Tema: Procesador de vídeo Iscan Duo (Anchor Bay)

Aunque no es un lector BD propiamente dicho, debido a la gran cantidad de hilos abiertos solicitando buenos escaladores de señal de vídeo, me parece muy interesante abrir este tema para conocimiento y comentario del producto.

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Se trata de un aparato de la afamada marca Anchor Bay, sobradamente conocida por sus magníficos chips procesadores de vídeo. El aparato consigue escalar/convertir cualquier señal de entrada de diferentes aparatos hasta una resolución de 1080p con excelente calidad.
Además de otras muchas cosas, incorpora un CMS (Colour Managment System) con las siguientes características:

* Color Gamut with White point adjustment for accurate color reproduction in displays
* 11-point Grayscale controls to calibrate display gray levels over the full signal range

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Especificaciones
The iScan™ Duo is Anchor Bay's first video processor to feature two HDMI 1.3 video outputs and eight HDMI 1.3 inputs. The iScan Duo converts standard definition, high definition and PC signals from your DVD player/recorder, Blu-ray Disc player, DVR, game console, or HTPC to any output resolution up to 1080p.

The iScan Duo serves as your complete A/V hub, providing audio/video switching that simultaneously eliminates A/V lipsync and allows direct connections to your TV, projector and A/V Receiver.


Precision Deinterlacing™
480i/576i/1080i 10-bit Motion, Edge & Source-Adaptive Deinterlacer

* Five-field motion adaptive deinterlacing
* Edge adaptive processing for smooth diagonal edges
* Three frame video processing delay (Max)
* Game Modes with very low latency
* Sub-1 frame delay with edge adaptive processing
* 2 frame delay with edge and motion adaptive processing

PReP®, Progressive ReProcessing

Recovers the original interlaced fields from deinterlaced progressive formats such as 480p, 576p and 1080p. The original interlaced source can then be deinterlaced by VRS Precision Deinterlacing technology to produce a higher quality progressive image.

Precision Video Scaling™

10-bit high definition video scaler supporting 1080p input and output

Mosquito Noise Reduction - reduces random noise which appears along the edges of compressed images

Fine Detail Enhancement - to extract fine detail in low-resolution or compressed sources

Edge Enhancement - to sharpen edges without adding any ringing

Progressive Cadence Detection™

Enables 24/48/72Hz and 25/50/75Hz output from film-based content at 480p, 576p, 720p and 1080p resolutions

Precision AV LipSync™

Intelligent digital audio delay technology to match Audio & Video timing

RightRate™

High-Performance Framerate Conversion

AutoVFR™

Intelligent Component Video Inputs with Automatic Video Format Routing

AutoCUE-C™

Automatic Chroma Upsampling Error detection & correction

Key Features

Eight HDMI 1.3 Inputs that process up to 1080p-24/25/50/60

Analog HD Transcoding and 3D Comb Filter

Flexible Input and Output Aspect Ratio Controls

Full-frame Timebase Correction

Flexible Digital and Analog Audio switching and routing - 8 HDMI 1.3 audio/video inputs, 6 assignable audio inputs (4 digital, 1 analog) with 2 HDMI 1.3 audio/video output, 1 HDMI 1.3 audio output and 2 active digital audio outputs.

Serial Automation Port

Two 12V triggers

Características:

Controls

Input Aspect Ratio Controls

* 4:3 full frame, 4:3 letterbox, Panorama, 16:9 full frame
* Flexible Horizontal and Vertical Zooming Panning Controls
* Overscan Adjustment per Input

Deinterlacing Modes

* Auto, Film Bias, Video, Forced 3:2, Forced 2:2, Forced 2:2 odd, Forced 2:2 even

Input Picture Controls

* Fully programmable controls with non-volatile memories per input
* Mosquito Noise Reduction, Fine Detail Enhancement, Edge Enhancement, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Hue

Operation

* Intuitive On Screen Display and easy to read 2 line, 20 character Front Panel Display
* Front Panel Controls, including IR Remote Control (discrete codes available), Automation via RS232 port

Output Controls

* Automatic Detection of Preferred Output formats from display
* Manual override including 1080p60 and 1080p24

35 Built-in test patterns

Software Upgradeable via USB port

Miscellaneous

Power

* Universal AC mains input: 100 - 240 VAC @ 50 - 60 Hz
* Consumption < 60W
* Sleep mode - automatic 30 second timeout indicated by power indicator color change off


Entradas/salidas

15 Video Inputs

* 3 Composite
(NTSC/PAL/SECAM)
* 1 S-Video
(NTSC/PAL/SECAM)
* 2 Component
(YPbPr or RGB/S) processes 480i/p-60, 576i/p-50, 720p-50/60, 1080i-50/60, 1080p-50/60
* 1 PC input (VGA connector)
VGA-SXGA@60Hz
* 8 HDMI 1.3 (RGB or YCbCr) processes 480i/p-60, 576i/p-50, 720p-50/60, 1080i-24/25/50/60, 1080p-50/60, VGA-SXGA@60Hz

14 Audio Inputs

* 8 HDMI 1.3
* 1 Assignable Coaxial Digital
* 3 Assignable Optical Digital
* 2 Assignable Analog Pair (L/R)

Outputs

Video Outputs

* 2 HDMI 1.3 Audio/Video

Audio Outputs

* 1 HDMI Audio
* 1 Coaxial Digital
* 1 Optical Digital

Video Output Resolution

* Auto Detection of display's preferred output format
* Digital Television Standards 480p (720x480), 576p (720x576), 720p (1280x720), 1080i (1920x1080), 1080p (1920x1080), 1080p-24 (1920x1080@24Hz)
* PC Standards VGA (640x480), SVGA (800x600), XGA (1024x768), SXGA (1280x1024)

Fuente: Anchor Bay