Miranda's HD/SD master control to make Euro debut at IBC
Miranda Technologies’ Imagestore 750 processor will be shown to the European market for the first time at IBC along with the Vertigo XG graphics system and Xpanel playlist-based 'soft' control panel.
The new Imagestore 750 offers HD/SD master control switching plus multi-level channel branding graphics using four independent keying layers with easy selection between SD and HD at 1080i or 720p at 50Hz or 59.94Hz. The independent keying layers are ideal for multi-level HD/SD graphics insertion, using internal animation/still storage with capacity for more than 4,000 images. The processor gives independent preview, clean feed and auxiliary outputs. With Xpanel, which provides operation and precision control over on-air graphics across multiple devices and channels, operators are able to control the output on multiple broadcast HD and SD channels simultaneously, automating the playout of graphics and animations while sending live data updates to each channel in real time.
Dual, external fill and key inputs allow operation with Miranda's Imagestore Intuition+ graphics co-processor and Vertigo XG graphics processor for advanced graphics playout, as well as with a separate third party graphics/CG device.
Graphics options for the Imagestore 750 include the Easytext template-based, automated character generator for data-driven graphics, such as 'Coming up next' graphics. There is also built-in support for Emergency Alert System (EAS) for playing out crawls and audio mix-ins, and in-vision digital/analogue clock insertion. It also offers a single or dual channel DVE for squeeze-and-reveal and picture-in-picture effects.
Four group (16-channel) digital audio mixing can be performed using embedded audio and 8 AES pairs for 5.1 and multi-lingual audio, and up to 8 channels of audio storage and playout are available for automated voiceovers and audio zingers.
