Soundscape Products
DVDO iScan Ultra Advanced Video Processor
Multi-System Line Doubler/Up converter
Retail Was $1199
Soundscape Price:$995
plus freight.
The iScan Ultra dramatically improves the video quality of multiple source devices-- such as satellite or cable television, DVD and Laserdisc players, VCRs and game consoles-- and is compatible with DTVs and HDTVs capable of accepting 480p inputs, including most plasma and LCD displays, as well as front projectors with 480p inputs.
Utilizing Silicon Image’s award-winning DVDO PureProgressive™ technology, the iScan Ultra performs various advanced video-processing functions designed to maximize the home viewing experience. Like its predecessor the iScan Pro, the iScan Ultra performs state-of-the art deinterlacing and line doubling-- eliminating visible scan lines and motion artifacts for dramatically improved, near high-definition picture quality. In addition, the iScan Ultra also offers the following new video processing capabilities:
- Video switching, including dual Component, S-video and Composite video inputs plus a Pass-Thru input
- Precise picture control, with separate controls for each input
- High-quality scaling to support widescreen 16:9 displays
- Digitizing of video streams to provide a Digital Visual Interface (DVI) output
“The iScan Ultra is one of the easiest and most affordable ways to improve the quality of your home theater system while also managing multiple video sources and formats.
“The iScan Ultra dramatically improves the quality of a wide variety of standard interlaced source material and sends it in digital form to the display for the highest video quality. Even consumers with progressive-scan DVD players or TVs featuring an internal line doubler can benefit from adding an outboard progressive-scan converter such as the iScan Ultra to their home theater set-up.”
Featuring Silicon Image’s SiI™ 504™ digital video processor chip, the iScan Ultra upconverts standard-definition input video signals to high-quality progressive scan video outputs offering twice the vertical resolution. The result: smoother, enhanced-definition images without visible scan lines or motion and time-based artifacts. In contrast, scan lines, jagged edges and flicker resulting from the interlacing process are readily visible on most big-screens and front projectors rendering the same source content without the benefit of a deinterlacer.
Inputs and Outputs
Consumers are increasingly facing the challenge of managing a home entertainment
system with multiple video sources and formats, and the iScan Ultra is uniquely
positioned to address this growing need. The iScan Ultra processes standard interlaced
NTSC/PAL/SECAM video inputs. Dual Component, S-Video and Composite inputs, as
well as a Pass Thru input, provide switching capability and greater flexibility
in system configuration. In addition to a 15-pin VGA output with user-selectable
RGB or YPbPr formats, the iScan Ultra boasts a DVI output, which enables it to
interface to the growing number of DTVs and projectors with DVI inputs. The DVI
output enables the iScan Ultra to transmit an NTSC video input digitally to a
DVI-compliant display, providing the highest video quality without the losses
associated with an analog interface.
Advanced New Features
The iScan Ultra is packaged in a standard 17-inch rack-mount enclosure
for easier system integration and cable management. Among its powerful new features
is Aspect Ratio Control (ARC) scaling, with six options for displaying 4:3 images
on a 16:9 TV, including full-frame, four squeeze modes and a new letterbox option
that scales a 4:3 letterbox format onto a 16:9 display. The iScan Ultra also features
separate picture controls for each input, including brightness, contrast, saturation,
hue, luma/chroma delay adjustment, sharpness and chroma filter. The chroma filter
function corrects a common problem found in many DVD players, where the chroma
portion of the signal is improperly decoded from the source material, causing
some of the colors to appear incorrectly on the display.
Video sources with poor timing stability, such as VCRs, can cause jittery or wavy edges on objects, bends in the sides of an image and overall image instability. The iScan Ultra’s full-frame Time Base Corrector (TBC) significantly improves overall image quality in these scenarios by removing any timing variations and irregularities from the input video image before sending it to the iScan Ultra’s progressive output.
The iScan Ultra also features multiple output controls, including a “curtain” adjust feature that allows cropping of the sides of a 4:3 image, and comes equipped with a remote control that mirrors the functions on the iScan Ultra’s front panel.
Manufacturer's Warranty: 1 Year Parts / 1 Year Labor -Carry In Service
iScan Ultra Features
Component Video Input: 2 Composite Video
Input: 2 Rear S-Video
Output: 2 DVI Output. RGB Output. yPbPr Output.
Progressive Scan Video Out: 480p / 576p
Resolution: 525
lines NTSC / 625 lines PAL
Video D/A Converter: 10-bit 3:2 Pulldown.
2:2 Pulldown.
iScan Ultra Specifications
Video
Inputs:
Two Component (YPbPr) inputs on standard RCA connectors
Two S-Video (Y/C) input on standard mini-DIN connectors
Two Composite video
input on standard RCA connector
Auto-sensing and switching with input priority
switch (???)
Accepts standard NTSC/PAL/SECAM interlace scan video signals
Video Output
15-pin VGA-type HD-15 connector
DVI Digital Output connector
User-selectable RGB or YPbPr output color space
for analog
VGA output
RGB – 0.7Vpp, YPbPr – 0.7Vpp, Sync on Y – 1.0Vpp
Separate H, V synchronization
standard; user-selectable composite sync and sync on green
Outputs 480p/576p
progressive scan video, 31.5kHz/31.25kHz scan rate
525 total video lines
per frame, 480 active lines (NTSC)
625 total video lines per frame, 576 active
lines (PAL/SECAM)
10-bit video DACs
Controls
Input select buttons (Channel 1 or 2 for each input type)
Pass Through
select
Aspect Ratio
Control Picture Controls: Brightness, Contrast, Saturation,
Hue, YC Delay, Sharpness, Chroma Filter
Output signal Control
Color space select (RGB or YPbPr) H/V Sync, Csync, SOG/Y
Curtain
control for 4:3 on 16:9 displays
DVI/Analog Select
DVI Resolution Select
Input Stage
High-performance multi-standard video
decoder
High quality adaptive comb filter for 2D Y/C separation
Source
Detection
Film (3:2 pulldown)
Computer Graphics (2:2 pulldown or
30 fps)
Video camera
Video game consoles (single-field sources)
Advanced Transition Management (smooth handling of source sequence changes)
Auto-dynamic thresholds enable reliable 3:2 pulldown detection even with noisy
sources
Video Processing
Four input fields used to
determine contents of each output frame
Progressive Source Detection and
reassembly of original frames
Motion detection on fine-grained cell basis
Motion-adaptive video deinterlacing
Cubic interpolation for pixel calculations
Diagonal processing reduces jaggies
Cables (included):
Component Video, S-Video, Composite Video
Power 100-240VAC 50/60Hz 6V/2A DC-In, 9W (active), 2.5W (standby)
Dimensions (in/cm) 8.3/21L x 5.8/14.7W x 1.4/3.5H
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