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Asheridge Launches Key Digital HD Connection and Processing Range (25/9/2006)

Asheridge Communications, the specialist provider of audio visual, testing, home networking, and interconnection solutions, has launched the US manufactured Key Digital range of Digital HD processing units. The Key Digital range is made up of the iSync HD(tm) and iSync Pro(tm), digital video scaling processors with video/audio switching units, and the HD Xplorer(tm): a digital video plug-in card and processor for the 42 MXE10 and 50 MXE 10 series Pioneer plasma displays. All the Key Digital devices automatically convert HD sources to match a plasma display's resolution using just one cable and without the need for a dedicated media box. The HD Xplorer will provide an easy upgrade path to provide 4 HDMI inputs and component inputs.

The Key Digital iSync HD(tm) and iSync Pro(tm) are compact, flexible and easy to use units, featuring multiple I/O ports which installers can use to connect a variety of video sources to a display, and audio sources to a multi-room audio system. They use a state-of-the-art digital video processor to match interlaced and progressive-scan video from a DVD player, satellite TV receiver, Set Top Box, or VHS tape player to the native resolution of a display, producing high quality images.

The HD Xplorer(tm) features four digital HDMI digital inputs, (as well as multiple analogue inputs) and, like the iSync units, benefits from Key Digital's Clear Matrix Pro (r) and SDS (Super Digital Scaling) technology to ensure that the display's native resolution is precisely matched. The HD Xplorer(tm) is designed to work with the PDP-504CMX and PDP-434CMX plasma screen models from Pioneer, and enables installers to provide direct connection of home cinema video components.

The iSync HD(tm), iSync Pro(tm), and HD Xplorer(tm) are all capable of converting the most popular video sources for the target display, and support all popular HD and SD source formats and resolutions (480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, and 1080i) at 60 Hz and 50 Hz (with auto selection), plus NTSC and PAL. All units in the Key Digital range are compatible with a variety of digital and analog video input and output formats, including HDMI with HDCP, Component Video (YPbPr), Composite, and S-Video. The units also allow users to precisely adjust the display picture using the front-panel pushbuttons and display, or the intuitive IR remote control included. All are fully upgradable, and so represent scalable solutions for the installers to offer their customers.

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