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I product news ICreativity by designMA Video Processing Unit (VPU)A small cutting from ourvideo references:Cirque de Glace – UK Tour 2008/2009Closing Ceremony Summer Olympics2008 (London Part) – Beijing, ChinaGerman Pop Idol 2009 / 2008 / 2007 –Cologne, GermanyIIFA Awards 2009 – MacauNobel Prize Concert 2008 – Oslo, NorwayThe Police – World Tour 2007/2008The Jonas Brothers “Look me in the Eyes”– World Tour 2008Rock in Rio 2008 – Lisbon, Portugal /Madrid, SpainFestival de Verao 2009 – Salvador, Brazil46664 Concert – Johannesburg, S. AfricaQueensland Performing Arts Centre –Brisbane, AustraliaMillions Poet – Abu Dhabi, UAEEurovision Song Contest Slovakia 2009 –Bratislava, SlovakiaElton John & Tim Rice’s AIDA – The TimelessLove Story - Sao Paulo, BrazilEVA, El Gran Musical Argentino –Buenos Aires, ArgentinaChingay Parade 2009 – SingaporeInauguration Special President JacobZuma – Pretoria, South AfricaDestined Multimedia Show – Dubai, UAEFan Zone Vienna – World Cup 2008 –Vienna, AustriaLeonardo – DVD Shoot – Sao Paulo, Brazil100.000 Euro Show – Cologne, GermanyAbu Dhabi Bride Show 2008 – UAETo find out more please visit our websitewww.malighting.comMA Lighting’s new MA Video Processing Unit(VPU) is especially developed to further extendthe MA System by integrating innovativevideo control.The whole operation relies on MA’s wellestablished control philosophy and is thereforeas straightforward as possible. Setting upand programming the MA VPU is really timesaving.The plug & play solution allows for instantshow start. After connecting the MA VPUto a grandMA/grandMA2 console everything isready to go. With the MA VPU video will becontrolled just like another lighting fixture.Based on MA Lighting’s rock solid techno–logy, the MA VPU offers extreme reliabilityand powerful performance – optimised fortransport, longevity and use on-the-road aswell as for fixed installations like theatres,TV studios, etc. Three different versions ofthe MA VPU are available: MA VPU pro,MA VPU plus and MA VPU basic.It is possible to select, control, live-accessand to alter all the MA VPU’s videos, still imagesand 3D objects from the grandMA. As allMA VPUs and grandMA consoles share thesame showfile in an MA-Net network, justone additional MA VPU can backup the completesystem. If an MA VPU fails it is possibleto easily select your backup MA VPU and useit instead.The MA VPU pro provides four Full-HD (1,920 x1,080 p) DVI-outputs to control four individualstreams with one MA VPU pro. The MA VPU plusoffers two Full-HD (1,920 x 1,080 p) DVI-outputsand the MA VPU basic two HD (1,280 ×720 p) DVI-outputs.Thanks to the horizontal and vertical softedgeblending as well as the keystone correction,it is possible to scale the output to any size.Furthermore the 3D Keystoning functionalityenables the user to fit content to any 3D objectsirrespective of size and shape. If thereis a video running too fast or too slow it canbe adjusted via the frame interpolation andsmooth speed control.Additionally the powerful Pixel Mapper can beused to display video content on any DMX-Matrix (up to 256 DMX universes via Art-Net).The picture can be aligned on pixels whichdon’t have fixed aspect ratios. An invaluablefeature is the possibility to change betweenPixel Mapper-mode and “Standard”-mode –which is used for outputting video contentvia projectors or plasma screens – from anygrandMA console.There are numerous other functions, featuresand effects available like contrast, saturationand hue as well as blur, sepia, black/white,ocean. All of them can be easily accessed andtheir use is self explanatory. Also the MA VPUplays back the sound on video clips which canbe controlled by an individual sound masterper 3D-video-layer.With up to 32 x 3D-video-layers (8 for theMA VPU basic) the MA VPU allows massivescope for creativity, coupled with over 17GBof professional pre-installed HD and SD videocontent on every unit.8