West Pond Enterprises Chooses Magewell Capture Cards For New Product

West Pond Enterprises has acquired Magewell's Pro Capture Mini HDMI for use in its new MX-100CC devices.

The capture card will enable high quality video ingest in its new Flexstream MX-100 Channel Creator devices.

West Pond Enterprises develops products that enhance or enable in-house cable TV, RF and IPTV networks.

The MX-100CC is an all-in-one channel creation and distribution device that combines multiple live and pre-recorded video sources into a single transport stream for delivery to commercial or consumer TVs or IPTV set-top boxes. It can also combine a live video stream with HTML5 media to create a custom channel for restaurants, senior living facilities, hotels, theaters, hospitals, corporate offices, health clubs and more.

"For the small size of the MX-100CC, we needed a capture solution in the Mini PCIe form factor with reasonably low power consumption," said Steve Hastings, President and CEO of West Pond Enterprises. "The video interconnect to our systems must also be as plug-and-play as possible, with users not having to worry about signal formats and compatibility. Anything less blemishes the overall functionality of the device, and could lead to higher technical support requirements."

West Pond found the Pro Capture Mini HDMI to be a perfect fit for the MX-100CC, with the automatic input signal detection capabilities of the Magewell cards helping achieve its goal of plug-and-play ease of use.

"We rely on Magewell's products to provide 'support-free' connectivity to our customers' video sources," explained Mr Hastings. "Users simply connect their devices to our products, and our software processes the captured video to meet their needs, without them having to think about the technical details.

"Our developers are very happy with Magewell's SDK and robust Linux drivers," he continued. "From a reliability standpoint, we're 100% satisfied, as we've never had an issue. And the support we've received from Magewell distributor Mobile Video Devices has been exceptional.

"The integration of Magewell capture cards into our solutions ensures our customers experience the superior quality they have come to expect from West Pond Enterprises. We are a small company and want to focus on our software, not debugging interconnect issues our customers may have with various devices and video sources. The Magewell products enable us to do that."

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