PARALINX ARROW - Wireless Uncompressed HD Transmitter System. Ships June 15th 2012

[Dan Kanes]

Less than 2MS is the same as all other Professional Grade systems in the market (Boxx for instance) so I'd say its very useable for focus.

We are thinking of doing a hands-on demo party BBQ in Los Angeles soon - Will keep everyone updated.

 

[Shawn Nelson]

Hey guys, I have been beta testing the Paralinx and I must say it will be a great addition to every red kit.

Here is my custom cage built with Wooden Camera, Viewfactor and IDX parts.

more info to come.

Can you post a better pic of this rig along with what parts it is?

 

[Timur Civan]

Dan i just realised we met at Cinegear, i am friends with Peter Hoare. Wes and i were looking at your product. i think its great and look forward to ordering one.

 

[Dan Kanes]

Thanks Timur!

As for the kit Tonaci made - I am sure he will post details.

I'm primarily a Wooden Camera accessory user myself.

 

[Andrew clemson]

God, I needed one of these yesterday!

 

[Jason Wingrove]

Getting anywhere from about 80 feet to at least a couple of hundred LOS up my street and thats just running the transmitter or receiver off the USB port of a SmallHD DP6, technically underpowering it a little as the TX alone would prefer 1A
Will keep testing but good results so far.

jason

 

[Eric Haase]

Getting anywhere from about 80 feet to at least a couple of hundred LOS up my street and thats just running the transmitter or receiver off the USB port of a SmallHD DP6, technically underpowering it a little as the TX alone would prefer 1A
Will keep testing but good results so far.





jason

Are you powering the dp6 off canon lpe6 batts and the paralinx from the dp6? I recently used the dp6 with an Anton Bauer batt plate using the power tap. The plate has 2 PowerTaps. One batt could last all day for dp6 and paralinx I would bet.

 

[Jason Wingrove]

Yes powering the DP6 off the twin Canon battery plate. and yes I'm sure the 2nd d-tap would power the Arrow all day. both units draw very little
cheers
jas

 

[Tim Morten]

My unit arrived yesterday (thanks Dan and Hot Rod)! I had previously experimented with a WiCast - the Arrow is far superior in size, weight, build quality, and functionality - initial sync took less than 10 seconds, and the latency in use was imperceptible to me. I haven't tested max range yet, but I went over 50 feet with no problems. To mount the transmitter, I zip-tied a short HDMI male-female cable (from Amazon/MonoPrice) to a Wooden Camera side plate, and plugged the transmitter into that (camera-phone picture attached). It's so light that no additional support was necessary, and on the side-plate it looks like an integrated part of the camera. I ran power through to the other side under my top plate to keep cables away from blocking my SSD port. I wound up bolting one of the DTAP to mini-USB boxes to my top plate on the right side, but I might invest in a ViewFactor DTAP to mini-USB to clean that up. Anyhow, extremely happy with the Arrow; I'll look forward to battle-testing on my next shoot!

Cheers,
Tim

 

[Dan Kanes]

Nice Rigging Tim!

You will get better range if you don't have an operator in between the transmitter and receiver. It shouldn't be that detrimental but if you are range testing that will help you or Us

 

[Mike Garrick]

Dan I'm thinking of buying one. Your above post worries me do I need to wear lead underwear when standing between the transmitter & receiver ? ; ) ........LOL.

 

[Dan Kanes]

Free Birth Control

Just kidding.

Our system has far less transmission power than any current cellular phone, so I'd be more worried about that phone in your pocket.

Far be it from us telling you what kind of underwear to enjoy though .

 

[fREDeric ChAMbERlAnd]

Hi,
Received my 2 Paralinx systems last week. Very quick review as I have yet to have all my cables made for my steadicam and put everything nicely up in the air.
The thing works great. I have had no hiccups at all from sender to receiver and we have a LOT of gizmo's around our cameras (4 Prestons, Cinetape, analog video senders.... ). On screen warnings are great for status. Small size is fantastic for steadicam.
My two concerns right now:
These things get HOT, both Rx and Tx get extremely hot after an hour of use. We are using them 10 hours a day. I wonder what it will mean in very hot temperatures, haven't tested that yet. Forget about velcroing the back of the receiver, that is where the air vents are; there is a nice threaded hole right in the middle and would strongly advise to use this for support instead of velcro.
Also, Dan video is showing the Paralinx sender directly plugged into the Decimator 2. It is a mystery to me as how he was able to plug it in : The HDMI socket is too close to the RCA audio connector . I could not plug it in directly, I had to open the decimator up and rip off the audio connector (I never use audio so it was painless to me) but I have to warn you guys the shipping Paralinx right now is just 2 mm too wide to plug directly into the decimator 2 (see picture).
Anyway, for the price I paid, I will probably get a couple more to complete my other kits. The Paralinx is the best price/quality video sender I have seen in the last 5 years. Congratulations to their design team.

 

[Dan Kanes]

thanks frederic!

your decimator 2 looks skinnier than mine. it just barely fits on mine and actually rubs a tiny bit.

you could use two hdmi right angles from monoprice to place the transmitter on the front of the decimator and use a small metal block or ram heatsinks as a spacer.

pics later this week.

good advice on those vents...

watch the heat vents

thanks again,

dan

ps. we are working on some elegant tx mounting.

 

[Jason Wingrove]

I know its damn convenient and super tempting but i wouldn't be plugging anything HDMI directly into anything. id be using an external male to female cable (bucket loads of all flavors on ebay) and just velcro the TX onto the body.
Plugged in directly its one knock away from being toast.

My 2 cents anyway.

 

[Daniel Stilling]

This thing looks great. The only question I have is power. Did I read correctly that you supply some sort of conversion power gizmo so the transmitter can be powered direct from a Ptap source? could you post pics?
Your website really needs more pictures of the system.
But if it performs as advertised...Congrats!

 

[Tim Morten]

Tx and Rx can be powered by mini-USB, and there are two PTAP to USB converters included with the kit, into which you can then plug a USB to mini-USB cable. Not as elegant as the ViewFactor PTAP to mini-USB, but it gets the job done.

 

[Dan Kanes]

Thanks Tim for answering that, and thanks Daniel for your interest.

We include a Power-Tap to 5VUSB regulator dongle that powers the transmitter.

To Power the receiver you need an additional Power-tap to 5V USB and the proper cable for the receiver side which is a usb to 5v Barrel.

We will be selling a kit with a Right Angle USB, an Additional Power tap to 5V USB, and a USB to Receiver Barrel power shortly - watch Abel Cine, Hot Rod Cameras, and see our website for other distributors.

www.paralinx.net

Thanks All!
More Media coming soon to our site.

 

[Daniel Stilling]

Thanx Tim and Dan.
This is single cast, right?

 

[Robert Berger]

Thanks Tim for answering that, and thanks Daniel for your interest.

We include a ç dongle that powers the transmitter.

To Power the receiver you need an additional Power-tap to 5V USB and the proper cable for the receiver side which is a usb to 5v Barrel.



We will be selling a kit with a Right Angle USB, an Additional Power tap to 5V USB, and a USB to Receiver Barrel power shortly - watch Abel Cine, Hot Rod Cameras, and see our website for other distributors.

www.paralinx.net

Thanks All!
More Media coming soon to our site.

Hi Dan,

I think that i'am the first one in Netherlands (Amsterdam) who got the sender/receiver.
Be clear that you don't use the mini USB to power the Receiver!!! Like the Sender.
I hat to make a USB cable to barrel and combined it with the Power-tap to 5V USB.
Works perfect! A little scared for the heat, i hope it last long before it meltdown !
Waiting for your kit!

thanks Robert