The Algogear Color Temperature Converter, part of the Algogear line of Signal Processing solutions, is the most cost-effective way today for newsrooms to control the color temperature of TV screens and computer monitors to allow proper color calibration and help ensure accurate display of colors to the viewing audience during live broadcasts. No other solution available on the market today is as cost effective.

Newsroom cameras, which are calibrated according the environment of the newsroom, shoot both the foreground (e.g., a host/news anchor) and the background which usually consists of many TV’s and/or monitors. In such cases, the color of foreground usually looks accurate in the television audience’s home. However, many audiences may find serious color distortions in the TVs and monitors being filmed. The TV/monitor colors often look extremely bluish which is caused by the disparity between the color temperatures of the background TV’s and the studio lighting.

With the number of TV screens and monitors used in Newsrooms today, broadcasters need a cost effective solution that will allow them to display TV and monitor colors properly during live broadcasts. Without proper color conversion, the colors on the TV screen will appear incorrect to the viewing audience.

The Algogear Color Temperature Converter, CTC-1004-MD converts colors such that when they appear on air, the colors appear as they were originally intended. CTC-1004-MD offers broadcasters significant cost savings with a high density, 4 channel per card solution to color correction for shooting within Newsrooms.

Key Features

• Converts TV/monitor images from a specific color temperature to another color temperature
• Provides true to life colors by correcting images for a wide range of color temperatures
• High density solution with 4 separate channels/card – significant cost savings
• SD/HD-SDI auto format detection
• Allows user to control and calibrate the output of the TV
• Input control: color temperature of original image
• Output: desired color temperature
• Users can store four different settings and assign names to those settings so they can be recalled by user
• Split screens
• Proc-Amp allows for further user control of hue and saturation
• Metadata support
• Embedded audio (passes audio on all 16 channels)
• Controlled by easy to use Dashboard (openGear) interface
• Field upgradable and future-proof with the ground-breaking ability to reprogram the card with any of the available Algogear solutions at any time, at no additional cost

Specifications

SD/HD SDI Video
Signal	SD (SMPTE 259M-C @ 270 Mbps) HD (SMPTE 292M @ 1.485, 1.485/1001 Gbps), Format autodetect
Supported Formats	SD 480i59.94, 576i50 HD 720p50, 720p59.94, 720p60, 1080i50, 1080i59.94, 1080i60
Ancillary Data	Passthrough
Video Inputs
Connectors	Four (4) BNC - Main Input One (1) BNC - Safe Input
Return Loss	SD >21 dB up to 270 Mbps HD >14 dB up to 1.5 Gbps
Impedance	75 ohms unbalanced
Video Outputs
Connectors	Four (4) BNC - Main Output
Return Loss	SD >17 dB up to 270 Mbps HD >11 dB up to 1.5 Gbps
Jitter	SD< 0.2 UI HD< 0.2 UI
Impedance	75 ohms unbalanced
Reference
Connectors	One (1) BNC, SMPTE 170 (Bi-level, Tri-level)
Control
Inputs	One (1) RJ-45 on frame
Software	DashBoard
Power	14 W
Warranty	Two years parts and labour
Ordering Information
Part No.
CTC-1004-MD	Algogear Color Temperature Converter
DFR-8321-CN	openGear Digital Frame, 2RU, 20 slots, modular rear, network card, cooling fans and one PS-8300 power supply
R2-10B	10 BNC rear I/O module for DFR-8321 Frame
SNMP-8310	SNMP monitoring
PS-8300	Addtional openGear power supply