New from Crystal Vision is Up-and-down-AAFD, one multi-functional board designed to up, down or cross convert video signals containing embedded audio, provide fully flexible aspect ratio conversion for SD sources and insert SMPTE 2016 Active Format Description data into the output video for aspect ratio correction by downstream equipment.
Up-and-down-AAFD offers exceptional performance for up conversions of Standard Definition to 720p and 1080i at 50Hz and 59.94Hz, down conversions of 720p and 1080i to Standard Definition at 50Hz and 59.94Hz, and cross conversions of 720p to 1080i and 1080i to 720p. Motion adaptive video de-interlacing ensures that the best processing method will be chosen based on the video content, while the adjustable detail enhancement feature allows the image to be sharpened and further picture enhancements come from full RGB adjustment more
Crystal Vision has introduced a new five year warranty for customers who register their products. This extended five year back-to-base warranty is applicable to all products shipped after 20th August 2009, and is available to those who register their products within 60 days of their shipping date.
The new five year warranty, which was launched on 20th August and which is an extension of the standard three year warranty, covers all labour and parts and is applicable to modules, frames, power supplies, rear modules, fans, active frame front panels and remote control panels. Crystal Vision will repair or replace any defective items free of charge for the period of the warranty, guaranteeing availability of spare parts for five years following purchase, and will also provide critical software updates throughout the lifetime of the board. more
Crystal Vision has released Q-Down Mini – a new version of its popular broadcast down converter and distribution amplifier. Q-Down Mini is Crystal Vision’s first minibox and has been designed for attaching directly to the back of SD monitors in space-challenged environments with no spare rack space.
Q-Down Mini is a down converter with two major advantages: a unique level of image quality in its price range (with its sophisticated two dimensional filtering which avoids aliasing while retaining picture sharpness) and a short processing delay of just 16 lines which eliminates the need to compensate audio signals for the video delay. This customer-requested product was developed because Austrian broadcaster ORF could find no alternative standalone product with the same level of conversion quality or short delay for the HD upgrade of its OB vehicle, which was retaining most more
Crystal Vision will be showing its new generation of embedders and down converters on Booth 1304 at HD World 2009, which takes place at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York on 14th and 15th October.
These new products include TANDEM 3G – the first single board solution providing a combined embedder and de-embedder for four groups of audio. Its additional ability to work with 3Gb/s, HD and SD sources makes it an economic and flexible solution for a very wide range of applications. It features eight bi-directional digital audio inputs and outputs on the board which can be configured in stereo pairs, and is most likely to be used for embedding or de-embedding eight AES channels, or for embedding four AES while de-embedding four AES at the same time. When routing the audio TANDEM 3G offers full shuffling and overwriting of the mono channels between more
Crystal Vision has released a free version of its PC control system. Launched on 9th July, the Statesman Lite Windows-based software has been designed to make it easy for customers to set up and monitor the status of their interface, keying and picture storage boards from any PC on an Ethernet network – at no additional cost.
Ideal for anyone installing the more feature-packed Crystal Vision boards such as the embedding and synchronizing products, Statesman Lite makes it easy to select the required board options during installation, view the inputs present and save the chosen settings to a PC. more
Crystal Vision will be showing its new generation of embedders, synchronizers, down converters and switches on Stand 2.B11 at IBC 2009. This new range of uniquely-featured 3G HD products proves that Crystal Vision is leading the way with its 3Gb/s technology, with the competitive pricing making the products suitable for use in 3G, HD and SD systems.
TANDEM 3G is the first single board solution providing a combined embedder and de-embedder for four groups of audio. Its additional ability to work with 3Gb/s, HD and SD sources makes it an economic and flexible solution for a very wide range of applications. Featuring bi-directional digital audio inputs and outputs on the board which can be configured in stereo pairs, it more
Europe’s largest provider of outside broadcast and uplink facilities SIS LIVE has purchased another 36 of the Q-Down183-A down converters from Crystal Vision for its coverage of the Wimbledon tennis championships, with the entire event being covered in HD for the first time this year.
SIS LIVE is providing all the HD technical facilities to host broadcaster BBC Sport for its coverage of Wimbledon, covering matches on nine courts at the Grand Slam tennis tournament which takes place in London between 22nd June and 5th July. SIS LIVE is providing four OB units, as well as eight outgoing circuits from the site which are being relayed to BBC Television Centre for the domestic and interactive operations, plus international circuits.
SIS LIVE already owned 99 Q-Downs and needed another 36 of the Crystal Vision down converters due to the large number of discrete feeds involved. more
Crystal Vision’s new MultiLogo logo keyer is the most feature-packed, space-saving and easy-to-use modular solution to HD or SD station branding. Available in four versions and with up to 12 logo keyers fitting in just 2RU of rack space, the MultiLogo V131, MultiLogo V131 8G, MultiLogo V431 and MultiLogo V431 8G each provide three layers of keying from a variety of internal and external sources. The choice of four allows the broadcaster to select the perfect logo keyer for his application – depending on whether he needs to store five or 500 logos and whether he wants to use live or pre-prepared sources.
The size of available storage is one of the areas in which MultiLogo excels. Customers can choose from either a 4 GB video store with MultiLogo for up to 250 logos or an 8 GB video store with MultiLogo 8G for 500 logos. more
Crystal Vision has introduced three video distribution amplifiers ideal for any analog source. The VDA110M HD, VDA110R HD and VDA210M HD have been designed for the distribution of SD Black & Burst or HD Tri-level syncs analog reference, or for distributing SD or HD analog video. Between them they offer the choice of varying numbers of inputs, outputs, loop-throughs and manual or remote control to suit any installation requirements.
The single channel VDA110M HD gives a maximum of eleven outputs or ten outputs with a loop-through and includes board edge adjustment of gain and equalization. The VDA110R HD is another single channel board which gives a maximum of eleven outputs or ten outputs with a loop-through, but includes remote adjustment of gain, equalization and clamp, as well as sophisticated error reporting including dark and white clip video, with the remote control options including an active front panel on the frame, a remote control panel or the Statesman PC software. The VDA110M HD and VDA110R HD can be used with six different frame rear modules (the RM01, RM02, RM09, RM10, RM16 and RM18) to give the perfect output combination for every application.
For multi-channel applications where fewer outputs are required, the dual channel VDA210M HD gives a maximum of five outputs per channel (or four outputs with a loop-through), with gain and equalisation adjustable by board edge. Different output combinations are available using four different frame rear modules (the RM01, RM02, RM15 and RM18). more
Crystal Vision has released a new version of its popular down converter and distribution amplifier. Q-Down-A-AFD combines flexible outputs and a unique level of image quality in its price range with the ability to use the SMPTE 2016 AFD data embedded in an HD video input to automatically select the appropriate aspect ratio when down converting.
Q-Down-A-AFD’s flexible output combinations make it suitable for a large number of applications, whether the broadcast engineer needs an HD distribution amplifier, SDI distribution amplifier, HD to digital SD down converter, HD to analog SD down converter, or Standard Definition D to A. more
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New from Crystal Vision is Up-and-down-AAFD, one multi-functional board designed to up, down or cross convert video signals containing embedded audio, provide fully flexible aspect ratio conversion for SD sources and insert SMPTE 2016 Active Format Description data into the output video for aspect ratio correction by downstream equipment.
