Leader Returns From CCW 2013

Leader Instruments has showcased a range of video and audio signal analysis products at Content & Communications World in New York, November 13-14.
In a prominent position on the Leader booth was the LV5490 4K-capable multi-standard multi-waveform monitor.
"The LV5490 conforms fully to the Leader strategy of designing products for easy operation during live content creation as well as in post-production, presentation and engineering management," explains Leader Instruments Corporation's president, George Gonos.
"It supports the full range of standard video production and transmission resolutions from 525 and 625 standard definition up to 3840 x 2160 and 4096 x 2160 4K. Equipped with four 3G-SDI/HD-SDI/SD-SDI input channels plus a high-quality wide-viewing-angle 1920 x 1080 nine inch flat-panel display, the LV5490 allows precise matching of studio or outside broadcast cameras. It also doubles as a picture monitor for production crews working on location."
Leader's S-LOG2 option for the LV5490 is designed for use with the Sony F65 camera's 4K imager, extended chroma gamut and 16-bit linear dynamic range.
It enables an accurate zoom-in monitoring of focus across user-selected areas of a video source. User-adjustable exposure/luminance-referenced chroma scale can be applied over the image, allowing operators to match the White Clip indication on a Sony F65, False Color on an ARRI Alexa or Video Check on a RED Epic.
Also demonstrated were Leader's LV5770 compact broadcast signal analyser and LV7770 rasterizing multi-SDI monitor. The LV5770 supports 3G, HD dual link, HD-SDI and SD-SDI formats.
Signal amplitudes, vector, data, chroma bars and picture can be monitored individually or in quad-split mode on the instrument’s integral 6.3 inch XGA LCD screen. Video frames can be captured manually or on an automated error-detection basis.
Video display options include eye pattern and jitter waveform. Eye pattern rise time, amplitude, fall time, timing jitter, current jitter, rising-edge overshoot and falling-edge overshoot can be measured automatically.
Leader's LV7770 rasterising multi-SDI monitor has two auto-sensing 3G-SDI/HD-SDI/SD-SDI inputs and can perform tests on a total of 17 video signal formats ranging from standard-definition up to 720p, 1080i and 1080p high-definition.
Tri-level sync or NTSC or PAL black burst are accepted for external reference. The selected input is reclocked and can be fed downstream. Capabilities include waveform, vectorscope, peak video level display, SDI/external-sync phase difference, audio, picture and data monitoring functions.
Displays can be viewed at full screen size or in assignable combinations. Extensive error detection and error logging facilities are incorporated, including gamut detection and adjustable error thresholds. Digital analysis screens Include data dump as well as equivalent cable length readings.
As US distributor for Phabrix, Leader demonstrated the SxA handheld video test signal generator, analyser and monitor, as well as the SxE and Rx2000. Model SxE incorporates the functions of the SxA plus physical layer analysis. Eye and jitter diagrams can be viewed on the SxA's integral 4.3 inch 16:9 display screen.
The Rx2000 is a rack-mountable test generator and analyser employing the same graphic control interface as the Phabrix Sx range. It can be tilted upwards or downwards within the rack bay, and also provides monitoring via a 1920 x 1080 HDMI or HD-SDI output, allowing the user to create a multi-viewer display of waveform, vector, picture, audio, loudness, eye pattern which can be output to HDMI monitors or routed through broadcast infrastructures via SDI.
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