Harris releases firmware upgrades for Videotek HD-STAR
Jul 20, 2009 9:54 AM
Harris has released firmware upgrades for its Videotek HD-STAR handheld HD/SD-SDI monitor and generator, a battery-powered tool that provides multiformat functionality for monitoring and generating video and embedded audio signals.
The new features — input auto format detection and continuous picture motion in test signal generator patterns — are now available via a download on the Harris Web site.
The new input auto format detection upgrade allows for a separate format for the test signal generator and the input monitoring. The monitor automatically detects the incoming format and adapts the unit to display the correct HD format when in HD mode (or the correct SD format when in SD mode), providing significantly enhanced operational capabilities. The continuous picture motion upgrade provides a bouncing block at three different selectable speeds. This feature enhances the test signal generator output and increases the capabilities of testing MPEG decoders/encoders for interruptions in the encoding/decoding processes or wherever continuous motion is required in testing applications.
Features and functions of the Videotek HD-STAR include a video test signal generator, color monitor, waveform monitor, vectorscope, serial data analyzer and an audio analyser/monitor. Its integrated 320 x 240 color LCD display uses touchscreen technology and a provided stylus to control and configure each operation. The unit weighs less than 1lb and runs on a Li-Ion battery pack, providing continuous operation for more than six hours.
This eBook provides both new and veteran shooters an in-depth understanding of the technology that lies between the camera lens and the recording medium and how to maximize a camera's performance.
File-based technologies have replaced video tape methods for a majority of production and broadcast operations. The worlds of AV and IT are coalescing to create new methods and workflows for media
Video compression, editing and displays is an in-depth tutorial on MPEG compression technology, editing MPEG content and evaluating color video monitors written by long-time video expert, trainer and writer Steve Mullen, Ph. D.
2012 will be the year of mobile DTV. That’s the view of Erik Moreno, who along with Salil Dalvi, senior VP for Mobile Platform Development at NBC Universal, is co-general manager of the Mobile Content Venture.
Hear snippets of podcast interviews done throughout 2011 with Pat McDonough of The Nielsen Company, Glen Friedman of Ideas & Solutions!, Danny Wilson of Pixelmetrix and Greg Herman of Watch TV. Pictured is Danny Wilson, Pixelmetrix.
