| SUNY college at Brockport selects FOR-A HVS-500HS for first digital HD system
November 20, 2008
CYPRESS, CA, November 20, 2008 - FOR-A Corporation of America, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional
video industries, announces the installation of its HVS-500HS switcher at SUNY College at Brockport. SUNY purchased the HVS-500HS through the HD Group as part of an extensive equipment upgrade for the Communication Department in which the school converted to an all-digital system and established an HD studio.
Prior to the upgrade, SUNY had been operating in an analog environment. According to I. Alex Alexandrov, Director of Broadcast Operations administrators decided to make the switch over HD, bypassing SD after seeing a demonstration of the FOR-A switcher at NAB 2007. "Professional colleagues of mine recommended the HVS-500HS as one of the top switchers in the industry. After seeing it in action at last year's NAB, we put it on the list of equipment we knew we were going include in our studio."
The students will begin using the studio to its full capacity this August. Alexandrov added that they decided to add the HVS-500HS in recognition of the way the switcher meets the need for high definition production in a cost effective manner. "Universities do not have unlimited funds and for the price, the FOR-A HVS-500HS switcher had the absolute best line up of features and benefits in a switcher that size."
Another beneficial feature of the HVS-500HS, added Alexandrov was its ability to accept various inputs and outputs. The HVS-500HS is a self-contained switcher that accepts analog and digital HD and SD formats - with no external conversion required. One of the switcher's major innovations is its variety of input/output interfaces, including SD-SDI, HD-SDI, Analog Component SD and Analog Component HD.
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