NEWBURY, UK — Snell Advanced Media (https://s-a-m.com), formerly known as the companies Quantel and Snell, introduced the new Quantel Rio range of color and finishing systems at the IBC show recently. There is now a choice of three turnkey systems (2K, 4K and 8K) and two software only options (4K and Rio Assist). In addition, SAM introduced Rio Connect, a collaborative workflow engine that enables cost-effective media sharing between up to eight Quantel Rio systems. All Quantel Rio models benefit from the new V3 software, which supports HDR and native color space media (providing wider color gamuts) with 32-bit floating-point or 16-bit half-float processing.
The Quantel Rio 2K turnkey system is well suited for TV program and commercials finishing houses. The new Quantel Rio 4K turnkey system offers power and capabilities for high end TV and movie finishing. Not only does it boast twice the storage capacity and RAM of the previous 4K model, it also taps the increased processing power of the Nvidia Tesla K80 GPU (double the performance of two Tesla K20 GPUs), and includes 4K HFR output support as standard. At the top of the range, Quantel Rio 8K is a color and finishing system that that delivers realtime performance working at 8K 60p.
The new V3 software includes support for native color spaces, including ITU-R BT 2020, DCI-P3 and ACES, and HDR with multiple transfer curves covering a range of EOTF (Electro-Optical Transfer Function) requirements, including SMPTE ST 2084. Quantel Rio’s workspace is flexible enough to allow multiple color spaces and transfer curves to be mixed on the same timeline.
“The new Quantel Rio range has a perfect-fit solution for every color and finishing application,” says Damon Hawkins, SAM product manager. “Quantel Rio is the most powerful and capable system on the market, making it the natural choice for client-attended sessions, and its continuing rapid development — now delivering interactive HDR and wide color gamut operation — ensures that our TV finishing and post house customers can continue to offer leading edge color and finishing services.”