Dayang announces 32-channel multi-display controller

A powerful addition to Dayang's MagicWall range of monitor splitters will be introduced at NAB2006 in April.
Designed to supercede bulky CRT walls in broadcast master control rooms and presentation suites, the new MagicWall 5000 allows up to 32 SDI video sources to be displayed simultaneously on a single 1600 x 1200 pixel flat-panel screen or paired screens. Switchable dual DVI outputs with integral de-interlacing enable it to feed the second array at an adjacent desk or in a separate suite. This gives studio installers the option of positioning monitor arrays immediately behind the control desk, providing channel supervisors with a precise view of the programme feed and accompanying data.
The MagicWall 5000 incorporates 32 auto-sensing analogue/SDI inputs. Two-channel or four-channel audio level can be displayed alongside each image together with a text-based under-monitor-display-style source identifier. Network-sourced or GPS-sourced time and countdown can also be displayed.
"Designed specifically for modern multichannel broadcast environments, the MagicWall 5000 is one of the most versatile monitor splitters ever developed," commented Dayang International CEO Karlton Burn. "A powerful auto-alert system is incorporated, including continuous monitoring of video blackburst as well as warning of frozen-image, lost video/audio and lost logo. Channel supervisors or MCR staff can select text-based or audible alarms, create their own maintenance task schedules and perform log management. The MagicWall 5000's under-monitor display automatically prompts for a channel identifier. There is even a hard disk recording facility, allowing the entire 32-input feed to be archived at full resolution or at compressed browse-quality."
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