Up-and-down-S is a combined up/down/cross converter with on-board synchroniser which allows you to retime and convert your signals at the same time.

Whether you're working in 720p or 1080i, 50Hz or 59.94Hz, Up-and-down-S has all the features you need to be able to work at the highest possible level in any definition.

Up-and-down-S incorporates a number of processing features to ensure that its performance is so outstanding that many broadcasters have declared it to be the best they have ever seen.

Scaling a picture up or down can be complex with the best results generally obtained by using different techniques depending on whether the video contains slow or fast moving images.

Thanks to motion adaptive video de-interlacing which maximises the picture's vertical resolution, Up-and-down-S will handle anything - choosing the best processing method based on the video content with the result that the output picture always appears smooth and natural-looking.

Up converting from SD to HD will give an apparently softer picture, therefore the adjustable detail enhancement feature allows the image to be sharpened.

As well as the required colour space conversion from SD to HD, there is full RGB adjustment of contrast and brightness.

Furthermore, to maintain the best picture quality the board will automatically enter bypass mode when the input is the same as the selected output standard.

Connect any SD, 720p HD or 1080i HD signal to Up-and-down-S and it will emerge in the correct format and with the correct timing for you to use. The inclusion of an on-board synchroniser allows it to synchronise incoming video signals which are not locked to the local reference and additionally compensate for timing delays within the video system.

Taking its timing from an external analogue reference, Up-and-down-S will automatically synchronise sources between 0 and 1 frame, fixing any incorrect frame rates plus any delays.

The ability to cross-lock allows it to be referenced to either HD tri-level syncs or SD Black and Burst, whatever the signal output.

The output timing relative to the reference can be adjusted through an entire frame using horizontal and vertical settings. If the source has been delayed through processing, a fixed delay can be added of between 2us and one frame.

Up-and-down-S synchronises at three separate points, allowing it to avoid picture disturbances for switches on the input that are between mistimed sources and that occur in the vertical blanking.

There is both manual and automatic freeze, while a TTL level pulse allows an external audio delay to track the video delay through the board.

High Definition is always 16:9 but Standard Definition can be 16:9 or 4:3, and Up-and-down-S will look after any aspect ratio conversion requirements when up or down converting.

When converting from HD to 4:3 SD or from 4:3 SD to HD, the final aspect ratio can be selected from four preset formats: Full image (the full source with black bands), Compromise (a 14:9 compromise), Fill screen (a centre cut) or Anamorphic.

Intuitive to set up and operate, Up-and-down-S offers the full range of control options - with the choice of Crystal Vision's intuitive board edge interface, an active front panel on the frame, a remote control panel, SNMP or the Statesman PC control system.

Features are incorporated to help make your life easier, including auto detection of input standard which will ensure the output is always in the desired format, whatever the input. Time can also be saved using the eight set ups which can be stored for later recall.

Interfacing between the HD and SD worlds couldn't be easier. Fitting in the standard frames alongside any other product from the range, this 100mm x 266mm module uses minimum rack space leaving plenty of room for all the other equipment you need.

Two HD or SD outputs along with two reclocked input loop-throughs are available by using the RM34 rear module.

Whether you're converting a Standard Definition area to HD, passing signals between HD and SD areas, using SD equipment within an HD area or creating a version of a programme in a different definition, Up-and-down-S is exactly what you need.