Sophisticated and Spectacular universal Modulator that's unique design is the most capable Hybrid on the market. Up 8 Channels of HDMI or SDI inputs allow you to select either or in the options menu on the simple and creative GUI. This modulator by Thor has independent input cards for flexibility for Digital Modulation because it eliminates the need for HDMI to SDI or SDI to HDMI converters. Simply select which source you want to use and input the channel frequency creating an automated encoding headend device that can clean up your headend and modulation distribution infrastructure.
Each channel can individually be selected as an HDMI or SDI input, it could be switched on the fly using front panel buttons or Thor's dynamic proprietary Web interface. Each of the 8 channels of RF output can be set totally independent as a frequency AND modulation standard. For example, you can input 4 channels as HDMI and set to QAM output and then input 4 channels of SDI and as ATSC output. This is a flexibility that hasn't been seen before on the market creating a whole new generation of standard for encoder modulation products
The New THOR HYBRID Modulator has an NMS port and LCD display with simple D-Pad buttons for control and easy setup on the fly. It includes and supports the majority of Modulation standards found in the world; like Clear QAM Annex A and Annex B, ATSC-8VSB, DVB-T, and ISDB-T. The Hybrid modulator support MPEG2 video encoding up to 25Mbps/channel, Audio AC3 or MPEG1 Layer 2, and AAC, Thor's world-famous Low Latency, and VCT -Virtual Channel Numbers for increased flexibility. Each CATV RF channel can be set individually, so it does not have to be in a linear 8ch block, feel free to spread out your new custom RF channels all over the existing RF spectrum in your modulation lineup.
Part Number: H-HYBRID-RF-8
*All Specifications Subject to Change Without Notice |
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Input |
8x HDMI Inputs and/or 8 x HD/SD-3G SDI Inputs |
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Supported Resolutions |
480i 1280x720P 60 / 59.94 / 50 Hz 1920x1080I 60 / 59.94 / 50 Hz 1920x1080P 60 / 59.94 / 50 Hz |
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Video Codecs |
MPEG-2 HD: 1.5 - 24 Mbps |
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Audio Codecs |
MPEG1 Layer 2 Encoding AAC Encoding AC3 Dolby Encoding |
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Audio Sample Rate |
48 kHz |
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Audio Bit Rates |
64 kbps, 96 kbps, 128 kbps, 192 kbps, 256 kbps, 320 kbps |
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Modulation Standard |
1) DVB -C QAM - J.83B, J.83B, QAM 64/256, (US Cable) 2) DVB -C QAM - J.83A, QAM 16/32/64/128/256, (European Cable) 3) ATSC - Constellation 8VSB ( US Off Air TV) 4) DVB-T ( European Off Air TV) 5) ISDB-T ( Latin America Off Air TV) |
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RF Frequency Range |
50 Mhz to 950 MHz 1 KHz Step |
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RF Power Level |
5 - 35 dBmV Adjustable |
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SDI Input |
8 x BNC Connector, support SD-SDI, HD-SDI and 3G SDI Input |
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HDMI Input |
8 x HDMI Input connector - HDCP compliant, 480i, 720p, 1080i, 1080p input resolution | ||
Cables Included |
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Power Input |
100-240 VAC Auto Switching |
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Dimensions |
19x17x3 19" Rack Mountable 1U high |
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Weight |
9 Pounds |
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Operating Temperature |
32-110 F |
I had talked to someone on Friday about a quote for our facility. The gentleman at THOR had recommended the 32 channel IPTV to QAM device. Would need 7 of them.
Currently, we have 32 DirecTV or COX receivers. Option A would be to stick with that. So would need a way to take 32 HDMI signals and get it to an IP Signal to send to the device above.
Option B would be to get a DirecTV 3000 receive or Dish Network Receiver that is outputting to MPEG4.
https://www.technicolor.com/distribute/home-experience/play/com3000-solution
https://www.dish.com/business/downloads/smartbox-product.pdf
This unit H-HYBRID-RF-8 is very popular because it is so universal, it has 8 SDI inputs but also 8 HDMI inputs if needed, it supports all the RF CATV modulation standards, so it can be used anywhere in the world
Our Modulator can encode to Dolby AC3 2 Audios when your incoming audio format is PMC ( uncompress Audio).
If your source has already AC3 encoded format our modulator passes 2 first audio
Our suggestion is to set all your HDMI devices to PCM audio output and let our modulator handle the AC3 Dolby audio compression, this way will always consistent.
we do not have complaints about handling the audio, costumes are very happy with the video and audio quality.
I would suggest getting The modulator and trying it, if it doesn't work as you intended you can send it back because there is no way to predict the contablityt with all the equipment on the market.
The easiest way is to change it via web interface, in this case we
would need to connect PC to the NMS port and access the WEB interface,
you just select channel form the list
The default IP address is 192.168.0.188, you need to set you ethernet
IP address to the same address 192.168.0.XX ( xx=1 to 254, but not 188
because they can not be the same ip addresses on the network)
this is a link to the document on how to change the IP address ( it is
for the different modulator , but procedure is the same) .
https://thorbroadcast.com/upload/files/220/nms-ip-connection-instructions.pdf
1) You can use 1x8 pasive splitter/ combiner
2)
This particular modulator doesn't have MUX functionality, each video
needs to be on its own CATV RF channel, but you can assign VCT Virtual
channel to any of them.
So for example, you can set Channels frequency for ch 23,24,25,26...,
and assign VCT as Major channels and minor channels 3.1,3.2,3.3, 3.4
If you must mux multi program on the single physical channel, then you
might consider this unit:
They have a multiplexer build in to it , and can do separate channels
of multi program on single carrier
H-4ADHD-QAM-IPLL 4 HDMI
https://thorbroadcast.com/product/4-hdmi-component-hd-to-coax-and-iptv-hd-8230.html/21
or 4ch SDI :
H-4SDI-QAM-IPLL
https://thorbroadcast.com/product/1-4-sdi-to-qam-modulators-and-iptv-streaming-encoders.html/0
Please check the attached CATV RF channel frequency chart.
Professional 16 Channel Analog Baseband CVBS Video Audio to CATV RF NTSC Analog Modulator - NTSC PAL SECAM in 19" rack The unit has 16 Analog CVBS Baseband Video Audio RCA Inputs, analog modulated agile channels can be selected individually across CATV RF spectrum from 45Mhz - 860Mhz
This is a smaller version of the popular H-HDMI-CC-RF unit which has HDMI Input up to full HD 1080p/60, supports QAM/ ATSC/ DVB-T/ ISDB-T modulation standards. All the Video / Audio encoding parameters and modulation channels are controlled via 10/100 Standard Ethernet and Web interface. This unit can be mounted vertically or horizontally on a rack mount cage panel for up to 12 units side by side.