Eyeheight Announces UD-2 Broadcast Up/Down Converter

The latest addition to the Eyeheight range of modular broadcast equipment, the UD-2 is a high quality up/down converter with three-field temporal processing and 3:2-pulldown frame-rate conversion.
Like all Eyeheight multidefinition products, it is compatible with the 18 video standards currently in use across 525/625 SD as well as 720p, 1080p and 1080i HD.
The UD-2 incorporates HD/SD input auto-sensing and is fully transparent to embedded audio. User-adjustable delay compensation is provided on all 16 audio channels to offset the video processing time.
Advanced video noise reduction features allow overall noise and artefacts associated with DCT compression to be minimised. Additional features include adjustable sharpness and texture enhancement. User-upgradeable software and firmware ensure that the UD-2 can be kept fully up to date with new features and emerging signal standards.
Up to six UD-2 up/down converter modules can be accommodated in a 1 U Eyeheight FB-9E Ethernet-interfaced chassis with the options of local control from an FP-9 front-mounting panel and PS-9E auxiliary power supply. Alternatively, three UD-2 cards can be paired in 1 U with AR-2MD multidefinition aspect ratio conversion modules.
A globally-active innovator in broadcast-quality video and audio engineering, Eyeheight designs and manufactures a wide range of SDI/HD-SDI equipment for use in programme-origination, quality assurance, post-production, master-control and associated areas.
Further information is available at: www.eyeheight.com.
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