With UHD and 4K you are working at such high resolutions that the need exists to have high speed storage for 2K, 4K and UHD video – Polar Graphics offer a range of solutions to suit all needs Storage DNA – Manage the content wave!Currently, the majority of productions will be finished at the HD resolution of […]
Thunderbolt RAID for Broadcast Applications – Stardom DR8-TB
Thunderbolt to 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID Stardom are offering a new 8 bay rack mounted low cost Thunderbolt RAID. The DR8-TB provides 10Gb/s Thunderbolt™ (2-Port) interfaces and is compatible with 3.5” SATA III drives up to 4TB. It can be configured into various storage modes – JBOD / RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / […]
IBC 2015 New Products Preview – At a glance
Here is our Handy – At a Glance Preview of our IBC 2015 This year’s IBC is sure to see a lot of talk about 4K and Ultra HD there are lots of new products and features from the manufactures we represent. Storage DNA & Sony Optical Disk Archive(ODA)Revolutionary Media Storage – Stand No. 7.B42With the industry […]
GemsTV NEW Studio Monitoring with Apantac Multiviewers
24 Hour Shopping Channel uses Apantac for Monitoring Multiple Sources GemsTV have been broadcasting their innovative format for nearly 10 years and last year they came top of the Sunday Times fast track 100. Based at Studios near Birmingham, both GemsTV and RocksTV are successful channels renowned for their high energy style and high production values, […]
Portable Thunderbolt RAID – Stardom DR8-TB
Thunderbolt to 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID Stardom are offering a new 8 bay rack mounted low cost Thunderbolt RAID. The DR8-TB provides 10Gb/s Thunderbolt™ (2-Port) interfaces and is compatible with 3.5” SATA III drives up to 4TB. It can be configured into various storage modes – JBOD / RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / […]
Storage DNA – LTO/LTFS Tape Archive Solutions for Media
StorageDNA Explained in 1 Minute:Hard Drives Fail. Can you Afford to Lose 3-8% of YOUR Content?LTO Archive PREVENTS Data LossThis report – Hard Drive Reliability Stats for Q4 2015 shows that hard drive failure is a reality of modern computing. If you have content stored on hard drives it could be at risk. Storage DNA offer a […]
Video Storage Systems – Optimised for AVID, FCP and Adobe Premiere
Click here for Video Storage Systems – Optimised for Avid, FCP and Adobe Premiere from Polar Graphics who have been installing and servicing storage for over 20 years Our Optimised Video Storage Systems will provide fast and easy set up and connectivity providing the best storage to suit your workflow whether you are using MAC or Windows, […]
HD-SDI Quad Split for Broadcast
Apantac Offer NEW MicroQ Quad Split and MiniQ Modular 3G/HD/SD-SDI Multiviewer Apantac have recently launched two new monitoring products – The MicroQ a broadcast quality quad split and the MiniQ range of Modular 3G/HD/SD-SDI Multiviewer. Cost effectiveness and innovation are still two key drivers for succeeding as a product designer and manufacturer. At Apantac, they believe that tight budgets […]
High Capacity Compact Storage
NEW Stardom High Capacity Compact Storage with DT8-U5 Stardom have recently introduced a new large capacity compact storage enclosure. Coming in at half the size of similar-level rack products, it is still able to maintain the same storage capacity.The DT8-U5 is compatible with 6TB SATA/SAS hard drives of various brands. When used with a RAID card […]