Test and measurement broadcast technology company PHABRIX, with its global headquarters due west of Reading, England, is readying to unveil its new QxP next-generation waveform monitor at the April 2023 NAB Show.
With the same architecture as PHABRIX’s QxL rasterizer, the QxP offers an integral 3U multi-touch LCD screen with integral V-Mount or G-mount battery plates for portability. Designed for all production workflows, whether HD, UHD, SDR, HDR, SDI or IP, remote or conventional, PHABRIX says the QxP’s combined waveform monitor, generator and analyzer toolsets are designed “to meet the ever-changing demands of today’s hybrid environments.”
The QxP features a high-resolution image processing pipeline with support for deep color sources up to 12-bits. Users can access a choice of overlay, stacked and parade display modes, with the option of multi-colored, highlighted, green or monochrome traces. Nits scales and operation user-controlled nits markers are provided for SDR, HLG, PQ, S-Log3 and SR-live HDR formats. Rec 709 and Rec 2020 colorimetry is supported over the wide-range of YCbCr:422, RGB:444, SDI, 2110, SD/HD/2K/UHD/4K/EUHD formats for which PHABRIX is renowned.
For real-time IP production, the QxP provides support for generation and analysis of HD/3G/UHD/EUHD 2110 payloads on generic SFP28/25GbE interfaces. The unit’s flexible architecture offers in-field engineering-grade data view and ANC packet inspection tools together with optional upgrades for SDI-UHD/4K, 2110-UHD/4K 48-60p RGB (EUHD), PCAP, Dolby E Decode, HDR, and AV test signal generation. A factory-fitted hardware option provides RTE™ ‘Real Time Eye’ and jitter SDI analysis with the further option of a highly advanced SDI-STRESS toolset.
PHABRIX CEO Phillip Adams commented, “With all the functionality of our QxL rasterizer, but in a lightweight 3RU chassis, and with multiple interface control options, we really are offering our customers a next generation alternative to the traditional waveform monitor technology.”
