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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 5 - Issue 10 | October 2015

InMedia

Thinklogical Showcases TLX
Extension & Switching
System At IBC
T

hinklogical, a global manufacturer
of secure, high performance signal
extension and switching systems for
video-rich applications, showcased
its award-winning TLX Series matrix
switches and extenders at IBC 2015.
TLX is the first system on
the market able to extend
and switch uncompressed
4K and Ultra High
Definition (UHD) video at
full resolution and colour
depth (up to 4096 x 2160
resolution, 4:4:4 colour
depth) at 60Hz frame rate
using only two fibres or
CATx cables.
TLX provides industryleading
10Gbps
performance
and
a
flexible and modular

uncompressed signal transmission
architecture, reducing the cost and
infrastructure required to manage
content created in the growing
4K/UHD industry standard, and
increasing workflow efficiency and
productivity
without
compromising
quality,
resolution,
reliability
or performance. With
the
lowest
signal
latency in the industry
(microseconds,
vs.
milliseconds
for
compressed
solutions),
TLX delivers precise pixelfor-pixel transmission of
4K/UHD video with no
visual artifacts, jitter or
Thinklogical's TLX 640

lost frames.
"Broadcast
and
postproduction users no longer
need to compromise creativity
and productivity due to the sub-par
resolution, jitter and latency generated
by compressed KVM and video
extension and switching systems,"
said Joe Pajer, President and CEO of
Thinklogical. "TLX delivers the quality
of uncompressed 4K@60Hz video
and computer peripheral extension
at a price point competitive with KVM
products using signal compression.
It's a game-changer for creative
professionals looking to make the
move to 4K."
Live
demonstrations
in
the
Thinklogical stand at IBC 2015 also
included the new TLX48 (48 port),
TLX320 (320 port) matrix switches,
and the TLX640 (640 ports), hailed
as the world's largest non-blocking,
protocol-agnostic,
single-frame

Thinklogical's
Switching System

KVM and video matrix. Other booth
demonstrations included KVM and
video extension over long distances
with redundant fibre paths for
increased uptime and reliability, and
Secure Restricted Switching, which
highlights Thinklogical's unique ability
to manage multiple classifications of
information through a single matrix
switch chassis.
The company also exhibited a full
range of high-performance video
and computer peripheral signal
management products optimised
for broadcast, OB truck and postproduction applications.

Video Clarity And PacketStorm Join
Forces On Video-Over-IP Testing Solution
V

ideo Clarity Inc., provider of
market-leading audio and video
quality measurement and analysis
systems, has announced a technology
partnership with long-time collaborator
PacketStorm, an industry leader in
Layer 2 and Layer 3 WAN emulation
and network bandwidth simulation,
sometimes referred to as "Internet in
a box."
As partners, the two companies
are presenting their respective
technologies to customers as a
complete
video-delivery
testing
package that addresses videoapplication test requirements from
both the network readiness and quality
assurance perspectives. The aim is for
customers to create, test, and perfect
simulated networks before building
the infrastructure and taking it live.

Video Clarity's RTM 3G

"Video Clarity's and PacketStorm's
network-testing products are two
sides of the same coin. PacketStorm's
products help customers understand
problematic
network
conditions,
parameters, and load characteristics,
while ours measure the video and
audio quality behaviours that result
once those conditions are applied
to the network," said Blake Homan,
President and Founder of Video
Clarity. "Broadcasters and other
content delivery providers need both
components in order to get a complete
picture of how well their video-delivery
setup will work before they actually
construct it. By working together even
more closely, our two companies are
making it easier for customers to
realise the value of the joint solution."
The relationship includes Video
Clarity's RTM real-time monitor and
recorder working in concert with
PacketStorm's 6XG and Hurricane
network emulators, which are
designed to emulate and test networks
according to industry standards

for video delivery. In a typical
scenario, the 6XG or the Hurricane
emulates network conditions for
a given customer application. The
PacketStorm
equipment
creates
a
network
model,
introduces
impairments to that network that
are likely to occur under normal
conditions, and then applies variables
that stress the network to its limit,
testing all the while to make sure
the network equipment continues to
meet the requirements of whatever
specification is applicable.
Meanwhile, outside the PacketStormsimulated network, Video Clarity's
RTM is measuring the quality of the
encoder and decoder output to ensure
it stays within the customer's preset
quality thresholds, and recording any
out-of-threshold impairments for the
customer to review and address.
This testing scenario is particularly
applicable for measuring quality
in video-over-IP situations, such as
when content providers transmit raw,
uncompressed video across a network

PacketStorm's
LCD chassis 3D

pursuant to the SMPTE 2022 standard
(such as HD video coming directly from
a studio or stadium), or when OTT
providers such as Netflix and Amazon
stream video to end-user devices
according to the DASH standard.
"PacketStorm and Video Clarity
have complementary product lines
that, when used together, can tell
a customer in no uncertain terms
whether their network and videoprocessing equipment will behave
as expected and hold up to industry
standards under live, unpredictable
conditions," said Jack Douglass,
Vice President of Marketing at
PacketStorm.
"Building
new
infrastructure and testing in the IP
domain were two hot topics at IBC
2015."
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