In Broadcast - July 2017 - 58

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Video Clarity ClearView
Venue Player DP
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ideo Clarity Inc., a provider of
market-leading audio and video
quality measurement and analysis
systems, recently announced the
launch of ClearView Venue Player
DisplayPort (DP), a video server
that automatically plays multiple
uncompressed RGB video segments to
multiple screens in precise timing and
sequence via the DP interface.
ClearView Venue Player DP is
designed for theme parks, live events,
staged shows, exhibits, and other
environments that rely on repeated,
synchronised video playback for
entertainment and display.
"Immersive and virtual-environment
displays are a growing trend,"
said Blake Homan, President and
Founder of Video Clarity, "so we're
adding a complementary product
to our ClearView Venue Player line
with DisplayPort that can apply a
warp and multiple picture blending.
Customers can now get a high-density,

affordable solution with a rich feature
set based on Video Clarity's longestablished functionality and highquality standards. Those who want
to use uncompressed content in their
immersive environments can afford to
do it with no compromises.
"Venue Player DP has the same user
interface and programme ingest and
playback functionality as other Video
Clarity products, so customers can use
the entire Video Clarity product line
for multiple uses on all their servers
if required - with complete confidence
that we will support this product
category for the long-term."
The
high-density,
affordable
ClearView Venue Player DP offers from
2TB up to 32TB of storage and up to
four channels of fully uncompressed
2K or three channels of 4K video on
four DisplayPort outputs.
The product can be purchased with
an optional blend-and-warp feature
that is critical in large-dome, curved,

and immersive display applications.
Blending of multiple projection screens
is important for large venues that
use multiple source-video signals to
create one large, high-quality image
as required for highly immersive
video programmes. In this application,
two or more images overlap, and the
intensity of the overlapping regions of
the images must be adjusted. Likewise,
warping is important for display

Video Clarity
ClearView Venue Player DisplayPort

environments that use a curved screen
or wall. The warping function modifies
picture geometry so that it matches
the curve of the projection surface.
Users have browser-based control
over configuration and playback from
a laptop or tablet via an IP network
or Wi-Fi, making it quicker and easier
to set up, load content, and manage
playback on multiple screens.

PROVYS: Efficiency
with a Human Face
W

hilst relaxing on the beach,
after another hard year in
harness, busy broadcast executives
would do well to contemplate that
successful business empires are not
founded on sand.
A cursory glance at Wikipedia
would give an understanding of the
importance and value of the word
"Efficiency" in modern management,
together with a very useful comparison
with the word "Effectiveness".
Efficiency is the ability to avoid
wasting resources: materials, energy,
efforts, money, and time in producing
a desired result. It is the ability to do
things well, successfully, and without
waste.
In
broadcasting
terms, it is a measure of
the extent to which the
station's resources are
well used for an intended
operation and its results
and ultimate success. It
often specifically comprises

the capability of a specific application
to produce a specific outcome with
a minimum amount of waste of
resources. Efficiency, of course, refers
to very different inputs and outputs
in different fields and industries,
and in this connection, Provys is
recognised as the gold standard tool
for imposing efficiency in all aspects of
broadcasting operations.
While efficiency is a measurable
concept, quantitatively determined
by the ratio of useful output to total
input, effectiveness is simply the
completion of the desired and agreed
result.
Both efficiency and effectiveness
are
essential
in
all
broadcasting
operations
and you are probably
aware that only a few
powerful
software
solutions on the market
can ensure both of these
objectives.

Among these software
providers,
the
human
approach is so often
absent, leaving clients with
a product which meets their
professional requirements
but leaves them isolated to
flounder on the ocean of
information. Notable for
TV office efficiency presented by programming staff
their different approach,
where
24/7
ongoing
support, example of this, the graphic user
communication
and
continuous interface allows, even encourages
development are the norm, is, you creativity from the user who is able
guessed it, the company whose name to personalise his/her own computer
appears at the top of this article.
screen to reflect the human aspect of
Provys will not leave you to sink changing moods, seasons or events.
in this ocean of information but
Another example is the workflow
will stay with you all the way as you process modeller permitting the
navigate the stormy waters of the advanced user to design or modify
entertainment business.
broadcast processes which is a sheer
Although slaves to entertainment joy to operate. And as we all know,
for the masses, the broadcast back improvements in broadcast processes
office teams are not robots and are lead to higher efficiency. At Provys,
indisputably entitled to their own they call it: "Efficiency with a Human
share of enjoyment at work. As an Face".

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