theibcdaily For the latest show news and updates follow #IBC2014 Loudness metering on all 16 channel monitors Bel Digital Audio By Heather McLean
Bel Digital Audio has announced at IBC that all of its 16 channel audio and audio/video monitors will now feature loudness metering as standard. The current range of eight variants of 1U and 2U 16 channel, HD monitors/de-embedders has been upgraded to provide loudness monitoring to the latest standards
Each of the monitors has the ability to choose between monitoring loudness by momentary, three second, ten second, integrated and dynamic ranges. As a consequence, all the units comply with both the recommendations of ITU-R BS.1770-2 and ITU-R BS. 1771-1.
Loudness metering can be displayed in four ways chosen by the user from the easily navigated menu with each showing different combinations of loudness measures. This enables the user to choose which measurements they prefer to show more prominently. Bel Digital Audio’s range of 16 channel audio or audio and video monitors, provide confidence monitoring and demuxing of 3G, HD, SD and SDI signals, said the company. All the units auto detect the various compatible video formats and auto-configure
Compact DVB-T filter
Delta Meccanica By Michael Burns
A DVB-T filter with 1 kW RMS of power in the VHF band has been released. Delta Meccanica's filter
features four poles, which helps to keep the insertion loss lower than 0.4 dB according to the company, with a return loss better than 24 dB. The filter is compact, with a combline configuration, allowing it to be housed in a 19-inch rack, with an height of just 2RU. Delta Meccanica said that it also, after careful examination of thermal behaviour of the filter, optimised the temperature compensation to improve the filter’s stability and performance. 8.E39
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accordingly removing any need for manual selection. They also accept eight AES 3id pairs and up to 10 analogue inputs via the comprehensive input and output
choices on the rear panel. Visible monitoring of each channel of audio is by high resolution bargraph metres with adjustable colour transition
points featuring a peak-hold facility. Four user assignable scales and ballistics are also available. Audible monitoring is via magnetically shielded
speakers. All units feature medical grade
internal power supplies for reliability, while also removing the need for any external power adapters. There is also the facility for SDI re-clocking and loop-through on each device. 10.A30
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