Pro-Bel IBC 2007

2007 sees Pro-Bel celebrate its 30th anniversary. IBC 2007 provides the ideal opportunity to explore new products from the company as well as a range of significant upgrades to existing technology.

IBC 2007 DEBUTS:
* CYGNUS – A new router range from the masters of the art, Cygnus combines a compact form factor with the latest routing technology in a cost-effective package. Cygnus is 1080p 3Gbit/s native and offers up to 576 x 576 routing in a single 26U housing (including PSUs), with industry standard BNC connectors. There is also a 288 x 576 19U version. Other features include redundant crosspoints and dual redundant power supplies and controllers as well as four reference inputs for multi-standard operation. This allows for frame accurate switching at the correct point for multi-standard operation or simulcast HD/SD.

* MORPHEUS FOUNDATION – This is the European show debut for Morpheus Foundation. As Pro-Bel’s new entry-level automation system, it offers many of the advanced features of the company’s flagship Morpheus system but in a compact and low-cost package suitable for one to six channels. A wide variety of new features and options for Morpheus itself will also be on show, ranging from ingest, to media management to advanced creativity tools.

PRODUCT ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDE:
* MORPHEUS CONTROL AND MONITORING – The latest version of Morpheus Control and Monitoring (MCM) will be demonstrated. This is Pro-Bel’s emerging enterprise-wide management application, which is designed to provide an over-arching command-and-control capability across the entire content production and delivery infrastructure. Highlighted at IBC 2007 is the interface to Pro-Bel's extensive Vistek range of modular products, complementing the existing suite of Pro-Bel router and master control management tools available in MCM. The latest version of the designer permits users to fully customise their own displays and create control sets that are abstracted from the physical hardware and signal flow. Status feedback from Morpheus Automation software is also provided in the MCM environment. Moving forward MCM will also include control for third party devices. This will be highlighted at the show with control of a VGA switcher forming part of the demonstration.

* VISTEK MODULAR INTERFACING - Cifer, Pro-Bel’s groundbreaking standards converter now offers full bi-directional conversion at HD 1080i and 720p combined with up/down format conversion, and uses the unique ASP-mc (Advanced Sub-Pixel Motion Compensation) technology to guarantee breathtaking picture quality. Also on show is the latest version of Valid8, Pro-Bel’s unique SD/HD infrastructure analysis tool, the complete answer to measuring lip sync issues, which now includes a new feature using compact flash memory to allow a user instant recall of up to 64 separate sets of audio and video idents.

* MASTERPIECE – Housed in a single 2RU frame, Masterpiece is Pro-Bel’s HD and SD master control switcher. As well as an HD DVE, which provides 3D perspective effects on two planes of video, Masterpiece options include Dolby E decoders and encoder, a logo store and a clip player. Masterpiece benefits from a choice of control panels as well as four downstream keyers, each with external Key and Fill inputs and a Preview output.

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