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No price increase for 3G fibre (December 2009) |
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Crystal Vision is introducing its 3G fibre optic transmitter and receiver - at the exact same price as its previous HD versions. The FTX 3G fibre optic transmitter and FRX 3G fibre optic receiver have been designed to transmit 3Gb/s, HD or SD signals over large distances in a robust, reliable and space-saving way. Read full story... |
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317 interface boards installed at The London Studios (December 2009) |
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UK systems integrator Dega Broadcast Systems has purchased 317 Crystal Vision interface boards for the HD upgrade of the two largest studios at The London Studios. Located on the South Bank in London, and owned by ITV, over 2,350 hours of entertainment, sport and factual programming is produced from their studios each year for the ITV network, the BBC, Channel 4 and other broadcasters. Read full story... |
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Who's buying what...? (December 2009) |
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It's been a busy few months for sales here at Crystal Vision. Find out who's been buying Crystal Vision products in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Chile, China, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Poland, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, UK and the USA. Read full story... |
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Simplifying system designs with the SYNNER-E 3G multi-functional synchroniser (September 2009) |
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SYNNER-E 3G will simplify system designs for those working with 3Gb/s, HD or SD sources in AES or Dolby E environments. With the ability to work with four groups of audio, this ultimate device for all embedding, de-embedding and timing requirements combines a video synchroniser, tracking audio delay, embedder, de-embedder, audio processor and video proc-amp on one 100mm x 266mm board, and includes special features for flexible processing of Dolby E. Read full story... |
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Bill Trevelyan retires after 45 years in the industry (September 2009) |
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After eleven years at Crystal Vision and more than 45 years in the broadcast industry, Bill Trevelyan retired at the end of September. Bill's long career in the fields of test measurement, standards conversion, interface and keying has seen him as European Sales Director for Tekniche, co-owner of System Video and most recently International Sales Manager at Crystal Vision. Read full story... |
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Who's buying what...? (September 2009) |
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It's been a busy few months for sales here at Crystal Vision. Find out who's been buying Crystal Vision products in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lithuania, Morocco, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, UK and the USA. Read full story... |
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Smart Switch 3G - the intelligent way to switch (July 2009) |
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Smart Switch 3G is probably the most intelligent 3G routing switch available. Ideal for securing the video output in systems that need high reliability, it provides intelligent 2 x 2 switching to a backup signal source by monitoring two 3Gb/s, HD or SDI video inputs with up to four groups of embedded audio and switching between the sources if a specified fault condition arises. Read full story... |
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60 seconds of HD sports action replay with Playback 8G (July 2009) |
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Ideal for those working with sports programming and shipping now, Playback 8G is a new 8 GB version of Crystal Vision's affordable instant replay device.
Playback 8G will continuously record (and overwrite) until something of interest happens at which point the operator will press Stop. The last 60 seconds of recorded HD video or 310 seconds of Standard Definition is then available for replay. Read full story... |
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135 Q-Downs used to down convert the tennis at Wimbledon (July 2009) |
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SIS LIVE has purchased another 36 of the Q-Down183-A down converters and distribution amplifiers for its coverage of the Queen's and Wimbledon tennis tournaments in June. SIS LIVE provided the technical facilities to BBC Sport for its coverage of Wimbledon, with the entire event being covered in HD for the first time this year.
SIS LIVE already owned 99 Q-Downs and needed another 36 due to the number of discrete feeds involved. Read full story...
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Who's buying what...? (July 2009) |
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It's been a busy few months for sales here at Crystal Vision. Find out who's been buying Crystal Vision products in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Morocco, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE, UK and the USA. Read full story... |
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MultiLogo and Clip N Key get audio - and more (March 2009) |
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Crystal Vision has added further features to MultiLogo and Clip N Key, the two Picturestore products that found instant popularity on their launch at the end of last year. The new features include audio functionality, the ability to lock the output to an analogue reference, 8 GB versions and a new rear module. Read full story... |
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43 seconds of HD delay with ViViD HD-40 (March 2009) |
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Sometimes 21 seconds of HD delay just isn't enough. Which is why Crystal Vision has introduced the ViViD HD-40 (extra) long video delay, as a big brother to its existing ViViD HD-20. Probably most suited to profanity delays, ViViD HD-40 has been designed for engineers who need to match any very long delays in their system. Read full story... |
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Affordable emergency transmission switch for 3G, HD or SD (March 2009) |
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2009 sees the release of Crystal Vision's 3G HD modular switching range of products, starting with the SW221 3G. This space-saving board provides simple 2 x 2 switching between two 3G HD, HD or SDI signals and is ideal for use either as an emergency transmission switch to avoid broken equipment or to manually bypass products requiring maintenance on a 24 hour station. Read full story... |
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Who's buying what...? (March 2009) |
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It's been a busy few months for sales here at Crystal Vision. Find out who's been buying Crystal Vision products in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Korea, Poland, Turkey, UAE, UK and the USA. Read full story... |
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