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FOR-A Debuts HVS-38SSam Adding Video Playback on Hanabi HVS-3800hs Multi-bitrate Switcher (27/3/2007)

FOR-A's HVS-38SSAM expands video playback and still store capabilities on the HVS-3800HS multi-bitrate switcher with polygon-based true 3D HD DVE

FOR-A Corporation of America, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, unveils the new FOR-A HVS-38SSAM, adding video playback and expanded still store functions to its groundbreaking SD/HD switchable, multi-bitrate HANABI HVS-3800HS, at NAB 2007, in Las Vegas from April 14-19 (Booth #C 4234).

The HVS-38SSAM will be available as an option for the HVS-3800 "2M/E HANABI" model switcher.

The new HVS-38SSAM gives this powerful switcher full-resolution HD video recording and playback functionality without the use of VTRs or DDRs for CG wipe applications. In addition to video, Targa files and be sequentially recorded and played back as animations. This new option provides three seconds in each of its two channels in HD, or 19 seconds in each of two channels in SD mode. This can be doubled with memory expansion. Support for simultaneous recording or playback of two channels is also provided to allow the use of synchronised fill and key signals.

The HVS-38SSAM option also adds two still stores to the switcher's standard allotment of four. These can be loaded from the built-in Compact Flash card and simultaneously used as inputs. With the HVS-38SSAM, users realise expanded still image storage due to the increased internal memory. This means users can store a large number of still images for easy assignment to still stores.

"The HVS-3800HS is being used in a wide array of applications ranging from master control rooms in broadcast facilities, studio control rooms, outside broadcast (OB) vans and mobile units, as well as live events. The expanded features of the HVS-38SSAM enable operators to produce CG wipes and other effects using only the video switcher, making the process easier and more efficient for live productions," said Mr. Susumu Hotta, president, FOR-A Corporation of America. "With the availability of this new option, this future-proof production switcher can meet the needs of any HD/SD broadcast customer."

As standard features, the HVS-3800HS includes 16 inputs and 16 outputs for HD/SD-SDI, four still stores, a wide selection of wipe effects, two independent key edge/shadow generators and six key channels (two key layers and one downstream keyer per M/E). The HVS-3800HS also has four advanced chromakeyers - two per ME. The switcher's options include an up-down converter, four split-screen display outputs, colour corrector, and touch-panel display.

The HVS-3800HS has the distinction of being the first production switcher on the market to offer a polygon-based HD DVE for creating splashy, full-screen 3D DVE effects. Up to two 3D DVE cards can be installed on the HVS-3800HS. One card can support two channels in SD mode and one channel in HD mode. Two cards provide up to two channels in HD mode and four channels in SD mode. Also, a DVE channel can be assigned to any M/E or key layer.

The HVS-3800HS supports all major SD and HD formats, including 1080i, 24p, 23.98SF, 720p, NTSC and PAL among others. With the intuitive 16- or 24-button control panel, it only takes a few button pushes to complete an operation, and you can program it to automatically operate the most used transition patterns.

The HVS-38SSAM is available for delivery at the end of March 2007.

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