Digital Production Switchers - Synergy 3 SD

Executive Overview

1. Proven track record
Synergy is used daily to produce thousands of productions such as: news casts, dramatic productions, sports, special events, faith based productions, on site breaking news and more. As a multi-purpose production switcher, Synergy is designed to work in virtually any live production environment. You will be in good company with many top networks, local TV stations, stadiums, outside broadcast trucks, churches, colleges and entertainers as happy Synergy owners. Synergy is tested and certified to exceed all world safety and emission standards including CE, UL, CSA and FCC.

2. Unmatched Production Effects Capabilities
Synergy brings a ground breaking feature set with unmatched DVE power, still store channels, clip & animation play-out, built-in chroma keying, large I/O capacity and more.

3. Ease of Use
The quickest to learn - your technical director will just love how Synergy works. Synergy combines power with ease of use to make your productions better, and more consistent with fewer mistakes. We constantly receive compliments on how easy it is to do common and sophisticated tasks.

4. Enhanced Operational Efficiencies
A Synergy switcher can literally pay for itself by allowing you to optimize your production staff. Synergy offers more extensive integration with other production devices that any other production switcher on the planet. The interface list includes 13 classes of devices such as Video Servers, Audio Servers, VTRs, Robotic Cameras, Audio Mixers, Routers, Still Stores, Character Generators, Edit Controllers, external DVEs and more. Using industry standard protocols, we interface to more 3rd party equipment than anyone else offering you more freedom to define a system that meets your exact production requirements and budget.

OverDrive is a Synergy option that takes this concept further, providing an add-on production control system that seamlessly integrates with Synergy and provides comprehensive touch screen “GUI” control over all of your production devices such as Video Servers, Robotic Cameras, Audio Mixers and more.

5. Free Ongoing Enhancements
As our Research and Development team continues to develop Synergy software, you will benefit with added features and enhancements. We make new software versions available to Synergy customers via our web site absolutely free for the life of your switcher. (Note that there may be a charge for certain significant new options). The software is easily downloaded from the Ross Video website and installed in minutes.

6. Lowest Cost of Ownership
When you check out the Synergy Series feature set, compare against the competition, and then look at prices, you’ll see that Synergy is truly a remarkable value. Synergy comes backed by with a comprehensive three-year warranty saving you thousands of dollars over competitive models. Additionally it is possible to extend the warranty at any time for a modest cost.

7. Excellent Support
Ross Video cares about you. We recognize that by providing a superior customer experience, we will succeed. Check out our Code of Ethics and you’ll find that we even put our guarantee of great service in writing.

You’ll also appreciate being greeted by a friendly hello instead of a machine when you call us during business hours. We believe in the human side of customer relations.

When you have a technical or operational question or something goes wrong, Ross will be there to support you 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Just call the Ross main number (613-652-4886) or email us at techsupport@rossvideo.com. Hey, you can even call David Ross at 613-228-0688.

8. Growth Path, Even to Multi-Definition (High Definition)
The Synergy line is a true family of production switchers using a common hardware and software base. If your needs change, it is easy to upgrade to a larger model by adding more processing boards into the rackframe and swapping in a larger control panel. We will cheerfully offer you a guaranteed value trade-in of your control panel based on the age of your current system.

We even offer an upgrade to our Synergy MD and MD-X line of Multi-Definition production switchers, which utilize the same control panel models. The Synergy MD series will handle all popular SD and HD formats.