IBC September 2010 - Hall 10 Stand A24

Hamlet will showcase a number of new instruments at this years IBC in September, we hope you will make it there. If you cannot, let us know and we will send you the latest data sheets.

Current instruments from Hamlet include:

MonitorScope™ MS9000: 3U, 1/2 rack measurement and monitoring rasterizer with an in-built display, based on the multi award winning FlexiScope™ family of modular solutions:- visit the MS9000 page 

DigiScope™ DS9000:1U rack measurement and monitoring rasterizers utilising the multi award winning FlexiScope™ family of modular solutions:- visit the DS9000 page

MicroFlex™: the world's smallest 3Gb/s, HD, SD modular, hand held T&M solution, capable of 3Gb/s EYE measurement:- visit the MicroFlex™ page

With our latest modules you can be sure to cover all your baseband needs from analog though to 3G.

Latest developments available.....

• there are two EYE pattern modules to choose from HD, SD EYE pattern and 3Gb/s, HD, SD EYE pattern enabling you to stretch your budget or go for what you need right now. These modules include video and audio measurement and monitoring with professional looking waveforms, vectorscopes, audio bar graphs and phase displays, as well as the EYE display itself. FlexiScope modules, ideal for any production or front line maintenance environment, can be easily user installed.

• VidScope-BX™, T&M software scopes for use with any capture card, display on the monitor of your choice. Windows™ compatible.

• VidScope-3D™, stereoscopic camera assist, VidScope-3D reduces set-up time, turn-around costs and assess your stereoscopic depth on your next 3D production. Get it right first time and avoid post-production compromises to fix those wayward shots. Ensure your 3D kit is correctly aligned, balanced, exposed and complies with your target stereoscopic specification. Operates on any compatible Windows™ platform.

• Reel-Check™ automated quality control for archive, ingest or stand alone creative environments. Suitable for conventional linear ingest and a file-based network.

• Reel-Check™ Solo, manual control QC station, for capture of file based analysis.

• PSE-Scope™, Photo Sensitive Epilepsy analysis software for HD and SD media files and sources.

The new FlexiScope™ modules set new standards of ease of use, capability and flexibility not found in other products on the T&M scene.

There are now six FlexiScope™ Modules to choose from:

• 3Gb/s, HD, SD EYE Pattern and AV signal Measurement and Monitoring
• HD, SD EYE Pattern and AV signal Measurement and Monitoring
• 3Gb/s, HD, SD AV signal Measurement and Monitoring
• HD, SD TSG and AV signal Measurement and Monitoring
• HD, SD AV signal Measurement and Monitoring
• SD, Composite AV signal Measurement and Monitoring

The above modules can be user-installed into the primary MicroFlex, MonitorScope and DigiScope base unit chassis:- visit the FlexiScope™ module page

Hamlet's patented hardware architecture and software solutions provides the capacity for television broadcast operational and engineering staff to satisfy their T&M needs from SDI, dual-link, 3Gb/s, HDMI, analogue or optical with a high ROI.

For stand alone and rack mount instruments choose the MonitorScope™ and DigiScope™ 9000A and 9000B series. Offering solutions to suite your budget, your needs, with a  level of flexibility and cost/performance ratio hitherto unseen in the Broadcast industry!

For portable hand held instruments see the MicroFlex™ and FlexiScope™. With our continued development programme you are assured of our commitment to provide ongoing solutions to your everyday requirements. Please keep us informed of your needs.

Hamlet products are made to measure and we are happy to provide bespoke solutions where we can. All FlexiScope™ modules can be user-installed into the MicroFlex™, which has one slot and the MonitorScope™ and DigiScope™ 9000 series each having three slots. Future proof your purchase - whilst increasing your return on your investment! 

Axiom™ 3G: smallest test pattern generator in the Protean range is ready for the new era of HD - with a built in LCD screen, generating 37 different 10-bit test patterns and embedded audio with an extensive portfolio of features, including programmable zone plates, pathological tests including 1080p50/59.94/60 at 3Gb/Sec, variable tone stereo pairs for up to sixteen embedded audio channels, audio channel identification, user defined alpha-numeric idents. Covering all current standards of SD through to HD 3Gb/Sec this Axiom is the lowest cost piece tool kit for engineers, technicians and operational staff.

Our latest software solutions provide a user friendly interface with outstanding video and audio monitoring capability.

VidScope-BX™ is a software based 3G, HD or SD waveform monitor and vectorscope specially tailored to work with any suitable video card or similar device on a Windows PC. It comes complete with monitoring for editors and colourists, with a level of technical accuracy which engineers and operators alike will be delighted with. VidScope-BX offers the highest R.O.I. without the need to restrict your viewing panel size or capture card type. With VidScope-BX edition you don’t need any dedicated hardware, just a dual core or better PC with a 3D graphics adapter.

With VidScope-BX™ edition you don’t need any dedicated hardware, just a dual core or better PC with a 3D graphics adapter. You only need the capture card that meets your needs: be it SDI, dual-link, 3Gb, HDMI, analogue or optical. BX even works with HDV or DV source over Firewire.

VidScope-3D™ will soon be ready for distribution and will be the ideal solution for camera set up assist and 3D stereo depth specifications checks. Combined with the stereo specific architecture you will find traditional waveforms, vectorscopes and histograms for each channel, enabling full compliance to be achieved.

Reel-Check™ Enterprise and Solo versions: automated and manual file based media QC and monitoring software with full library management, flexible filtered Watch Folders, and logging facilities. It provides comprehensive quality automated monitoring tools, including video and audio error checking video and audio waveform monitoring, video and audio vectorscope and surround sound checking all with logging. The application provides a video monitor as well as the measurement displays and can run 'silently' and unattended, now with PSE recognition filters.

VidScope™: with HD Dual Link (from 4:4:4 or HDMI video sources), HD, SD, HDV and DV capability - it's the only 'real time' software alternative to hardware:- visit the VidScope™ page  

Recent awards received:

24 Years

Hamlet Video International Limited is a British company dedicated to the design, manufacture and supply of innovative, high quality and cost-effective test and measurement equipment to the video and broadcast industries worldwide.

Hamlet has completely eliminated CRTs from its instruments, thereby removing the need for routine display recalibration and thus reducing significantly the cost of ownership of a precision instrument. With its latest devices using an all-digital internal platform, Hamlet has moved towards a calibrated-for-life test and measurement system.

Hamlet’s vectorscopes and waveform monitors either use an internal precision LCD display or provide an output to either a video or a computer monitor, which can be routed to the operator’s convenience. In either case the graticule is generated digitally within the device, so provides a continually reliable and accurate reference.

The company also develops test and measurement software to be used in conjunction with broadcast systems running on standard computers. Finally, Hamlet manufactures digitally-stable signal generators as a companion to its measurement devices.

Hamlet continues to develop and design devices suitable for all areas of television production with ‘excellence in vision’ its paramount goal.

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