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September 2005FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE...
New
Belar BTSC Monitor/Analyzer Uses THAT's Digital dbx-TV
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Belar TVM-230 |
Devon
,
Pennsylvania
&
Milford
,
Massachusetts
-- Belar and
THAT Corporation today jointly announced Belar's TVM-230 Digital BTSC
TV Stereo Monitor/ Analyzer, featuring digital dbx-TV™ decoding
technology from THAT. According
to Belar's President, Arno Meyer, “The new TVM-230 delivers
unprecedented performance by combining Belar's own DSP demodulation
with THAT's digital companding technology.
With the BTSC Encoder enabled, the TVM-230 reliably delivers
over 50dB midband separation and more than 40dB at 14kHz, with 85dB
signal-to-noise ratio and <0.1% distortion."
THAT's president, Les Tyler, commented "THAT's fully
digital dbx-TV expander eliminates the trim adjustments required by
previous analog dbx-TV decoders, including THAT's own
industry-standard 525 cards. So,
performance starts high and stays high over the entire life of the
product. We surpass even
the tightest broadcast specifications for BTSC transmission."
Belar's
TVM-230 fits in the same form factor of its predecessor.
The unit is intended to operate in conjunction with Belar's
TVM-100 or TVM-101, or other makers' wide-band aural demodulators.
The TVM-230 provides the measurement capability needed to set
up, test, and measure BTSC stereo TV transmitters, and offers
accurately decoded L and R channel audio outputs.
Linear phase FIR (digital) filters to reduce phase distortion,
coupled with THAT's fully digital dbx-TV expander, ensure extreme
accuracy for measuring modulation peaks.
THAT
provided its dbx-TV decoding technology under license to Belar in the
form of Verilog DSP code that is executed in a Xilinx FPGA.
Based on THAT's extensive experience with the BTSC companding
system, THAT developed this professional version of its decoder
specifically to suit Belar's demanding application.
THAT offers both professional and consumer-quality versions of
dbx-TV encoders and decoders to the TV industry.
Belar,
based in Devon PA, is the world’s leading manufacturer of modulation
monitors, used by radio and television stations to monitor technical
aspects of their broadcast signal. The company was founded in 1964 by
the late Isobel (“BEL”) and Arno (“AR”) Meyer.
THAT
Corporation, based in
Milford
MA
, is the
premier supplier of dbx-TV and BTSC intellectual property to the
consumer and professional television industries.
The company was founded in 1989 as a spin-off of dbx, Inc., by
three engineers formerly associated with dbx.
For
more information contact:
THAT Corporation,
45 Sumner Street,
Milford
,
MA
01757-1656
,
U.S.A.
Telephone: +1 508 478-9200; Fax: +1 508 478-0990
Email: info@thatcorp.com
or
Belar
Electronics Laboratory, Inc.
119 Lancaster
Ave, P.O. Box 76
,
Devon
PA
19333-0076
U.S.A.
Telephone: +1 610 687-5550; Fax: +1 610 687-2686
Email: sales@belar.com
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