Media Excel unveils HERA 4000 transcoder

Media Excel released its new HERA 4000 line of transcoder products at IBC2008 in Amsterdam.

The HERA 4000, which can stream two real-time, simultaneous HD streams, uses the Texas Instruments DaVinci technology digital media processor. The HERA 4000 can simultaneously distribute high-resolution video over broadcast, Web and mobile networks.

The new 1RU Media Excel HERA 4000 encoder/transcoder provides:

• two channels of MPEG-2 HD-to-H.264 HD or eight channels of MPEG-2 SD-to-H.264 SD live IPTV transcoding
• a scalable solution for massive live or file transcoding from mobile TV to HD applications
• a common platform and remote management for live broadcasting and VoD file adaptation

For more information, visit http://www.mediaexcel.com.