FOR-A CELEBRATES 35th ANNIVERSARY AT NAB POST+PRODUCTION SHOW 2005

Demonstrates Array of SD/HD Switchable Products for Post Industry

Oct 12th, 2005

CYPRESS, CA, October 12, 2005 – FOR-A Corporation of America, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, will demonstrate a variety of multi-format products designed for the post production markets at the NAB Post+Production Show 2005. The event will be held November 15th-17th at the JacobJavits Center in New York, where FOR-A will exhibit in Booth 501.
 
FOR-A will showcase a variety of new and enhanced products at NAB Post+Production, including its HVS-1000HS HD/SD HANABI digital switcher; its new VPS-700 GINGA 1 M/E digital switcher; the MC-10AD HD/SD A-to-D converter; the MV-100 four-channel SDI multi-viewer; and the DCC-70HS HD/SD digital color corrector. All have been proven to streamline operations and realize a fast return on investment thanks to their multi-format capability.
 
“The NAB Post+Production Show marks a momentous event for us - FOR-A’s 35th anniversary,” said Hiro Tanoue, Sales Manager/ Eastern Region, FOR-A Corporation of America. “We’re thrilled to come to this show at this point in our history with such an impressive range of products for the post community. Our top-of-the-line HD and SD products are designed specifically for what today’s post customers want.”
 
All the HANABI HD/SD Switching Power in 2RU
The new HVS-1000HS HANABI switcher is a one mix/effect version of FOR-A’s popular two M/E HANABI HVS-3800HS digital high- or standard-definition (HD/SD) switcher, which supports 1080i, 24p, 720p among other popular HD formats and standard definition. The HVS-1000HS switcher is a compact 2RU single chassis for use wherever space is at a premium. The SD/HD switchable, multi-format switcher is ideal for a wide range of applications. The HVS-1000HS HANABI also uses the first polygon-based HD DVE system available in theU.S., and supports NTSC, PAL and all high definition formats. Using real-time rendering, images can be mapped into 3D shapes such as page turns and spheres, and DVE effects can be created by full 3D processing.
 
A Galaxy of Choices
“Ginga,” Japanese for “Galaxy,” symbolizes the universe of options that the VPS-700 1 M/E digital switcher offers its users, including 2D DVE for every input, up to 16 SD inputs and outputs, six keyers, six chroma keyers, and six channels of 3D DVE. The VPS-700 GINGA switcher offers optional 2D DVE in every input, delivering up to 32 DVE channels and total flexibility for multi-source productions. It supports the 525/60 and 625/50 standard definition formats and features eight standard inputs, each containing a frame synchronizer and still store feature using the F/S freeze and eight standard outputs, which can be increased by increments of four to up to 16 primary inputs, and 16 outputs. The VPS-700 comes with a total of six key layers: four M/E keyers for linear, luminance, with edge/shadow generation and key mask functions, chroma keys, and two downstream keyers (DSKs).
 
MC-10AD HD/SD A-to-D Converter
The MC-10AD HD/SD analog-to-digital converter converts HD or SD format analog component signals into HD-SDI or SD-SDI signals. Its DC drive is supported by the unit’s portable size. The MC-10AD can be used by all HDV users for live production, news gathering and production recording. Its features include analog-to-digital conversion mode (minimum delay mode) and genlock mode (FS mode). It can also adjust the input black-level.
 
Multi-Viewers for SD-SDI
Newly added to FOR-A’s range of multi-viewers, is the MV-100 four-channel version. The recently released MV-100 multi-viewer divides the screen into sections for displaying four SD-SDI input signals and two outputs and comes with many different information display functions including title, audio level meter and tally displays. Key features on the MV-100 include an embedded audio signal pass-through function.
 
Digital Color Correction
The DCC-70HS is an HD and SD digital color corrector that provides precise control of all color correction parameters, maximizing the appearance of video source signals. It offers superior 14-bit, 4:4:4 component signal processing circuitry and the ability to control Black, White and Gamma (RGB) levels individually or as a group. The cost-effective and compact DCC-70HS is ideally suited for facilities where producing and distributing multi-format projects is critical to their business. This includes HD SDI: 1080/59.94i and 1080/50i; 720p/59.94 and 720p/60 and SD SDI: 525/60, 625/50.
 
The DCC-70HS is perfect for post facilities that often switch between the two for different clients. The color corrector provides a secure upgrade for those customers producing content in SD today and plan to make the transition to HD in the future.
 
FOR-A is a major manufacturer and distributor of video and audio systems to the broadcast, postproduction and professional video markets. For more information about FOR-A’s product line, call 714-894-3311 or visit our web site at www.for-a.com.