April 17, 2006 - Redmond, Washington, USA – Avitech International Corporation will be demonstrating a series of brand new enhancements for their MCC-8004 line of multi-image display processors at the upcoming NAB show in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA – Booth #SL3000.

Adding to an already feature rich multiviewer line, these enhancements allow broadcasters to do much more than graphically monitor video sources.  Users can actually customize their monitoring solution to fit their system-wide operational needs.  Plus, the MCC-8004 supports a large variety of routing switcher, production switcher, and tally management systems, which provides users with dynamic UMD and tally capabilities, and ease of system integration and connectivity.

“We continue to improve the functionality and features of the MCC-8004 based on our customers’ needs and their feedback,” comments Thomas Tang, Vice President Sales & Marketing for Avitech.  “We are committed to providing products that meet our customers’ evolving requirements.”

New Features in the MCC-8004 line Include:

• Built-in digital / clock or graphical element (e.g. company logo)
• Optional built-in time code extraction for clocks
• HD active loop outs
• Optional frame-lock to adapt to the display device’s native frame rate
• Universal language support, including Asian and European character sets

Standard Features in the MCC-8004 line Include:

• Auto-detect HD / SD-SDI, and analog composite (PAL / NTSC)
• Auto-detect aspect ratio (4:3) and 16:9)
• On screen alarms for video and audio status
• 8 GPI ports for tally or alarms
• Internal flash memory storage for 30 custom presets
• Open ASCII protocol provides an easy interface for 3rd party control systems
• Open and distributed architecture
• No single point of failure
• Flexible scalability and unlimited expansion
• Very low power consumption

In addition, Avitech has teamed up with a variety of industry leading vendors at NAB2006 to simulate key broadcast applications and environment such as; critical event monitoring, master control room automation, a variety of production operations and more.  Since the architecture of the MCC modules is designed to offer efficient operation versatility, the Avitech line of multi-image processing modules can be effortlessly integrated with other broadcast solutions & equipment.  A few of these vendors include; Echolab, 360 systems, Compix Media, Snell & Wilcox, Seachange, and more.

About Avitech International
Avitech is an industry leader and technology provider of multi-source video display processors. Avitech offers the most extensive and flexible multi-source virtual monitor walls and presentation modules, enabling operations of any size to truly achieve media monitoring and presentation. With the focus on raising the visual standard with Quality, Scalability and Redundancy, Avitech provides solutions for the Broadcast, Security & Surveillance, and Professional AV Markets.

For more information about Avitech’s products & services please visit: www.avitechvideo.com. For sales, please contact: (877) AVITECH (284-8324), or info@avitechvideo.com

For a demo, please visit Avitech Video at NAB2006, Booth #SL3000

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