…for its ProView™ 7100 integrated receiver-decoder (IRD), transcoder, and stream processor. Leveraging this powerful new capability, the IRD’s SD and HD decoder can support 4:2:2 compressed video streams in both MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC 8/10-bit formats, enabling content and service providers to deliver the professional video quality required for contribution applications. By integrating 4:2:2 decoding for DVB-S/S2, IP, and DVB-ASI input interfaces into the ProView 7100, Harmonic allows content providers to cost-effectively decode SD and HD content presented as either MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 AVC compressed streams with improved picture fidelity.
The ProView 7100 supports a variety of contribution and distribution applications, including single-channel decoding, MPEG-4 AVC-to-MPEG-2 transcoding, and DVB descrambling. With the capability to perform multiformat video decoding, descrambling and remultiplexing of up to four transport streams, as well as transcoding for up to eight channels, the multifunctional platform dramatically lowers a broadcaster’s operational expenses.
Harmonic will demonstrate a comprehensive range of solutions, including the ProView 7100, at stand 1.B20 at IBC2012 in Amsterdam, Sept. 7-11. ProView 7100 with 4:2:2 decoding capabilities is expected to ship in the fourth quarter of 2012.
