Network Electronics to Debut VPG Ventura Range of Advanced Compression, Transmission and Transport Products at NAB 2008

New York, NY, February 12, 2008 – Network Electronics acquired VPG to form the industry leader in transport, routing and signal processing solutions for reliable video transport over short and long distances. Today marks the introduction of new modules in VPG’s Ventura range of advanced compression, transmission and transport at NAB 2008. These solutions have been developed to facilitate the compression, transmission and economical transport of HD signals. The new modules, including a JPEG 2000 encoder and decoder, an 8-channel SONET/SDH multiplexer and de-multiplexer, and a universal analog and digital video/audio adapter for fiber optic transport, will be demonstrated in Booth SU 10814. The Ventura™ range has been developed by Video Products Group (VPG) of Oxnard California. Network Electronics completed the acquisition of VPG on 17th January, 2008.

These enhancements provide Ventura customers with greater ability to meet the difficult challenges of transporting high definition signals and managing diverse legacy and emerging signal formats. The compression and long distance interfaces extend the reach of the Ventura line, and the universal conversion capability enables customers to adapt to evolving regulatory requirements in metropolitan networking.

JPEG 2000 VS901-TE-27 Encoder and VS901-TD-27 Decoder The new VS901-TE-27 encoder and VS901-TD-27 decoder will provide high-quality JPEG 2000 compression of HD-SDI signals, qualifying them for transport over widely deployed 270Mbps networks. The modules also enable HD to be stored on SDI servers and tape decks and map HD into SONET / SDH and IP networks.

Key Features

Artifact-free compression – no blocking, tiling or motion dependence

Visually lossless compression to a 15:1 compression ratio; near-mathematically lossless compression to a 2.5:1 ratio

Set compression explicitly or by selecting maximum available transport bandwidth

Multiplexes audio into the transport stream, either pre-embedded into the HD-SDI signal or by locally embedding from AES interfaces on the encoder

Separate carriage of VBI information

8-Channel SONET/SDH VS811-SM-48 Multiplexer and VS811-SD-48 De-multiplexer NAB will also see the debut of the new 8-channel SONET/SDH VS811-SM-48 multiplexer and VS811-SD-48 de-multiplexer - a single card solution for the multi-channel transport of 270Mbps signals and HD signals (with JPEG 2000 encoding). The module facilitates long distance transport of multiple SDI, ASI, SDTI signals and provides for network path diversity via optional dual SFP lasers at the transmit end, and dual SFP receivers with automatic switch-over at the receive end.

Key Features

Mapping of 8 X 270Mbps onto OC-48c / STM-16c

Buffered front panel monitor on Mux and Demux with channel selector switch to monitor inputs or outputs

Jitter management restores degraded optical signal quality

Selectable test pattern generator for each channel: color bars, PLL pathological, equalizer pathological and black field

Auxiliary RS422 channel

Small Formfactor Pluggable (SFP) optics available in 1310, 1550, and any ITU CWDM or DWDM wavelengths

Universal Analog and Digital Video / Audio Adapter for Fiber Optic Transport Also to be introduced at NAB is a universal analog and digital video /audio adapter for fiber optic transport. The single card VS551-D-ADC (analog - digital converter and audio embedder) and VS551-D-DAC (digital-analog converter and audio de-embedder) is unique in the industry in its ability to adapt to any professional analog or digital video format.

Key Features

Multiprotocol video interface to fiber networks
- NTSC / 4X audio (TV-1
- SD-SDI
- HD-SDI
- DVB-ASI
- ATSC

SD-SDI at 525 / 625; HD-SDI at 1.4835 / 1.485Gbps

SFP optics for 1310, 1550, any ITU CWDM or DWDM wavelength

Jitter management restores degraded optical signal quality

Up to 4 channels of analog audio or direct-fed AES into SDTI

Non-intrusive audio monitoring and level adjustment with built-in test signals (transmitter and receiver)

Compatible with VPG element / network management

About Network Electronics
Norway-based Network Electronics designs, manufactures and markets a portfolio of video transport solutions of unrivalled breadth and depth. The acquisition of Video Products Group, Inc. (VPG) of Oxnard, California in January of 2008 has further enhanced the company’s global presence and reputation for providing industry leading solutions to the video, broadcast and telecommunications markets. Network Electronics’ competitive solutions are highly functional and deployment-proven, creating future-proof transport architectures that fully meet enterprise, metro and long-distance networking challenges. For more information, please visit: www.network-electronics.com Network Electronics – Leading the way

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