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3 LAKH FOR A REMOTE DIGITAL HEADEND

Medium size networks throughout the country have now commenced installing digital CATV headends. Over the years, the price of a Digital CATV headend has fallen significantly, making it affordable even for medium sized networks. A 200 channel digital CATV headend with CAS, can be purchased today for as low as Rs. 50 lakhs. However, even this price can be unaffordable for small cable TV networks located in remote areas. For such small networks, Optilink provides an ideal solution.

The main headend can transmit its digital IP output over leased optical fibre, to multiple locations, anywhere in the country. The full content of a 200 channel digital headend IP stream can be transmitted using 4 STM capacity. Each STM provides the capacity of approx. 155 M bits/s.

Digital bandwidth on optical fibers can be leased through various vendors including Railtel & various telephone companies.

The transmitted digital IP signal from the master headend is simply received at any remote location in India, where Fiber connectivity is available.

At the receiving end, a Sumavision 10K511 high density IP QAM (Edge QAM) modulator will re-create the entire signals of the master headend at the remote location.

The Sumavision 10K511 accepts 2 optical inputs each supporting bit rates upto 1G bits/s.

The 10K511 can be configured to accept multiple cards with each card supporting 16 transport streams. Each transport stream can typically support upto 16 MPEG-2 TV channels. The digital RF output of the Sumavision 10K511 is user adjustable from 95 dbU to 125 dBU.

As a result upto 80 digital channels can be replicated at any remote location, for a cost of just Rs. 3 lakhs. With additional cards, the 10K511 can re-create over 300 TV channels at a cost of approx. Rs. 6 lakhs.

Besides re-creating a digital headend remotely for just Rs 3 to 6 Lakhs, it also saves the huge cost of maintaining air-conditioned facilities, power supply back up and manpower for the remote digital headend.

The Sumavision 10K511 provides similar functionality of a HITS (Headend In the Sky) platform, without the need for satellite based transponders.

Optilink also offers a wide variety of digital headend solutions and digital CATV STBs with or without Conditional Access Systems (CAS).

For details contact:
Sanjay Nagda & Devchand Haria
OPTILINK
Shop No. 3A, Jyoti Estate, 54-C, Proctor Road,
Off. Lamington Road, Mumbai - 400 007.
Tel: 022-66331101 /02
TeleFax: 022-23890333

OPTICAL TRANSMITTER FROM MONTRONICS

For more than 20 years, Montronics has provided high quality, cost effective products for the Indian cable operator.

Montronics now offers high quality 9 dBm and 13 dBm CATV Optical transmitters, at a very attractive price. These products have been designed to operate reliably under adverse Indian conditions. They require an input of only 75 dBu, and include an LCD front panel display.

The Optical transmitters are available with a choice of an NXP IC and a choice of Ortel, AOI or Xeston laser modules.

This range of Optical transmitters is priced attractively @ Rs. 9,000 upwards, depending on output power and other options.

This range of Optical transmitters is priced attractively @ Rs. 9,000 upwards, depending on output power and other options.

For further details contact :

Merwyn Monteiro
Proprietor
MONTRONICS, MONICS
374, Lamington Road, Opp. R.K. Hotel, Mumbai -400 007.
Tel: 022- 23864817, 23873461, 23877592, 23877039,
Telefax : 022-3877039

VIDEOMAX FROM ASHOK ELECTRONICS

Some months ago, Ashok Electronics launched its innovative VideoMax Video-over-internet solution. VideoMAX pro provided point to point Video & audio connectivity, on a 3G wireless internet connection.

The company has now launched its VideoMAX Pro 2 & 3 solutions.

VideoMAX 2 Pro is a hardware, standalone product, with inputs for Analog AV, Composite, SVHS, Component, RF(Optional) and SD and HD(Optional) formats.

The software, usually called the Stream Player, is given free with the VideoMAX Pro 2. Installed on a PC system at the receiving end, it detects the VideoMAX Pro 2 and receives the Video & Audio, over the internet or any wired or WiFi connection.

The VideoMAX Pro 3 is a Multi-user upgrade, permitting unlimited Standalone Boxes (each with password protection) on the receiving side, without a PC system. Each decoder has HDMI, Component and Composite outputs. This is ideal for a headend to transmit AV to multiple places at the same time.

VideoMAX Pro 4 transmitter & decoders are standalone boxes that do not require PC on any side. Hence no need for an operator.

All the VideoMAX solutions are bundled with a CG Titler, so that Logo's, Banners, PIP's, scrollers can be overlayed on the picture. These advertisements can be scheduled to play at specific times.

he VideoMAX Pro2 is priced at Rs 29,000 with Titler/Switcher/Mixer and Rs.24,500 without it. The VideoMAX Pro2 can be upgraded to VideoMAX Pro3, with multiple users, for Rs.24,500 per extra user.

For further details, contact:
Ashok Electronics,
11, Tinwala Building,
Tribhuvan Road, Mumbai 400004
Email: ashelec@vsnl.com
Web: http://www.ashokelectronics.in or http://ashelec.8m.com
Mob: 9820040240
Tel: 022- 3886287 n