Barco Control Rooms Adds New Features to its HYDRA Universal Multi-Video Hardware at NAB 2003
The HYDRA Universal Multi Video Insertion Unit series has new options and features to offer more flexibility and cost-conscious solutions to its portfolio: The Hydra Compact, The Quad SDI, Quad Analog and Streaming Video Input Modules
Kuurne, Belgium – April 7, 2003 – Barco Control Rooms is pleased to announce it has added additional options and features to offer more flexibility and cost-conscious solutions to its portfolio: The Hydra Compact, The Quad SDI, Quad Analog and Streaming Video Input Modules. Barco’s HYDRA gives unique possibilities to control up to 60 analog or digital inputs on one single display simultaneously. HYDRA is operated via a standard web browser and features advanced warnings and alarms. One PC can control numerous networked units that jointly display hundreds of signals.
Both the Hydra and Hydra Compact units can accept the full gamut of video, audio and data services that are found in today’s broadcast and video production applications. The Hydra Series can support HDSDI, SDI, NTSC, PAL, SECAM, YC, RGB and MPEG Video sources along with all embedded services such as the full 16 channels of embedded AES audio on both HDSDI and SDI sources, plus, full XDS (V-Chip) support, Closed Captioning, VITC and LTC time codes and up to 112 discreet AES or analog audio meters that can have full configurable flexibility of this information to a display from SVGA to UXGA resolutions. In addition, the Hydras also monitor 20+ user configurable, input independent video, audio and data parameters per input. All of these capabilities are included the Hydra unit.
