Harmonic launches new product family

Video technology specialist Harmonic has launched ProStream 9000 with ACE, a new line of high-density, real-time stream processors and transcoders.

The first member of the new product family is the ProStream 9100 with ACE, which supports up to 250 simultaneous multiplexing/scrambling services, 20 HD or 60 SD broadcast transcoding services, 20 HD/SD multiscreen inputs with 80 multiscreen output profiles, and integrated any-to-any audio transcoding with audio leveling capabilities in a single rack unit. According to Harmonic, later family members will support an even higher throughput and the processing of 500 simultaneous services.