DIT Gear
While gear doth not a DIT make, DITs definitely need gear. Here’s a general overview. MEDIA MANAGEMENT A modern computer system with at least Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 connectivity. Lighter media loads can be managed with a laptop and external shuttle drives; heavier duty may require workstations with SAS or fibre channel PCI cards for high throughput to a large-capacity RAID. Software such as ShotPut Pro (entry level) or Pomfort Silverstack (professional) for safe, checksummed, multi-destination downloading. SIGNAL MONITORING High-quality, professionally calibrated HD (occasionally UHD) monitors are probably the most important tools a DIT can have. Flanders Scientific and Sony […]