WDR chooses Eyeheight vista vision mixers

German state broadcaster WDR has chosen Eyeheight vista vision mixers for installation at its headquarters in Cologne.
Five vistas are now operational, configurable for parallel or cascaded applications and supplied by Logic Media Solutions GmbH, Eyeheight's exclusive German reseller.
Bernd Poth of Logic Media Solutions said: "The operational and engineering staff at WDR were impressed by vista's exceptional combination of versatility and compactness. Eyeheight's geNETics modular building-block system enables up to six vista systems to be housed in 1U. vista is easy to use, easy to reconfigure, and brings the added benefit of interfacing readily into existing station automation."
A 625/525 line version of Eyeheight's vistaHD, vista is an A/B SDI mixer with full 10 SDI processing and programmable mix times. Channel transitions can be performed manually from a desktop T-bar or automatically. A wide choice of wipes includes horizontal, vertical and diamond with user-definable edge softness. Non-sync indication and relative input timing display are provided along with automation control and four memories to store all user settings. Additional features include an input synchroniser, alpha mixer and wipe generator.
THe vista mixer is designed to handle both 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratios.
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