DirecTV selects Videotek HD on-screen test instruments

Aug 23, 2005 8:00 AM, Strategic Content Management e-newsletter

    



The VTM-450E HD/SD is equipped with ACV-450E composite analog video inputs, Videotek’s CineSound display, advanced alarm capability and Dolby Digital decoding and output.

Leitch Technology announced that DirecTV has selected its Videotek VTM-450E HD/SD multi-format on-screen test instruments and VSG-204D serial digital sync generators as integral components in their HD expansion project at DirecTV broadcast centers in Los Angeles, CA, and Castle Rock, CO.

DirecTV has placed an initial order for more than 30 of the VTM-450E HD/SD models. The ongoing expansion is expected to require more than 70 units to provide monitoring of HD signals at each location.

The VTM-450E HD/SD is equipped with ACV-450E composite analog video inputs and model 8A Audio Option, which provides comprehensive audio level and phase measurements, Videotek’s CineSound display, advanced alarm capability and Dolby Digital decoding and output.

For more information, visit www.videotek.com.

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