Snell & Wilcox extends industry-leading standards conversion range with launch of six new products

Snell & Wilcox is expanding its world-leading standards conversion product portfolio with the launch of six new compact converters. Branded as part of the company’s Kudos Plus range, the new converters offer a range of options including comprehensive audio handling and DV interfaces.
Small enough for a fly-away pack or a crowded desktop, these new ∏-RU Kudos Plus products perform signal stabilization and standards conversion on nearly any type of video for applications ranging from backhaul monitoring and remote newsgathering to dubbing and duplication.
Each of the new entries in the go-anywhere CVR standards converter + synchronizer family is equipped to handle embedded audio while giving users a choice of three external audio I/O options professional balanced analogue, balanced AES, or unbalanced AES. Three of the new products additionally include a FireWire interface for DV input or output. All six feature composite, SDI, and Y/C video inputs and outputs.
The new products are ideal for use in teleport and lines-in applications where a wide range of video and audio signals must be converted. For example, the CVR600AD standards converter with an analogue audio interface can be used to provide a stable SDI NTSC (525-line) output with embedded audio from a composite PAL (625-line) with analogue audio input.
The DV interface provided in three of the new units makes them the ideal companion in a desktop environment where a broadcast-quality standards converter is required because now conversion can take place without slowing down any other processing.
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