Yorkshire, UK, November 2020 – Further expanding its global market reach, Calibre UK announces several new features in its flagship HQPro1000 for Live Virtual Solutions.
“The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating how businesses use technology to operate and is transforming the way that people work, interact and even how they live,” said Willy Tsai, managing director at Calibre UK. “Calibre’s Live Virtual Solution (LVS) meets the evolving needs of people working in virtual classrooms, conferences, webinars, event and studios enabling them to reach their audiences in an immersive and augmented way.”
Calibre’s LVS includes the HQPro1000 processor with modular architecture and 4K60 4:4:4 image processing. It offers support for multiple sources and layers, plus a confidence monitor output. Scaling is provided by Calibre's best-in-class low-latency proprietary HQUltra technology for true seamless, fast and transitional switching between scenes.
Presentations that count
Unlike competing products, virtual presentations can be fully customised using The Calibre LVS. For event virtualization, it is possible to insert a virtual background transporting the presenter into any location or space.
New features of HQPro1000 for Live Virtual Solution includes high-quality chroma-keying and luma-keying with no requirement for any additional hardware or software preserving the latency for live presentation, objects or presenter where the background can easily be inserted. Advanced area of interest allows for versatile adjustments per layer to show what the users want to concentrate on, whether the source is a camera on a lecturer or something pre-recorded. Up-to 10 Presets are available allowing users to define, store and easily recall different screen layouts. For added performance, Calibre’s LVS provides stable and high-quality scaling when compared to software-only solutions. Its FPGA processor can handle powerful resources including 3D objects and can handle any image size.
Live streaming and recording flexible options
Calibre’s LVS has flexible options to incorporate an HDMI-USB converter to transform the HQPro1000 output image to a computer camera image for live meetings via your video conferencing software such as zoom, Microsoft teams, Webex, etc.
Users can also choose an H.265 encoder to record and stream video directly to a preferred video platform such as Facebook, Twitch, YouTube etc.
Added performance
Calibre’s LVS incorporates 4 multi-windows in any size or position, seamless switching between sources, fade/in and out effect and low latency – ideal for the most demanding of production environments.
With the optional 12G SDI module card, Calibre’s LVS can manage high frame rates and deep, saturated colours from 4K and Ultra4K signals over a single cable. Up to 120fps is perfect for long-distance image sources.
These new features make the Calibre Live Virtual Solution an ideal solution for companies transitioning to virtual environments during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Calibre LVS is available in early October 2020 and is supported by Calibre’s extensive global distribution partner network offering localized product training and support.
Products are also available to order online at the new Calibre online shop, https://online-store.calibreuk.com/. (existing customers please speak with your account manager)
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About Calibre
Multi-award-winning British company Calibre is a pioneer in image processing technology. Over the past 30 years, it has achieved world recognition with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise and was one of the designated brands for video processing in the Olympic Games. Calibre is a market leader with innovation, providing image scaling and processing technology for use in broadcast and television, large venue projection and LED video walls. Calibre became part of Coretronic Corporation in August 2017, which is a milestone in the global chain of the Coretronic Group. Coretronic will continue expanding its international market share, cultivating the industry’s best talent, innovating in technology and providing each customer with added value. www.calibreuk.com
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