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News Release from: Hitachi High-Technolgies (Electronic Components) | Subject: MD1S60DG-PCI
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 12 January 2005
PCI card decodes HDTV at 200Mbit/s
Hitachi High-Technologies has released the world's first professional HDTV MPEG2 decoder PCI card capable of decoding HD MPEG-2 TS streams of up to 200Mbit/s.
Hitachi High-Technologies has released the world's first professional HDTV MPEG2 decoder PCI card capable of decoding HD MPEG-2 TS streams of up to 200Mbit/s No longer will systems designers be limited to handling video streams of only 80Mbit/s; the MD1S60DG-PCI card will give the extended capability of decoding HDTV DVB-ASI transport streams of up to 200Mbit/s in both 4:2:2 or 4:2:0 formats
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The calibre of the HD-SDI stream output picture quality is outstanding and true to the broadcast industry that this card supports.
Ideal applications for the card include digital cinemas and theatres enabling the delivery of film quality pictures, HD contribution and mobile HD.
Main features of the HD MPEG-2 decoder are demonstrated by its ability to decode both 4:2:2 and 4:2:0 formats in a TS of up to 200Mbit/s and its flexibility to auto-sense all major HD video formats, including 1080i at 25, 29.97 and 30frame/s; 1080p at 23.97, 24frame/s and 720p at 59.94 and 60frame/s.
Two audio channels are supported decoding MPEG-1 Layer II audio with AES-EBU outputs.
In a short-PCI card profile, the main card dimension is 175 x 107mm excluding the BNC connectors for transport stream input and audio/video output.
It is also possible to drive the card in stand-alone mode with a PCI-bridge adapter card.
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