FOR-A To Showcase Vision Mixers At IBC

FOR-A is to showcase its new vision mixers at IBC2013, including the HVS-XT100 and HVS-XT110.
The HVS-XT HD/SD compact vision mixer series is designed for live events, news studios, OB vans and corporate production. The HVS-XT100 comprises a separate main unit and control panel while the HVS-XT110 is an integrated single-unit design.
The mixers expand on the HVS-300’s functions, including mixed HD/SD input, frame synchronisation, multi-viewer, re-sizing engines, multiple 2.5D DVEs, transition effects and a high quality chroma key.
The HVS-XT includes a built-in Web server enabling adjustment of settings from a PC or a tablet device. The clip memory within the mixer’s two still stores supports complex moves, such as CG wipe, and has extended capacity as standard.
The mixer’s event memory stores up to 100 events and users can customise their control panel via dedicated User buttons.
The HVS-XT100 offers eight HD/SD-SDI inputs, four outputs and one HDMI output, expandable to 14 inputs and six outputs, or 12 inputs and eight outputs that can be freely assigned. The HVS-XT110 is designed for use in small broadcasting vans and flypacks. This unit has 12 HD/SD-SDI inputs and six outputs, plus one HDMI that can be freely assigned.
Also on display at IBC will be the new MINI M/E, offered as a standard feature of the HVS-390HS 2 M/E vision mixer.
It enables the mixer to deliver the power of a virtual 6 M/E mixer. The MINI M/E extension allows the deployment of any aux-bus transition with cuts, mixes or wipes, and to display a keyer complete with DVE functions.
The MINI M/E can be independently controlled or operated from a master/slave configuration. It can also follow any bus on 1 or 2 M/Es, allowing easy one-man operation.
MINI M/E can be expanded into a half M/E function, to configure the HVS-390HS as a 2.5 M/E mixer. The half M/E can be controlled remotely where a traditional P/P bus mixer is used with up to four DSKs.
The BB-100 Broadcast Box represents a new FOR-A product range of video servers that provide recording and playout of multi-format video files.
Broadcast Box can be used standalone to offer video recording and/or studio playout. It can also work directly with vision mixers and, when integrated with a digital FOR-A vision mixer, such as the popular HVS-390HS, can provide a flexible video/audio contribution feed.
Also on display will be the FA-1010; a general-purpose multi-channel frame synchroniser.
The device allows asynchronous signal path routing for up to ten channels of video, and up to 160 channels of embedded audio, with clean-cut synchronised outputs – all within a 1RU box.
It supports 3G-SDI and HD/SD-SDI input/output as standard and includes all the usual frame-synchroniser features as well as RGB colour correction - as standard. Audio processing offers delay adjustment and re-mapping functions, plus a sample-rate converter.
Options include analogue component I/O, Dolby E encoder/decoder, loudness control and analogue or AES audio I/O. The analogue audio option even allows mic level input with 48V phantom power.
FOR-A will also be showcasing the FA-9520; a dual-channel multipurpose signal processor. It is equipped for a variety of applications in master control, mobile production, post production services and live production.
The FA-9250 is a dual-channel version of the FA-9500 processor and supports 3G-SDI, HD/SD-SDI, and analogue composite I/O.
In addition to frame synchronisation, it provides up/down/cross/aspect conversion, two channels of full RGB colour correction, logo inserter functions and an automatic video optimiser (AVO) as standard. Numerous options include analogue component I/O and Dolby E encoder and decoder. www.for-a.com
(IT/CD)