Stack Launches Second Generation Rugged Digital Video Recorders for Harsh Environments

Stack's new range of Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) for Motorsport have been in action with teams as the new season gets under way. Stack’s second generation video recorders have the same quality, reliability and compact design of the original Stack DVR, but at a price and with specifications specially with motorsport in mind.

Our Motorsport range covers models aimed at all forms of club and semi-professional motorsport; more demanding motorsport applications (especially in wet and/or high vibration environments); and drivers and teams requiring multiple camera inputs.

As well as race teams, Stack DVRs have been successfully trialled by broadcast companies who appreciated the compact, light yet rugged construction of the Stack DVRs. Being fully MPEG-2 compliant, footage from Stack DVRs can to be easily transfered from the CF card and edited ready for broadcasting.


Range Key Features:

• Up to 4 camera inputs with integrated configurable mixer (Pro-4 only).
• Extended operating temperature range 0°C to +70°C. (Pro & Pro-4 only)
• 9V to 20V DC powered
• Quick release sealed CF card door.
• External DVR status LED.
• Manual record switch as standard.
• 3 models to choose from.

CLUBMAN DVR
Perfect for all forms of club and semi-professional motorsport, the Clubman DVR employs broadcast standard MPEG-2 video compression to record high quality real-time video and stereo audio direct to a Compact Flash card. The CF card can be removed with ease and played on a PC or laptop using a standard media player, or the files can be burnt directly to a DVD.

Key features include:

• Rugged, small and lightweight with no moving parts.
• Fully sealed to IP67.
• Real time MPEG-2 compression of video and stereo audio.
• Up to 15 MBits/Sec for broadcast production use, with POV cameras.
• Record to removable Compact Flash (CF) Card, playable on a PC/laptop. Files can be burnt directly to DVD.
• Up to 16GB of memory, providing more than 9 hours of high quality, full resolution recording.

PRO DVR
Intended for the more demanding motorsport applications, especially in wet and/or high vibration environments, the PRO DVR is a fully waterproof unit, utilising 3 Motorsport AS connectors. It has all of the features of the Clubman DVR above, plus the following:

• Professional AS connectors provide fully sealed unit.
• Suitable for cars, bikes, boats, karts - in fact all types of motorsport and more.
• Extended operating temperature range of 0°C to 70°C.

PRO-4 DVR
The PRO-4 DVR incorporates a 4 input video multiplexer to allow any format of 1 to 4 cameras on one screen, with programmable scaling, crop and positioning. The PRO-4 model has all the features of the PRO DVR above, plus the following:

• Up to 4 camera inputs (composite PAL or NTSC).
• Professional double-density DD-AS connectors provide fully sealed unit.
• Lightweight, compact unit - 75x21x150mm (160mm including connectors); 450g

Stack DVRs feature a rugged machined aluminium housing specifically designed and manufactured to protect the unit in harsh and extreme environments. The unit is compact and durable with no moving parts (other than the sealed CF card access door), and is capable of operating where normal VCRs or DV recorders are not.

Stack DVRs provide superior high-quality video recording in real time over a wide range of bit rates suitable for different applications - up to 15 Mbps is available, quality equivalent or better than DV tape.

Further details on Stack's new range of Motorsport DVR's

New Harsh Enviornment Range Launched
Stack have also introduced a new range of Digital Video Recorders for other Harsh Environments beyond Motorsport aimed at law enforcement, aviation, military, public transportation users and others. Further details can be seen here.