Electrosonic Launch New Products At NAB 2008

Attendees at NAB 2008 will have the opportunity to scope two brand-new Electrosonic product intros: the ES7000 IPTV Transport Products series and the MS9600 JPEG 2000 2K server.
Electrosonic, a leading company in the audio/video manufacturing, design, installation and servicing industries, will previewing its ES7000 series IPTV Transport Products, which have a 3Gb/s TO 3gB/S IP transport solution. The company said that the ES7000 range will raise performance standards in Contribution, Live Event and other IPTV Broadcast applications requiring robust delivery of high quality 3Gb/s, 1.5Gb/s or SD video over IP networks with low delay at highly efficient bit-rates.
Karl Johnson, Electrosonic Products General Manager, said: "We're very excited about the introduction of this product range. They are among the first in the industry to provide a 3Gb/s to 3Gb/s IPTV transport solution for 1920x1080, 60Hz High Definition Video. In addition, they produce high image qualities, equivalent to the JPEG2000 compression standard, at bitrates comparable with MPEG products with very low latency. This makes them ideal for live events and contribution applications."
The units accept SDI or HDSDI inputs with embedded audio and data transmit them over LAN or WAN connections. Embedded error concealment ensures robust delivery of video over uncorrected networks and audio, video and data synchronisation is maintained. The ES7000 series supports contribution applications, live events, real-time studio-to-studio exchange and tele-presence, as well as post production and in-house signal distribution applications.
Electrosonic will also be showing the MS9600 JPEG 2000 at NAB. The appliance plays unencrypted JPEG2000 content at 2K, 1080p and 720p resolutions. The company will also be previewing its Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) compliant version of the player.
With the ability to offer sharp, vivid images at a reasonable price, the MS9600 incorporates 2K resolution via dual HD-SDI and dual DVI-I video outputs, an advanced user interface and confidence monitor and 16 channels of broadcast quality digital audio. It features Timecode and Genlock, gigabit network and four general-purpose 1/0. The unit also supports web interface for complete remote control and configuration for playlist management, SNMP, reporting and Metadata support. It complies with 48 fps 3D playback. Multiple units can also be synchronised for multi-screen presentation.
Brian Hinckley, Business Manager of the Electrosonic Products Group, said: Electrosonic has been producing high definition MPEG video servers for 10 years now, and with our years of development expertise, we proudly move into the JPEG2000 realm. The MS9600 is ideal for quality control applications in the JPEG2000 post production workflow and digital 3D markets. More importantly, this product release represents the first milestone in creating a DCI compliant appliance for the Digital Cinema market."
Electrosonic will be exhibiting at NAB at Stand SL14708 at the Las Vegas Convention Centre between April 11-17.
Further information is available at: www.electrosonic.com.
(KMcA/JM)