Pixelhue S16 vs U5

Side-by-side comparison of the Pixelhue S16 and U5 - inputs, outputs, audio, fiber, Dante support, and processing capabilities. Both ship from Olympian LED, the authorized USA Pixelhue dealer.

Side-by-side specifications

About the S16

Live Production Switcher Introducing the S series, state-of-the-art live production switchers, integrated into a sleek control panel, perfect for professional tasks with unrivaled portability. Featuring up to 16 SDI and 4 HDMI inputs, UVC (USB Video Class)/RTMP, AUX outputs, 4 upstream keyers, 2 downstream keyers, SuperSource, BKGD, media players, and various transitions like MIX, DIP, and WIPE. The live production switchers include built-in streaming, recording, audio mixer, and Multiviewer. The Flagship Edition boasts up to 16 12G-SDI inputs, offering unmatched editing flexibility as a market-leading feature. Built on Pixelhue's years of expertise, both our editions cater to your live event needs, ensuring flawless execution for small venues, corporate events, entertainment and cultural occasions, sports events, houses of worships, education and training, esports and gaming, personal studios, freelancers, or broadcast vans. Full 4K Workflow Upgrade Your Productions Enjoy a comprehensive 4K input and output setup, allowing you to connect 4K cameras and feed 4K displays. Adaptive inputs accommodate 4K and lower resolutions, making clarity the new standard. Flexible output configurations support UHD and HD scaling, with customizable resolution options to meet the exact requirements of your event. Versatile AV Connectivity Rich IO Connectors & Layer Resources for Powerful AV Connectivity Versatile built-in AV connectivity offers comprehensive I/O capabilities for seamless handling of daily production tasks in a single compact unit. The Flagship Edition even comes with 20 connecors and 16 channels, surpassing competitors in its class. With Hybrid connector (SDI+HDMI) compatibility, it adapts to a wide range of equipment for various scenarios. Leading the industry in layer resources, it includes a BKGD, 4 upstream keyers, 2 downstrem keyers, and a SuperSource, allowing boundless creative opportunities. All-Purpose Streaming Connect Global Audience Seamlessly connect to global audiences with support for major international streaming platforms and the capability for four simultaneous RTMP streams. Leading the market with a maximum 1080p UVC output, it handles live streaming and online editing tasks with ease. Functional 10.25-inch LCD Facilitate Intuitive Control of Your Workflow Experience professional-grade monitoring, allowing for comprehensive on-site adjustments and ensuring flawless event readiness. Seamlessly control your workflow using the LCD menu operations specifically designed for live productions, monitor live videos, switch presets, access audio mixer and much more, streamlining your worflow for maximum efficiency. Elabrated Control Panel Effortless Control and Live Productions at Your Fingertips Both our editions come equipped with a rich array of tactile buttons and controls, seamlessly complementing the the LCD screen to enhance your workflow. The audio area allows for effortless audio mixing, while the video area ensures smooth and reliable video routing. Easily manage versatile transitions with the dedicated transition buttons. The comprehensive controls, including knobs, faders, T-bar, and joystick, along with status indicators, provide intuitive and precise management over every aspect of your productions. Unleash your creative potential with unmatched control and sophisticated design. Premium Industrial Design Stylish Meets Technology Featuring a minimalist and technology-forward design, the switchers integrate a LCD screen display and streamlined appearance. User-friendly button arrangements and meticulous details provide a smooth and efficient operating experience. The easy disassembly design concept ensures easy maintenance and straightforward component replacement, providing reliability and convenience for your productions.

About the U5

OPTIMAL CONTROL AND OPERATION EXPERIENCE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Equipped with the leading-edge core architecture and SSD(NVMe), the U5 event controller enables the most fluent and fast operations ever. With the design concept of increasing operational efficiency and satisfying the various changing needs thatmay arise fromevent scenarios, the U5 event controller comes with all the crucial functionalities that you may need. The newly-upgraded built-in software PixelFlow with always user-friendly GUI helps you manage devices, screens, layers, sources, presetsmore stably and easily. The magnificient interactive design maximizes user convenience and shortens your learning curve. Convenient control over multiple presentation switchers and media servers greatly simplifies your on-site deployment and brings more convenience and ease to your events. In addition, timecode generating and accepting support, timecode format conversion ability and MIDI support add extra value to all spectacles. INNOVATIVE DESIGN, BORN FOR EVENTS The U5 event controller comes with a compact size and lightweight ruggedized housing, 87 user-programmable LCD buttons, four encoders and eight faders, a high-resolution T-bar, etc. to bring you the maximum ease of use for your events. What's more, the stunning design of 21.5” Main Touchscreen and 8” Smart Touchscreen enables the more visualized and convenient operations, as well as a foldable design makes it easily survive in any road trips. All these make it the perfect solution for various spectacular live events. FEATURES Built-in upgraded software PixelFlow with more user-friendly GUI, shorter learning curve Timecode generating, receiving and conversion abilities; LTC, MTC and MIDI USB timecode formats support Simultaneous control over multiple switchers and media servers Control over third-party devices via MIDI protocol KVM function PTZ control Compact size High anticorrosive aluminum housing, lightweight body design Foldable design, with main screen readable and operationable at 45 to 125° 21.5'' Main Touchscreen and 8'' Smart Touchscreen for visualized and convenient operations Smart Touchscreen for displaying still images, timecode, device health and Multiviewer 4x encoders and 8x faders, configurable as internal software function buttons or as MIDI buttons User-programmable LCD indication buttons for names, pages and more Free replacement of button skin and styles Unique design for convenient disassembly and easy maintenance