Vector™

The high performance image control processor for integrating multiple video and graphics sources on a videowall.

Broadcast television studios, exhibitions, leisure attractions, special events, retail stores and control rooms are some of the areas where videowall plays the key role in informing, attracting and entertaining audiences.

At the heart of a videowall system is a processor that combines, magnifies and splits different sources for display on the array of screens.

A typical VECTOR™ videowall system consists of source equipment, a Vector processor, display devices and optionally a controlling computer running C-THROUGH™ software.

Vector accepts signals from video sources such as tape machines, laserdisc players and video servers, and from graphics sources such as PC's and workstations. Each Vector input card can accept and process two of these sources. Four input cards may be fitted to each Vector card cage, allowing up to eight different sources to be displayed in full resolution and update rate on the videowall simultaneously.

Vector. The new standard for image control.

The card cage can hold up to nine Vector output cards, each one driving four display devices. These accept signals from the input cards; and, under instruction from Vector's internal system manager or C-Through software running on a PC, produce a magnified image containing one or more sources. Highly sophisticated image re-sizing technology frees image windows from screen boundaries, and guarantees maximum picture quality without blocky pixels, irrespective of the resolution of the attached display device.

For applications where a dynamic, high impact display is required, Vector comes armed with a comprehensive library of special effects. These include color washes, freezes, flying windows and fades. C-Through control allows creation of advanced shows that bind these effects together with control of source equipment.

Vector is different from other processors in many ways. Internal image processing is sensitive to the distinct needs of video and graphics sources, ensuring optimal picture quality, whatever is to be displayed. External equipment such as timebase correctors, line doublers, scan converters and decoders are not required. Simple, yet powerful control allows all users to access the full functionality of the system.