Facilities in a production control room include: • A
video monitor wall, with monitors for program, preview,
VTRs, cameras, graphics and other video sources. In some facilities, the monitor wall is a series of racks containing physical television and computer monitors; in others, the monitor wall has been replaced with a virtual monitor wall (sometimes called a "
glass cockpit"), one or more large video screens or
video walls, each capable of displaying multiple sources in a simulation of a monitor wall. • A
vision mixer, a large control panel used to select the
multiple-camera setup and other various sources to be recorded or seen on air and, in many cases, in any
video monitors on the set. The term "vision mixer" is primarily used in Europe, while the term "video switcher" is usually used in North America. • A
character generator (CG), which creates the majority of the names and full
digital on-screen graphics that are inserted into the program
lower third portion of the
television screen. •
Digital video effects, or DVE, for manipulation of video sources. In newer vision mixers, the DVE is integrated into the vision mixer; older models without built-in DVEs can often control external DVE devices, or an external DVE can be manually run by an operator. • Hard drive or SSD docking stations or memory card readers. • A still store, or still frame, device for storage of graphics or other images. While the name suggests that the device is only capable of storing still images, newer still stores can store moving
video clips and
motion graphics. It may also be integrated into the vision mixer. • The
technical director's station, with
waveform monitors,
vectorscopes and the
camera control units (CCU) or remote control panels (RCPs) for the CCUs which are used to control the
professional video cameras in the studio floor • In many facilities, a
lighting control console used to control
the lighting on the studio floor • In some facilities, VTRs,
VCRs, CCUs,
video servers and video and audio converters, processors and routers may also be located in the PCR, but are also often found in the
central apparatus room (CAR). •
Intercom and
IFB equipment for communication with talent and
television crew. • A
signal generator to
genlock all of the video equipment to a common reference that requires a
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