But all the signs from former sets have been kept and are displayed throughout the lab to keep the history of VT News alive. A tour of our new facility will be arranged for you. The studio is equipped with two new Sony DCX-325 cameras with viewfinders and a new teleprompter system. This system allows us to move files directly from Microsoft Word to the on-camera monitors. New microphones for the anchors are another upgrade.
Upgrades are especially evident in the control room.
All VT News shows are recorded digitally and then transferred to Super VHS tape for distribution for airing. A new Pinnacle Title Deko 100 system provides professional quality graphics, and a digital playback computer assures professional video quality for the students' work on the air. The final touch to the control room is four other equipment racks that display a bank of new monitors for program, preview and engineering. On floor two are the studio manager's office, the newsroom, and two digital editing bays. The newsroom is equipped with a copy machine, a fax machine, and a high-speed laser printer.