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Here is what our customers have to say about Algolith and the Algogear line of products.
Austin PBS“Some of the downconversion techniques we had seen in the past resulted in cropped 4:3 images that were missing important details, for example pledge information or telephone numbers. Algolith will provide us with a downconversion solution that best ensures all image details from the original HD program are preserved for the 4:3 SD audiences. The choice for us was further simplified by the cost effectiveness of Algolith’s reconfigurable card. Should we choose to, we can repurpose the Algogear card to any one of their existing video processing solutions at no additional cost and help future-proof our facility. The cost savings was something we could not find with any other solution.”- David Kuipers, VP of Engineering for Austin PBS (KLRU-TV)  HoustonPBS“We needed a solution that would smoothly and seamlessly help us upconvert our SD signals to HD as a component of our HD transition toolkit and meet our viewers’ high standards for image quality,” said Marty Kirkland, director of engineering at HoustonPBS, KUHT-TV. “We had a particular requirement for superior conversion quality with aspect ratio control through AFD (Active Format Description) to help us maintain formatting control of our programming. We were also looking for true 708 standards support for closed captioning in HD.We were extremely impressed with the Algolith team at every level and commend them on their forward-thinking approach to broadcasting and the reconfigurable nature of their Algogear card. The cost savings was something we could not pass up. This gives us the choice and flexibility to extend the life of the card should we repurpose it in the future. I am becoming a big fan of the openGear frame and like the ability to reduce our spares inventory with one the Algogear card serving as a back up to many of our applications.” - Marty Kirkland, Director of engineering at HoustonPBS, KUHT-TV  Frederick County Public Schools“The Algogear Profanity Cleaner and Delay solution will be critical to the success of the broadcasting needs of our schools to keep our content ‘clean’ for our community audience. With parents as part of the audience as well as being participants in our live call-in show, shielding their children from unexpected profanity is essential to the program’s viability.”“The Algogear PDS works like a charm. Furthermore, the installation was a snap. We feel more confident and secure with a system like this in place that we are acting on behalf of the best interests of the community, especially younger members of our audience.” - Tim Dean, Television Manager for Frederick County Public Schools  Sunbelt CommunicationsKENV and KCWY selected Algogear‘s XVC-1001-UC Upconverter and XVC-1001-DC Downconverter along with the FRS-1002-MD Frame Synchronizer solutions for its advanced image quality, flexibility, and longevity." Both of these stations currently operate in SD. When our stations receive HD feeds, we need to upconvert our SD signals to HD to provide viewers with the choice of high image quality. The Algogear solution was both a high quality and affordable option for this transition. " - David Feher, Director of engineering at Sunbelt Communications, parent company of the two stations  Daar Communications" In order to handle around-the-clock coverage, we need solutions that are flexible, scalable and cost-effective. Algolith offers the best video noise reduction solution on the market for clean images for any remote signals – whether live or archived on tape, which is exactly what we need for these rigorous production events. ”" Having the ability to centralize the VNR-1002-MD in our network facilities offers uncanny flexibility and choice, and will play an integral role in helping DAAR succeed in delivering the most hours of sporting event programming ever. ” - Raymond Dokpesi, Chairman of Daar Communications  TQS" We expect our upcoming Extreme Fighting program to be very popular. We are receiving our feed from a downlink satellite (Galaxy 28) in English, and we need Algogear to delay the audio and video by five to 10 seconds to allow live audio translation to French for our French speaking viewers. Other card manufacturers we evaluated can’t easily offer this amount of delay on HD. We would have had to cascade many cards together in order to achieve the same result we are getting with one Algogear VLD card. ”- Patrice Lussier, Technical Director, of TQS  North Point Ministries" The best part about Algolith’s One Card, One Price More Choices program is that it will allow us to adapt to our production pipeline as our requirements change. "" We can use the cards to perform very specific and important functions on a regular basis. Then as system workflows change, as they often do, we have the flexibility to repurpose the cards as needed. In fact, when we first purchased our cards, we did not expect to utilize this feature so soon. Four months after the project's completion, there was a critical issue in signal flow that was resolved in less than five minutes. I can say, first hand, that Algolith has an extremely open, flexible, and cost-effective program. ” - Brendon Petty, Technical director at North Point Community Church  |
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