FOR-A showcase brand new products at IBC

FOR-A, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, showcased its full range of products aimed at broadcasters and post houses - including leading-edge video switchers, frame-rate converters, frame synchronisers, colour correctors, vision mixers, multi-viewers and virtual studios software at IBC.
Celebrating its 35th anniversary products that made their European debut were:

• HANABI HVS-500HS video switcher - a compact, self-contained HHD/SD video switcher, which combines the easy operation and powerful features of FOR-A's HANABI series. Accepting HD, SD, HDV and DV formats, it comes with 10-bit, 4:2:2 internal processing and is well suited for applications such as editing, studio production, mobile production, up-link vans, live production, broadcast television and live staging
• FRC-7000 frame-rate converter - an HD frame-rate converter with motion compensation processing technology and scene cut detection, which helps broadcasters and production companies produce superb HD conversions
• FA-9000 Frame Synchroniser - dubbed 'The Processor', the FA-9000 is an HD/SD frame synchroniser which goes beyond the realms of a typical signal processor. It supports all video signal formats and comes with options for HD/SD up and down conversion, colour correction and Dolby E decoding
• MV-400 multi-viewer - a composite input/output quad display unit that monitors up to four channels of camera video with a single monitor. Ideal for outside broadcast applications, it allows users to remotely view high quality pictures through a network. The MV-400 offers 1280 x 1024 pixel resolution, clean and crisp pictures which can be output in real time in SXGA mode

Established in Japan in 1971, FOR-A is a leading manufacturer and distributor of video and audio systems to the broadcast, post-production and security markets.
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