DIT Station Rogue4: Portable On-Set Data/Playback Workstation Running on 15-inch MacBook Pro Retina

DIT
Station Ltd. introduced the DIT
Station Rogue4, the company’s portable and compact on-set
data management and playback workstation.

The workstation is faster thanks to Sonnet Technologies, Inc.‘s built-in
Thunderbolt expansion, media ingest, and storage solutions offering
performance up to 900MB/s. Sonnet and DIT Station will demonstrate
the Rogue4 in the Sonnet booth at the 2013
NAB Show.

Housed in a case with custom ventilation, the station provides a
PCIe and Thunderbolt backbone for a range of on-site digital
intermediate tasks. It works exclusively on the 15-inch MacBook Pro
Retina platform, integrating multiple Sonnet Echo Express
Thunderbolt-to-PCIe Expansion Chassis with video I/O cards for tasks
such as transcoding and playout. Multiple Sonnet Tempo SSD Pro 6Gb
PCIe adapter cards, each holding two 2.5-inch SSDs, provide onboard
Thunderbolt storage. A Sonnet Tempo SATA Pro 6Gb four-port eSATA card
supports up to four eSATA shuttle drives, plus readers for CF cards, SDHC cards, REDMAG 1.8-inch SSDs, and RED Digital
Cinema’s RED MINI-MAG cards. Also on board is Sonnet’s Echo
ExpressCard Pro Thunderbolt adapter to ingest files from SxS cards.

These features, combined with the wireless connectivity, iPad
mount, and I/O interfaces, provide DI professionals an
on-site workstation that is easy to set up. Users can perform basic
data wrangling tasks, but also perform transcoding, full-resolution
2D/3D side-by-side playback, on-set image review and adjustment, and
wireless delivery of dailies right out of the case via the onboard
Wi-Fi terminal. Facilitated by Sonnet’s Thunderbolt technology
solutions, the Thunderbolt connectivity enables the workstation to
achieve speeds beyond conventional laptop-based workflows and Mac Pro
tower-based workflows, offering connectivity and portability. 

"Ready to go in fewer than 20 seconds, the Rogue4
eliminates the lengthy setup times for image technicians and gives
them optimal speed, capacity, and storage mobility," said
Martin Christien, CEO and founder, DIT Station. "With
performance matched to that of a conventional tower computer, the
Rogue4’s Thunderbolt-based backbone enables capabilities far beyond
other on-location setups and a level of portability that no other
system can beat for this price. The Rogue4 is a true all-in-one tool
for any workflow, anywhere and anytime, and it works seamlessly
through the powerful integration of Sonnet’s technology." 

The new-and-improved DIT Station Rogue4 will be on display at the
2013 NAB Show in Sonnet’s booth and in Assimilate, Inc.‘s booth.