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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 5 - Issue 12 | December 2015

InTech

Heaps Of Power From
PAG's PL16+ PAG Gold
Mount Charger
P

AG now offers a four-position
charger, in addition to its twoposition PL16, for charging PAGlink
Gold Mount Li-Ion batteries.
In 2014, PAG introduced the first
Gold Mount batteries that can be
linked to provide more power (12A)
and longer run-times for cameras
and other broadcast equipment; and
the first that can be linked for more
efficient charging.
PAG's new four-position PL16+
simultaneous charger is the ideal
workshop charger for broadcast
organisations and rental facilities.
It greatly reduces the number of
chargers required to manage a large
PAGlink Gold Mount battery inventory.
Four PAGlink 94Wh Li-Ion batteries
can be fully-charged in less than six

hours, eight in less than 12 hours, and
16 in less than 24 hours. However,
it is possible to charge a maximum
of 32 batteries, eight linked on each
position, without user-intervention.
The high-powered PL16+ charger
uses the available current efficiently
to fully-charge each battery in the
fastest possible way, ensuring peak
performance and a longer cycle life.
The intelligent batteries manage their
own charging safely, and can be left to
top-up on the charger until required.
The batteries display their individual
charge status on their built-in display
so that you can easily see when they
are ready.
A single press of the display button
inverts the display characters for
legibility.

PAG PL16+
Gold Mount Charger

Another useful feature of the charger
is automatic recovery for deeplydischarged batteries.
The PL16+ is quiet, cool-running and

compact. It features a tough steel
case, and weighs only 3.5lbs (1.6kg),
making it easy to transport and
suitable for location use.

Mediapro Chooses LEADER LV 5490
Test Instruments
M

edia Burst, the Systems
Integration company of the
Mediapro group, chose three LEADER
LV 5490 multi-screen waveform
monitors for UHD coverage of the
Real Madrid versus Barcelona football
match in Madrid.
The game was captured using 12 4K
UHD cameras around the Santiago

LEADER's LV 5490 SD/HD/UHD
multi-screen waveform monitor

Bernabeu stadium.
The UHD feed was distributed via
satellite by Hispasat using MPEG-4 AVC
(H.264) compression encoding, and via
Movistar+ to its fibre customers using
the new HEVC (H.265) compression
standard.
"This was a milestone event in terms
of sports broadcasting," says Jordi
Rubio Gimeno, Manager
of Media Burst. We
premiered a brand
new mobile production
vehicle
equipped
specifically for UHD.
Shooting in 4K enabled
us to capture the
action in four times the
detail possible in high
definition.
"It also provided a
basis for extraordinarily
high-quality
HD
downconversions. The
LV 5490 instruments
provided exactly the

features we needed to maintain the
maximum possible signal quality
across the incoming feeds from 12 full
broadcast standard UHD cameras."
The LEADER LV 5490 is a highly
versatile
waveform
monitor
supporting the full range of standard
video production and transmission
resolutions from 525 and 625 standard
definition, up to 3840 x 2160 and 4096
x 2160 4K UHD.
It incorporates a 1920 x 1080 9-inch
LCD monitor with a wide viewing angle
and high-quality colorimetry. This
allows simultaneous analysis of up to
four video channels. The instrument's
4K capability is particularly useful to
people working with latest generation
cameras,
whether
for
digital
cinematography or high-end broadcast
applications.
Equipped
with
eight
input
connectors, the LV 5490 accepts up to
two 4K signals simultaneously. In the
4K video format mode, 3G-SDI dual
link or quad link is supported. Up to
four 3G-SDI dual link 4K video inputs
or up to two 3G-SDI quad link 4K video

inputs can be selected for display, or
two sets of HD-SDI dual link signals. In
the SDI mode, up to four signals can
be displayed simultaneously. The LV
5490 is also equipped to handle video
signals via two-sample interleave as
well as square division. Two-sample
interleave is the approved standard for
4K.
The LV 5490 can be operated
in a wide selection of test and
measurement roles. These include
waveform, vector, picture monitoring,
SDI signal, an event log, data dump
and four-channel timing display.
The integral CINELITE feature allows
the user to measure the luminance
levels at different points in a scene (up
to three points).
CINEZONE uses false colours
to indicate luminance levels in a
scene, and is particularly suited to
green screen chromakey virtual-set
alignment.
The unit also incorporates a versatile
selection of audio monitoring and
analysis tools, which are available with
the Digital Audio option.
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