Shimbol: Wireless and Monitoring Products
for any one using a video camera and sharing content for realtime viewing
Shimbol is the trade name of Shenzhen ZO Video Technology Co., Ltd, a Chinese manufacturer and supplier of technology in the wireless and monitoring industry.
With Shimbol, the company wants to bring its own brand to the market, as the demand for wireless video and video monitoring is growing and migrating to markets other than the traditional filming industry.
Currently, Shimbol has 4 products for wireless video transmission, but it will soon come with more product types. Stay tuned. Read below for more about Shimbol ZO600M, ZO1000, ZO600S, and ZO500.
Target Group
Shimbol wants to bring video products to a broad market while maintaining a proconsumer quality.
Film crews and other professionals in ads, vlogs, and events shooting will like the wireless product line because of the good image quality, the low latencies, the SDI connection, the transmitter range of 300m line of sight, and the possibility of receiving video signals on three devices, including a smartphone or tablet.
Consumers will like the products as the prices are lower than comparable products in the market, making Shimbol products appealing to any one using a video camera.
General Features of the Wireless Video Products
The wireless Shimbol products are Wi-Fi-based transmission systems operating in the 5 GHz frequency band.
All wireless products can transmit up to 1080p60 video, do H.264 encoding, and can send to two receivers and one smartphone or tablet using the Shjimbol app. The products have a solid metal housing with a 1/4"-20 mounting thread on the bottom part to attach it to a camera, cage, tripod, clamp, etc.
Depending on the model, the wireless products vary on the following dimensions.
- Latencies are between 0.08s and 0.1s
- The distance between the transmitter (TX) and the receiver (TX) is 150m, 180m, or 300m Line of Sight.
- The interfaces contain HDMI, SDI, USB-C (also embedded UVC), Headphone out, and TF card slot.
- Power supply method is via L-series NPF battery (without battery inside) and USB Type-C input, or NPF/DC
SHIMBOL ZO600M
Shimbol ZO600M is a 5.5" wireless monitor that has the unique ability to be used as either a TX or an RX unit. Using it as an on-camera monitor, you can transmit images to two other ZO600M monitors or any other Shimbol receivers plus one mobile device. It is very handy for small crews. Just give a wireless monitor to a client, director, or anyone else in the set, and they can see in real time what the camera captures.
Net Price: € 399
Target Group
The ZO600M is targeted at users who are looking for an affordable all-in-one wireless monitoring solution, with the added versatility of being able to use the product as a stand-alone HDMI monitor. This could mean anyone from people starting out on a budget, right up to seasoned professionals.
Recording
One of the nice features of the ZO600M is that it does onboard recording. This is done in the MP4 format in HD to a TF card.
Teleprompter
Another nice feature is the Teleprompter function. The Shimbol ZO600M has a dedicated Teleprompter menu. You upload a file with the text content to a TF card, inserts it in the TF slot of the ZO600M, and then play it back on the screen.
The TF card should be formatted to FAT32, and the text file should have the .txt file format. You can choose the font color, font size, and latency.
Feature List ZO600M
- Display Screen: 5.5 " Touch Panel
- Screen Resolution：1920*1080
- Interface: DC In , DC Out, HDMI input, HDMI Output, 3.5mm Headphone out, TF card slot, USB-C
- Power Supply Method: L Series NPF Battery / DC
- Wireless Transmission (Transmitter - Receiver function switch)
- Video recording & playback (with trigger or timecode support and simultaneous recording of TX/RX)
- Teleprompter
- Image assist tools: Luma Waveform, RGB Parade, Vectorscope, Histogram, Aspect ratio markers, Safe Area, Center Marker, Focus Peaking, Zoom In, Zebra Pattern, False Color, Monochrome, 3D LUT loading & adjustment, Gamma setting, HDR monitoring, Color temperature setting, Sharpness, RGB adjustment, and more
- Housings with 1/4"-20 mounting thread
- Built-in Antennas
- Real-time app monitoring via the Shimbol app
- Simultaneously transmit to two receivers and one app
- Transmits up to 1080p60 HDMI video
- 500ft/150m line-of-sight transmission to receiver
- Extremely Low 0.08s Latency
SHIMBOL ZO1000
Shimbol ZO1000 is a TX and RX set that can transmit SDI and HDMI video signals up to a distance of 300m to the receiver.
Net Price: € 499
UVC Output for Streaming
A nice feature of the ZO1000 is the UVC output for streaming purposes. UVC is a technology in live broadcast where you don't need a video capture card to pull the stream. How does it work? You connect the ZO1000 (RX) to a computer via the USB-C output that contains embedded UVC data. The ZO1000 is directly recognized by OBS, or any other video recording and live streaming software that supports UVC. From the software, you can stream the video directly to streaming platforms such as Facebook, Youtube, Twitch, Zoom, etc.
Feature List ZO1000
- Transmits up to 1080p60 SDI or HDMI video
- 1000ft/300m line-of-sight transmission to the receiver
- Transmitter: HDMI In, SDI In, Receiver: HDMI Out & SDI Out + USB-C output (Embedded UVC)
- Metal Housings with 1/4"-20 mounting thread
- Bright OLED Display
- Real-time app monitoring via the Shimbol app
- Simultaneously transmit to 2 receivers and one app
- Power via L Series NPF Battery (without battery inside) or USB Type-C input
- Extremely Low 0.08s Latency
SHIMBOL ZO600S
Shimbol ZO600S is a TX and RX set that can transmit SDI and HDMI video signals up to a distance of 180m to the receiver.
Net Price: € 419
Feature List ZO600S
- Transmits up to 1080p60 SDI or HDMI video
- 600ft/180m line-of-sight transmission to the receiver
- Transmitter: HDMI In, SDI In, Receiver: HDMI Out & SDI Out
- Metal Housings with 1/4"-20 mounting thread
- Built-in Antennas
- Bright OLED Display
- Real-time app monitoring via the Shimbol app
- Simultaneously transmit to 2 receivers and one app
- Power via L Series NPF Battery (without battery inside) or USB Type-C input
- Extremely Low 0.1s Latency
SHIMBOL ZO500
Shimbol ZO500 is a TX and RX set that can transmit HDMI video signals up to a distance of 150m Line of Sight to the receiver.
Net Price: € 379
Feature List ZO500
- Transmits up to 1080p60 HDMI video
- 500ft/150m line-of-sight transmission to the receiver
- Transmitter: HDMI In, HDMI Out, Receiver: 2x HDMI Out
- Metal Housings with 1/4"-20 mounting thread
- Built-in Antennas
- Bright OLED Display
- Real-time app monitoring via the Shimbol app
- Simultaneously transmit to 2 receivers and one app
- Power via L Series NPF Battery (without battery inside) or USB Type-C input
- Extremely Low 0.1s Latency
Price List
- Download here the Shimbol price list
About Shenzhen ZO Video Technology Co., Ltd
Established in 2017，Shenzhen ZO Video Technology Co., Ltd is a professional manufacturer who focuses on Wireless HD audio and video transmission solutions and products. The R&D team focuses on offering professional technology in wireless transmission sector, while maintaining competitive and comprehensive solutions to satisfy all your HD wireless video transmission and SDI/HDMI solution needs.Up to now, ZO Video Technology has become the leading R&D center and product supplier in the field of professional wireless audio and video transmission, the products are widely used in various fields such as film and TV advertisement shooting, VLOG video shooting, wedding recording, network live broadcast, interview, education, exhibition, radio and television, enterprise conference, etc.
About Shimbol
Aiming at the increasingly professional needs of Prosumer, YouTube, and Vlogger Markets, the company established the SHIMBOL brand, which focuses on cost-effective wireless digital HD audio and video transmission products.
