Cobalt Digital

11/03/2023

Another busy shipping day at Cobalt!

10/31/2023

Well, it is Halloween! Office a little more scarey than usual!!

10/24/2023

SafeLink, previously offered as a hardware solution on the Company’s OG-PC openGear card, is now being launched as a software-only form factor and includes support for UDP, RTP, FEC, and RIST Main Profile, with encryption and authentication.

Read the full article: openGear partner Cobalt® Digital’s IBC Plans Include a Native 4K ST 2110 Solution, SafeLink Gateway as a Software Package, and a Quad-Channel 3G-SDI Bridge to Dante® Audio
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Cobalt Digital

09/18/2023

Final day of IBC 2023.
Very busy and successful show. Congratulations to the team in Amsterdam and everyone else in Cobalt for making this a truly successful show.

09/17/2023

Cobalt digital wins 45th award at IBC 2023. WAVE ROUTER technology.

09/17/2023

IBC 2023 - another busy show. New products, new inquiries, new friends, old friends. Going to be busy after show sales activity following up on new customer needs! Well done everyone!

04/25/2023

04/19/2023

One of the Awards for Cobalt this year!

The winning entries from this year’s Best of Show 2023 at NAB Show Awards have been announced, with 11 winning entries in the TVBEurope category. The annual awards recognise outstanding products and solutions from the show floor at NAB each year, with an array of Future’s media technology facing...

04/18/2023

We are very proud of you Suzana! 2023 Women In Technology Futurist Honoree

04/16/2023

First day of NAB 2023

04/15/2023

Janet at set up of show

04/27/2022

While the Executives are at NAB 2022 winning awards, back at headquarters, we are celebrating Administrative Assistant Day and having a cookout! We also purchased an electric pallet jack!
Go Team Cobalt!

11/10/2021

Suzana Brady talked with KitPlus TV about Cobalt Digital’s commitment to manufacturing cards that are flexible and secure: https://opengear.tv/cobalt-digital-taking-a-scalable-space-efficient-cost-effective-approach-to-terminal-equipment-suzana-brady-on-kitplus-tv

Look for Cobalt at the in Amsterdam in December. For more info, visit the Cobalt Digital website at https://cobaltdigital.com.

06/25/2021

Cobalt Digital Unveils New HDMI-to-SDI and SDI-to-HDMI Converter Cards

https://www.sportsvideo.org/2021/06/24/cobalt-digital-unveils-new-hdmi-to-sdi-and-sdi-to-hdmi-converter-cards/

Cobalt Digital has announced the addition of HDMI-to-SDI and SDI-to-HDMI converter cards to its openGear family of products. The new dual and quad-channel modul

06/23/2021

Cobalt Digital is a manufacturing company for the broadcast industry. We are looking for a full-time shipping and receiving associate. For more information on this position, visit our website:
https://www.cobaltdigital.com/careers

06/22/2021

A typical day in Cobalt’s shipping and receiving department will include packing customer orders, scanning serial numbers, labeling product, and unpacking component and equipment shipments. The shipping and receiving department also act as a final QC check for all outbound shipments to ensure order accuracy. This includes communicating with office administration to rectify issues and problems. Shipping and receiving associates will also perform light mechanical and final assembly on some product groups. They also organize and manage shipping equipment and supplies for reordering when needed. For a full job description, visit our website https://www.cobaltdigital.com/careers

05/18/2021

The successful candidate will ideally have the following skills:
• Experience reading and interpreting test procedures, schematics and engineering drawings
• Familiarity with measurement tools such as oscilloscopes, multi-meters, and test signal generator monitors and analyzers
• Have an understanding of electronic circuit theory and design
• Ability to troubleshoot printed circuit board assemblies to the component level
• Soldering skills and ability to do precision work
• Strong attention to detail
• Communicate and describe unexpected issues to supervisors and/or engineering as they arise
• Additional training would be given as required
• Have a positive and energetic attitude and enjoy a challenging and rewarding environment

03/09/2021

Who is Cobalt Digital?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ssljgk3hlvkhlh0/CobaltConceptV13.mp4?dl=0

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03/08/2021

Cobalt Digital's Demo for VidTrans 2021

https://www.cobaltdigital.com/sites/default/files/Cobalt%20Virtual/demo/

We start with a standard cell phone. For this demo, we are using a low-end Motorola G4. The software used in the cell phone is the Larix Broadcaster. The signal is transmitted using RIST Main Profile. The origin of the signal is a residence in Northern California. Here is a picture of the setup:

02/17/2021

REMOTE HEAD-END MANAGEMENT

https://mailchi.mp/cobaltdigital/cobalt-digital-at-ibc-2018-in-hall-10-stand-b44-234572?e=45a285fa54

In order to provide full remote head-end management, solutions are required for all the actions and functions performed by a local operator. These are:

08/12/2020

In any sort of video compression, there is a tradeoff between three variables: latency, quality, and bit rate. Essentially, you can optimize any two of these at the expense of the third. A good encoder will give you the “knobs” to “turn” and choose the operating point that works for you.

Since its release, the Cobalt 9992-ENC has provided these “knobs”. Where latency is concerned, the most important ones are the CPB (Coded Picture Buffer) delay, and the use of GDR (Gradual Decoder Refresh). With these, you can vary the encoder latency from over a second (for high quality at low bit rate) to about 100 milliseconds. This is available for both AVC and HEVC (and, with some limitations, for MPEG-2 as well).

Cobalt are now releasing an “Ultra-Low Latency Mode” for the 9992-ENC, which is available only for HEVC. This mode combines parallel processing with GDR and a suitable CPB to achieve encoder latencies as low as 10 milliseconds. Note that this is lower than the intrinsic latency of the usual audio encoders, so the 9992-ENC offers LPCM audio support to bypass them.

Cobalt are also releasing updated firmware for the 9992-DEC, with tunable latency. When combined with the 9992-ENC, end-to-end latencies of about 100ms are achievable in HEVC mode, and about 300ms in AVC mode.

https://www.cobaltdigital.com/products/4869/9992-enc-4k-hevc

08/12/2020

07/01/2020

Software Defined Solutions for openGear cards

06/17/2020

openGear presentation with yours truly in opening credits before I hand over to the real experts.

https://www.facebook.com/opengearframe/videos/2714035775495538/

06/02/2020

Option +EAS – available on a range of Cobalt Digital products – is the ideal solution for keying Emergency Alert System (EAS) text crawls in the active video and inserting station identification logos.Serial crawl data from an EAS generator (such as Sage™ or Dasdec™) is transmitted to a Coba...

06/02/2020

We are entering the season of hurricanes, storms and other natural disaster The +EAS option for Cobalt Digital openGear cards can assist in the Emergency Alarm System:
https://www.cobaltdigital.com/products/4039/eas

Option +EAS – available on a range of Cobalt Digital products – is the ideal solution for keying Emergency Alert System (EAS) text crawls in the active video and inserting station identification logos.Serial crawl data from an EAS generator (such as Sage™ or Dasdec™) is transmitted to a Coba...

05/11/2020

Cobalt Digital present during openGear webinar.

For more information contact [email protected] and view the complete product line at www.cobaltdigital.com

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12G, 4K, HEVC, HDR, & IP

05/04/2020

More Cobalt Multiviewer 9971-MV18-4K news:
http://www.thefuture.tv/postCF.cfm?SUB_ID=12081

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