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Cabletime is pleased to have revealed the latest addition to our popular family of Evolution IP products. The new Evolution Digital Media Decoder (780 HD/SD) is a powerful, ultra-reliable solution designed to deliver TV, digital signage and digital media in both HD and SD over the IP network.

Developed to suit the full range of distribution applications from multi-screen, multi-location installs through to a single screen deployment, the Evolution Digital Media Decoder (780 HD/SD) is an 'out of the box' solution, which can operate either in a standalone mode, or networked under the control of the MediaStar Evolution administration software. This allows the Decoder to deliver pre-programmed digital media content at times specified by the user.

The Decoder is highly flexible, playing out locally stored HD and SD video files from its onboard memory, and decoding both SD and HD H.264 and MPEG-2 encoded network streams, so that the user can programme a combination of both live streamed content and file based media. Because it also includes an onboard scaling engine, the Decoder can display SD TV inputs at HD output resolutions, and deals easily with Powerpoint presentations, converted to HTML, JPEG and PNG files and web pages delivered in real time via a Firefox browser.

"The Evolution Digital Media Decoder is a solid-state product that brings a broad palette of content delivery options to the user, and guarantees the best possible video and audio quality," said Managing Director, Nick Bradford. "This solution, combined with our intuitive Evolution Administration software, allows customers of all sizes to control and enhance delivery of HD/SD media, whether it is to one welcome screen in a reception area, or to thousands of desktops throughout an international corporate organisation."

Additional key features:

• Support of SD and HD output resolutions in both digital (HDMI) and analogue formats (YPbPr/CVBS).
• In HD mode, both HDMI and YPbPr operate simultaneously allowing a singe 780 HD/SD decoder to support two screens
• Infra red, RS232 and USB connectivity enable local operation
• Display control
• Keyboard and mouse interaction
• IP command pass through and external alarm audio mute
• The Decoder will email proof of play reports and send SNMP traps if required

The MediaStar range, which has a strong, established heritage, includes TV/AV and multimedia delivery products for use over Cat-5/UTP and IP infrastructures, providing solutions for live TV, corporate communications, multicasts, music TV, training and digital signage.

The products are designed to suit a myriad of applications from banking and corporate to retail and hospitality. MediaStar Evolution is already in use across the world in organisations requiring one-to-many multicasts to local, national or international audiences. This often involves the delivery of live TV channels, specific training programmes and messaging.

The MediaStar Evolution Digital Media Decoder (780 HD/SD) is available in the following models: 780-HD & 780-HD-PoE; 780-SD & 780-SD-PoE; 780-xGB & 780-xGB-PoE.