Crystal Vision will be showing its picture storage and 3GHz products at the UK's broadcast exhibition, Broadcast Video Expo 2009, which takes place at Earls Court 2 in London between 17th and 19th February. Now shipping, Picturestore makes its UK show debut at Broadcast Video Expo with four technically-innovative picture storage products which combine the different strengths of solid-state fast reading and writing DRAM and Flash permanent memory. (18/12/08)

SYNNER-E HD has been designed to simplify system designs for those working in Dolby E environments. Shipping now, SYNNER-E HD will save engineers money and rack space by combining a video synchroniser, tracking audio delay, embedder, de-embedder and audio processor along with advanced handling of Dolby E and delay compensation on one 100mm x 266mm board. (11/12/08)

New Zealand broadcaster TVNZ used 16 of Crystal Vision's TANDEM HD-21 High Definition audio embedders/de-embedders to add commentary to more than 800 hours of coverage from the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics, with the broadcasts distributed to 104 countries around the world and watched by more New Zealanders than any other television event. (27/11/08)

New from Crystal Vision is ViViD HD-20 – a variable video delay line designed for engineers who need to match any long delays in their system. Not only does this unusual product provide an exceptionally long delay with up to 21 seconds in HD and 119 seconds in SD, it also saves space by allowing 12 video delay modules to fit in just 2U of rack space. (11/11/08)

New from Crystal Vision is SYN HD-AFD – a multi-functional HD/SD synchroniser designed to synchronise incoming video signals, compensate for timing delays within a video system and insert SMPTE 2016 Active Format Description data into the output video for aspect ratio correction by downstream equipment. (31/10/08)

UK sports graphics specialist Alston Elliot is the first company to use Crystal Vision's Clip N Key. The clip and sting store, which allows a special clip to be played repeatedly, made its live debut on 30th September with ITV's coverage of the Manchester United vs Aalborg UEFA Champions League game, where it was used to replay the same wipe on the half-time action replays. (20/10/08)

Crystal Vision is pleased to announce that it is developing a full range of 3G HD products that can be housed in the normal frames alongside any other board from the range. Crystal Vision has chosen distribution amplifiers for its very first 3GHz products, with the 3GDA105N and 3GDA111N available now and providing economical distribution of 3G HD, HD or SDI. (09/10/08)

165 Crystal Vision interface boards have been used by BBC Studios, part of BBC Resources Ltd., a wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the BBC, for the HD upgrade of its Studio Four at BBC Television Centre in London. (23/09/08)

Crystal Vision has added three new features to its popular 10 bit aspect ratio converter, the ARC-10MC. Resulting from customer requests, these new features make the ARC-10MC useful for some automation applications and additionally provide an extra layer of security to protect the programme output. (22/08/08)

New from Crystal Vision is REMIND-E – a 1U remote control panel which brings considerable cost savings with its ability to control an unlimited number of Crystal Vision frames over an Ethernet network. Easy to use, REMIND-E allows users the rack-mounted convenience of front panel control without having to be actually at the frame. (13/08/08)

Crystal Vision's new area of speciality Picturestore gets its European launch on Stand 2.B11 at IBC. Picturestore combines the different strengths of solid-state fast reading and writing DRAM and Flash permanent memory to create a series of four picture storage products, each with a real technical advantage. (23/07/08)

Crystal Vision brings its affordable space-saving technology to High Definition colour correction and legalisation for the first time with CoCo HD. Working with all common HD formats as well as SD , CoCo HD allows flexible whole picture adjustments in both the RGB and YUV colour spaces and is ideal for manipulating the colours in any digital image whenever there is a need to correct for camera or lighting problems or to standardise pictures shot at different times. (27/06/08)

UK production company Lime Pictures has chosen 91 Crystal Vision interface boards for its major upgrade to HD, which includes a complete new High Definition infrastructure as well as new production galleries and edit suites. The upgrade was triggered by the decision to begin making the company's popular drama series "Hollyoaks" in High Definition for transmission on 4HD - Channel 4's new HD service which is a simulcast of the UK broadcaster's core schedule and is initially available on the Sky satellite platform. (29/05/08)

Michael Hall has joined Crystal Vision as Regional Sales Manager. This new international sales role was created to further increase the volume of worldwide sales and is a key part of Crystal Vision's extensive growth strategy for 2008. Joining the company in early April where he helped Crystal Vision achieve its most successful NAB, Michael was the perfect candidate for this position with his international sales experience and thorough knowledge of the broadcast market and its products. (16/05/08)

NAB2008 gave Crystal Vision its most successful show to date, with visitors flocking to Booth N1311 to see the company's new area of speciality - the Picturestore range of HD/SD products based on solid-state fast-writing DRAM and permanent Flash picture storage. The Picturestore product that most people came to see in Las Vegas was Crystal Vision's sophisticated modular logo keyer, MultiLogo - which earns its popularity through a combination of size, graphics storage space and keying features. (02/05/08)

New from Crystal Vision are two 12 bit decoding converters able to bring any analogue sources into a digital environment. Used with sources generated by cameras, tape machines, DVD players or graphics generators, the flexible ADDEC-210 and ADDEC-310 offer the best performance yet and can convert different analogue signals (PAL/NTSC composite, Y/C, YUV and RGB) to SDI and synchronise them too - making them ideal for multiple applications and resulting in reductions in both cost and rack space. (20/03/08)

Crystal Vision has released its first High Definition fibre optic transmitter and receiver - at the same price as its earlier Standard Definition versions. The FTX HD transmitter and FRX HD receiver together provide a robust transport medium to transmit either High Definition or Standard Definition signals over large distances. (06/03/08)

Crystal Vision has appointed its first Head of Sales following the promotion of the company's Technical Sales Manager Stewart McGhie to this new strategic management position. Crystal Vision is focused on extensive growth in 2008 through the introduction of a new product line combined with a higher market share for its existing products, and Stewart's first task will be to further increase the amount of non-domestic sales through the recruitment of an additional salesman for international territories. (26/02/08)

As well as the latest technology in chroma keying and signal processing, Booth N1311 at NAB2008 will see the launch of Crystal Vision's new area of speciality - the Picturestore range of products based on solid state picture storage combined with optional keying and Flash permanent storage. Four products are initially available, which are 100mm x 266mm modules that fit in the company's standard frames, include relay bypass protection and work with both HD and SD. (14/02/08)

It hasn't taken SYNNER HD long to start simplifying system designs. Shipping now, Crystal Vision's latest multi-functional HD product combines on one board the traditional functionality of five different products - video synchroniser, tracking audio delay, embedder, de-embedder and audio processor - making it suitable for any applications involving untimed HD or SD video and associated audio. Not only does this ability to be used in many different ways give enhanced flexibility to the system designer, it also brings significant cost and rack space savings. (30/01/08)

New from Crystal Vision is ALLDAC - a 12 bit broadcast encoding converter and distribution amplifier which takes all the best features from the company's existing DACs and combines them into one affordable product. ALLDAC has been designed to convert SDI into combinations of analogue and digital and to do so in an extremely flexible way. (17/01/08)

Broadcast engineers working in either definition will find something to interest them on the Crystal Vision stand (B47) at Broadcast LIVE and VideoForum - the highly-anticipated new UK show which takes place at Earls Court 2 in London between 30th January and 1st February. Some of the products on show will be those which were first announced at last year's IBC and which are now shipping. A number of Crystal Vision's existing products have also acquired new features, following consultation with customers. Broadcast LIVE and VideoForum is also the place to go to get a first glimpse of two of Crystal Vision's early product releases for 2008. (17/01/08)

Crystal Vision will be launching a range of interface, keying and control products on Stand Z-41 at CABSAT 2008. Visitors to the Crystal Vision stand at CABSAT 2008 will have the opportunity to view a live chroma key set featuring the company's latest High Definition and Standard Definition chroma keyers - Safire HD 2 and Safire SD 2. (14/01/08)

Crystal Vision has added new features to its High Definition audio embedder/de-embedder to benefit Dolby E users. The original TANDEM HD-20 has evolved into TANDEM HD-21, and now gives the engineer the option to delay the video by a frame to compensate for the delay created by converting to or from Dolby E. (03/01/08)