Fusion3G for openGear to Launch in Europe at IBC 2010

Fusion3G 9901-UDX Card to Offer Up/Down/Cross Conversion and Frame Sync

Cobalt Digital will launch their new range of 3 Gigabit-capable Fusion3G™ cards for the first time in Europe at IBC 2010, Stand 8.A94.

Fusion3G are multi-functional, multi-featured cards for openGear™ that offer solutions to all of today’s signal processing challenges, including Loudness Processing, Audio Loudness Metering, Dolby® Encode and Decode, Colour Correction, Fibre Transmit and Receive, and Up/Down/Cross Conversion. Inputs and outputs include analogue video and audio, HD/SD-SDI video & audio, and Fibre.

Fusion3G cards on display at IBC will include the comprehensive 9901-UDX solution, a 3Gigabit HD/SD-SDI up/down/cross converter with multiple inputs and outputs, frame synchronization, plus full-embedded audio and ancillary data support with per-channel audio delay. As with all 9900 Fusion3G and 9000 Compass™ series cards, remote control is quick and easy via free Dashboard™ GUI software, Cobalt's OGCP-9000 remote control panel, or optional SNMP agent software for openGear frames. Separate versions are available solely to perform up conversion (9901-UC), down conversion (9901-DC) and 3G/HD to 3G/HD cross conversion (9901-XC); all include 3G/HD/SD pass-through.

End-users may choose from a wide range of options to add fiber I/O, analogue video I/O, AES and analogue audio I/O embed/de-embed – all on the same module. This level of integration reduces module count and simplifies the signal chain, as well as providing flexibility for ever changing system requirements, including 3-D TV compliant 1080p. Other available options include wings insertion, general purpose keying, colour correction, Dolby® E/AC-3 encoding and decoding, ITU BS.1770 loudness metering, processing, and up-mixing using Linear Acoustic AEROMAX™ and UPMAX™ processors. Loudness processing and up-mixing are available as options, either individually or in combinations.