Mobile TV is alive! - TVBEurope
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NAB world debut for Safe Switch 3G and two new versions of Up-Down 3G<br />
Clean switch for Crystal V<strong>is</strong>ion<br />
By Fergal Ringrose<br />
Crystal V<strong>is</strong>ion will be showing its<br />
latest range of interface products<br />
with extra features. Products include<br />
Safe Switch 3G provides clean and<br />
intelligent 2 x 2 switching between<br />
two 3Gbps, HD or SD sources<br />
a 2x2 switch which combines clean<br />
with intelligent switching, two new<br />
versions of its dual-output up/down/<br />
cross converter, an upgraded down<br />
converter with enhanced GPI functionality,<br />
a colour corrector for 25<br />
different video standards and an<br />
aspect ratio converter for live use —<br />
along with Crystal V<strong>is</strong>ion’s four<br />
group embedder/de-embedder and<br />
multi-functional synchron<strong>is</strong>er which<br />
are now shipping.<br />
Making its world debut at<br />
NAB will be Safe Switch 3G,<br />
which provides clean and intelligent<br />
2 x 2 switching between two<br />
3Gbps, HD or SD sources.<br />
Crystal V<strong>is</strong>ion will be introducing<br />
two new versions of Up-<br />
Down 3G, now available in five<br />
versions. Up-Down 3G allows flexible<br />
up, down and cross conversions<br />
between 3Gbps, HD and SD<br />
sources and can perform two conversions<br />
simultaneously — putting<br />
out co-timed dual outputs that<br />
TMD flexes<br />
its features<br />
By Melanie Dayasena-Lowe<br />
TMD will launch Version 4 of its<br />
Mediaflex suite of media business<br />
applications. Mediaflex V4 allows<br />
users to better create, manage and<br />
monet<strong>is</strong>e their media content. TMD<br />
will also be releasing the latest<br />
enhancements to its i-mediaflex<br />
Digital Asset Management platform.<br />
Mediaflex V4 includes new<br />
user-configurable screen layouts<br />
along with significant data model<br />
enhancements enabling clients to<br />
design their own metadata<br />
schema. Workflow developments<br />
include new integrations with<br />
broadcast technologies including<br />
Amberfin iCR, Rhozet Carbon<br />
Coder and Harr<strong>is</strong> Nexio servers.<br />
Building on the core<br />
Mediaflex MetaServer, i-mediaflex<br />
provides a web-based applications<br />
environment for users to<br />
search, browse and create media<br />
workflow processes from the<br />
wider enterpr<strong>is</strong>e and beyond.<br />
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remain constant in format (as<br />
either 3G/HD or SD), even if the<br />
input changes. Up-Down-AT 3G<br />
and Up-Down-ATX 3G provide<br />
extra data handling features for<br />
playout applications, with conversion<br />
of timecode between SD<br />
DVITC and HD ATC and audio<br />
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routing by stereo channel. Up-<br />
Down-ATX 3G can additionally<br />
carry teletext and subtitle information<br />
across different definitions.<br />
Other products on d<strong>is</strong>play include<br />
the latest versions of its Q-Down<br />
range of down converters such as Q-<br />
Down-AG 3G and audio products<br />
like TANDEM 3G and SYNNER-E<br />
3G. Crystal V<strong>is</strong>ion has also released<br />
ARC-20MC, a new product for SD<br />
users who need to change the aspect<br />
ratio of their signals.<br />
Making its Las Vegas debut will<br />
be a modular colour corrector and<br />
legal<strong>is</strong>er for 25 different video standards.<br />
CoCo 3G supports the 50Hz<br />
and 59.94Hz standards for 3Gbps,<br />
HD and SD and the 23.98, 24 and<br />
25fps progressive video standards<br />
for film to HD video transfers.<br />
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