RPC TV Network Chooses Apantac TAHOMA Multiviewers
August 10, 2009
Source: Apantac
TAHOMA Multiviewers
provides RPC Brazil with an innovative and cost-effective
HDTV Monitoring Display Hub for 8 TV Stations
Apantac LLC, a leading designer and developer
of high quality, cost effective image and signal processing
equipment, announced that Brazilian broadcaster, RPC has purchased
20 TAHOMA Multiviewers for their eight television stations
that broadcast to the Paraná region of Brazil. The
Multiviewers were provided and installed by Apantac’s
Brazilian dealer, Sterling do Brasil.
The TAHOMA Multiviewers provide RPC with
HD signal monitoring for eight television stations. The Multiviewers
combine video and audio sources that provide the critical
monitoring core for all of RPC’s transmissions at their
television stations. The Multiviewers are used to monitor
a combination of 3G, SD, HD, analog, and digital video source
inputs, combined with discrete analog and AES audio monitoring.
The sources are fed onto displays and support HDMI / DVI /
VGA outputs at resolutions up to 2048x1080.
"Our engineering staff at the RPC TV
Network found that Apantac’s TAHOMA Multiviewers are
an extremely flexible and modular solution that exceeds their
technical requirements,” comments RPC Chief Engineer,
Enio Sergio Jacomino. “TAHOMA Multiviewers give us extremely
high quality monitoring of multiple input sources at an excellent
price / performance ratio and have allowed us to centralize
our monitoring requirements. We have adopted these Multiviewers
as standard for the RPC TV Network.”
The TAHOMA series are a 3G family of Multiviewers
that auto-detects 4 to 32 video inputs (HD/SD-SDI/Composite),
supports DVI, HDMI and VGA outputs up to 2048x1080 (incl.
1080P), and includes built-in video and audio alarm detection.
The TAHOMA series incorporates a built-in CATx extender, which
allows digital 1080P signals to be extended up to 115 feet.
The unique combination of a Multiviewer and built-in CATx
extender in a single solution helps reduce overall equipment
costs and eliminates any equipment compatibility issues that
may arise.
"During NAB 2009 and after a series
of manufacturer comparisons, we finalized our choice with
the TAHOMA Multiviewers,” stated RPC Project Engineer
Emerson Pereira. “The feature set provides us with unsurpassed
flexibility and with the large amount of signals that we need
to monitor, we needed a reliable monitoring system that was
easy to configure and without restrictions on the signal format
or aspect ratio.”
Apantac’s skin technology lets users
personalize their on-screen display with any graphics tool.
Video windows on the display may include multiple labels,
and support UMD, OMD, IMD and standalone labels. TAHOMA Multiviewers
include 16 channels of embedded audio per input with 4 channels
of discrete analog or digital audio as an option. Audio can
be associated with the video windows or work as standalone
audio meters on the display monitor.
The front panel of the Tahoma series also
offers a unique feature-set that includes a headphone jack
with volume adjustment for audio monitoring. And, front panel
buttons enable users to quickly recall presets.
"Apantac launched the TAHOMA Multiviewers
in the Latin America market earlier this year, and we have
received an immediate positive response from the industry,”
comments Nestor Almeida, Director of Sterling do Brasil. “TAHOMA
Multiviewers offer a truly unique feature set that sets them
apart from other Multiviewers. As broadcasters in Brazil and
the rest of Latin America continue to shift from CRT monitors
to full 3G-ready Multiviewer display solutions, we see continued
momentum for these types of innovative solutions.”
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