Company Background:
Since its inception in 1987, Wohler Technologies' video products division, PANORAMAdtv, continues to be a world leader in providing in-rack audio and video monitoring solutions for the broadcast, motion picture, and professional audio/visual markets. The San Francisco Bay Area-based company offers a comprehensive range of products that simplify analog and digital source monitoring in facilities of all sizes and complexity. More information is available at www.wohler.com.
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Video Products and Solutions:
Touch-it™ Series Touch Screen Video Switchers
Wohler's award-winning Touch-it™ series of 3RU touch screen video switchers includes the Touch-it 12-channel CVBS (composite) analog video monitor, Touch-it Digital eight-channel (or 16-channel with optional inputs) HD/SDI image viewer and switcher, and the Touch-it Plus CVBS/analog 12-channel video/audio confidence monitor and switcher. Each system combines a variety of features in a compact package that provides flexible confidence monitoring in space-critical environments. In addition to providing versatility in viewing and routing video signals, these multi-image viewers are configurable to display four, eight, 12, or 16 live images — all for a list price far below the per-channel rate of many other multi-view models.
Each Touch-it multi-image viewer features a high-resolution 7-inch widescreen LCD touch screen on one side and a full-size target screen on the other. Sources (NTSC or PAL autosensing) are displayed as thumbnails on the touch screen display, with the selected signal displayed on the target screen and simultaneously transmitted to a multi-rate BNC connector output. The front panel incorporates a headphone jack, internal speakers, and internal/external audio monitoring switches, allowing operators to route audio to the line out, internal speakers, or both.
Product Photo:www.wallstcom.com/Wohler/Touch-itDigital.zip
HDMon Family of High Definition Monitors
Wohler's family of high definition color video monitor displays, the HDMon series, enables high-quality monitoring of digital HD-SDI, SD-SDI, or DVI signals; analog composite, component, and RGBHV video; and CGI images up to WUXGA resolution. HDMon systems on display will include the 19-inch HDMon 190, the 9-inch widescreen HDMon-90WS, and the dual 9-inch widescreen HDMon-92WS.
Though the HDMon series is designed primarily for 1080-line HD applications, each monitor provides exceptional noise reduction, motion interpolation, and motion-adaptive processing to ensure crisp, clear display of images, regardless of their native resolution. Operating either as a desktop monitor or installed in a 19-inch-wide rack, these LCD displays offer HD resolution, a choice of 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratios, user-adjustable scaling, and up to 170 degrees of perfect off-axis viewing without the image and color distortions normally associated with LCD displays. A sleek, lightweight design allows HDMon displays to convert from portable to tabletop solutions without the need for additional hardware. Built-in 100Base T Ethernet and RS232 connections allow the monitors to be configured and controlled remotely via a Windows®-based GUI or by third-party control systems.
Product Photos:www.wallstcom.com/Wohler/HDMON.zip
MON4-2W/HR and MON2-3W/HR Multiple High-Resolution Display Monitors
The MON4-2W/HR and MON2-3W/HR high-resolution display monitors feature four 4.3-inch and two 7-inch wide-format LCD panels respectively, each of which features dedicated recessed controls for contrast and brightness, native 16:9 aspect ratio, and selection between 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratios for SD-SDI signals, as well as tally indicators and independent power and input termination switches. Both models automatically detect and accommodate NTSC and PAL video formats. Each LCD is mounted in a cylinder and thus may be rotated approximately ±30 degrees in the vertical plane for optimum operator viewing angles. The monitors' rear panel features four SDI inputs and four SDI outputs (buffered and equalized) on BNC connectors and a green LED indicating the lock status of the attached HD/SD-SDI source signal. A DB-25 connector on the rear panel can be interfaced to most tally systems.
Product Photo:www.wallstcom.com/Wohler/MON4-2W_HR.zip
RM-2443W-HD Video Monitor
Designed for confidence monitoring of HD/SD-SDI video with embedded audio in the production environment, the RM-2443W features four 4.3-inch high-resolution LCD color video screens, user-selectable between 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratios. Four pairs of on-screen bar-graph meters enable monitoring of eight channels of audio, and the time code display from embedded HD/SD-SDI inputs can be added to the display along with overlays for safe area and safe title markers, center mark, and display name. Each RM-2443W-HD screen can be easily adjusted to a luminance of 400-cd/m2, allowing for use in a much wider range of ambient lighting conditions than the typical CRT at 100-cd/m2. With digital values for chrominance and luminance, as well as a 72 percent color gamut, the system also offers accurate color reproduction surpassing that of CRT units. Packaged in just 2RU, the RM-2443W-HD is a slim, lightweight, low-power solution ideal for the mobile production market and other space-limited applications.
RM-3270W-HD Video Monitor
The RM-3270W features dual 7-inch high-resolution LCD color video screens, each a widescreen display with a user-selectable 16:9 or 4:3 aspect ratio, in a compact 3RU chassis measuring just 2.5 inches in depth. The monitor provides confidence monitoring of HD/SD-SDI video with embedded audio in the production environment, providing a four-channel audio meter display for SD-SDI and an eight-channel audio meter display for HD-SDI inputs. Operators can add overlays for safe area and safe title markers, center mark, time code, and display name. Audio and time code data are derived from the embedded SDI. The RM-3270W-HD weighs less than three pounds and requires significantly less power and space than CRT monitors. Each screen can be easily adjusted to a luminance of 300 cd/m2 and thus can be used in a much wider range of ambient lighting conditions than the typical CRT at 100 cd/m2. With digital values for chrominance and luminance, as well as a 72 percent color gamut, the system also offers accurate color reproduction surpassing that of CRT units. Like other products in Wohler's RM family, the RM-3270W-HD serves as a cost-effective, compact, and convenient solution for HD monitoring in a variety of production environments.
VAMP AC-3/M Dolby® Digital Audio Monitor
The VAMP AC-3/M is an integrated six-channel Dolby® Digital audio and composite video monitoring system that incorporates professional level metering in a compact 2RU cabinet. A 4.3-inch, widescreen, active-matrix TFT LCD displays all formats of HD-SDI video from two autosensing HD/SD-SDI inputs with reclocked outputs. The VAMP AC-3 features six 53-segment, high-resolution tricolor LED level meters showing simultaneous VU and PPM for superior level metering.
Audio Products and Solutions:
AMP1-S8MDA Multiformat Audio Monitor
The AMP1-S8MDA is a complete audio monitoring solution capable of monitoring audio from HD-SDI, SD-SDI, AES/EBU, and analog signal sources. The 1RU system processes and monitors up to eight channels from an HD-SDI or SD-SDI bit stream, two sets of four AES/EBU signal pairs (balanced and unbalanced), or eight balanced analog channels. Eight high-resolution 26-segment tricolor LED bar-graph audio-level meters provide accurate and instantaneous visual level monitoring at a glance. A convenient high-contrast LCD display on the front panel shows the user settings and status, type of signal, channel selection, mute status, and phase/correlation. The unique acoustic design of the AMP1-S8MDA provides optimally focused sound in an ultra-near-field (one to three feet) environment, which allows higher SPL for the operator while reducing overall ambient sound and adjacent bay crosstalk. The audio amplifier section features five high-performance transducers driven by three power amplifiers: two amplifier/driver combinations handle midrange and high frequency information in stereo (left and right speakers), while the third and center channel reproduces information below the 500-Hz crossover point (woofer speaker).
AMP2-E8MDA Multiformat Audio Monitor
The AMP2-E8MDA multiformat audio monitor processes and monitors up to eight channels from a Dolby® E or AC-3 (Dolby Digital) bit stream, an HD-SDI or SD-SDI bit stream, two sets of four AES/EBU signal pairs (balanced and unbalanced), or eight balanced analog channels. Eight high-resolution 53-segment tricolor LED bar graph audio-level meters provide instant and accurate level monitoring at a glance. A convenient high-contrast LCD display on the front panel shows the user settings and status, type of signal, channel selection, mute status, and phase/correlation. The unique acoustic design of the AMP2-E8MDA provides optimally focused sound in an ultra-near-field (one to three feet) environment, which allows higher SPL for the operator while reducing overall ambient sound and adjacent bay crosstalk. The audio amplifier section features five high-performance transducers driven by three power amplifiers. Output limiter circuits protect the speakers, and extensive magnetic shielding allows placement of the monitor immediately adjacent to magnetically sensitive equipment. The 2RU system installs into an industry-standard 19-inch-wide rack.
Product Photo:www.wallstcom.com/Wohler/AMP2-E8MDA.zip
VMDA-SUM8 Continuity Monitor
Wohler's VMDA-SUM8 eight-channel analog/digital continuity monitor features a reduced depth dimension of just 4.75 inches, thus providing self-powered audio confidence monitoring in the smallest rack space possible. The VMDA-SUM8 offers selection among eight separate digital channel inputs (four AES streams) and eight separate analog inputs on a channel-by-channel basis. The selected channels are then summed together: four to the left and four to the right, providing eight separate volume controls. An analog/digital input select switch gives the operator complete control of the output.
Other Products and Solutions:
LM106-6 AC-3 Ultra-High-Resolution Level Monitor
The six-channel LM106-6 in-rack professional level metering system features 106-segment tricolor bar graphs to deliver extremely high resolution and an industry-leading dynamic range up to 70dB in increments as small as 1/2dB across mid-scale. In just 1RU, the system decodes and monitors encoded Dolby® Digital (AC-3) audio and also supports monitoring of AES/EBU digital and PCM audio to allow for simultaneous visual monitoring of all channels. Wohler's unique tricolor LED design enables a virtually unlimited variety of metering options including phase correlation, peak hold, loudness, sum and difference, and alternate scales and color mappings.
Red Range Series Converters
Wohler's low-cost, high-quality stand-alone converters in the Red Range series offer portable solutions for digital-to-analog video conversion for both HD and SD formats. On display during the show will be the HD12DAC HD/SD-SDI-to-analog audio/video converter, the SD12DAC SDI-to-analog audio/video converter, the HD2SD HD-SDI-to-SD-SDI audio/video downconverter, and the SDADC analog-to-SDI audio/video converter. Most of these units are equipped with audio de-embedders and/or audio and video test signal generators.
Touchstone 3G Portable Signal Test Generator
Wohler's Touchstone 3G handheld test signal generator for digital video and audio is a palm-sized, battery-operated device that serves a growing market for flexible testing of signals, including 3Gb/s serial digital signals. The award-winning Touchstone unit can generate dozens of 10-bit quantized test signals, providing programmed tones for up to eight stereo pairs of embedded audio channels and user-programmed motion-zone plates for virtually any video format (4:4:4 HD, 1080-50/60p, and 2k/4k). A USB connection to a PC or laptop enables convenient control, software updating, or uploading of user-generated test signals or images while an integrated high-resolution LCD/TFT screen supports the system's menu-driven user interface and provides instant confidence in the selected signal.
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