Studio equipment, it's functions and operation

Grid- a grid is the railing under the ceiling of the tv studio which is used to hang and plug in euipment such as lights and mics.

Stage monitor - the stage monitor is the monitor which is placed in the studio so that the talent can see what is going on.

HDD (Hard Disk Drive) - any vt inserts are saved on to the hardrive instead of a dvd to make cutting between the inserts and recording more easy and efficient.

STOB box - The wires from the studio floor plug into this which then sends the signal into the control rooms.

Vision mixing panel - This is where you can see all of the different camera shots and then you can cut to different cameras using the vision mixing desk.

Converter box - Is the box under each camera which converts the footage into a signal called SDI.

Cans - are a headset with earphones and a microphone, they are used to communicate from the studio floor to the control room, on the studio floor the floor manager and the camera operators wear them, and in the control room the director wears a set.

Dimmer pack - controls the signal that goes into the lights, if one light gets overloaded with to much power, the dimmer pack cuts it out.