PHABRIX Unveils Qx Rasterizer: The Ultimate Toolset for Flexible, Future-Proof Broadcast Monitoring
November 5, 2024 – PHABRIX has launched the Qx Rasterizer, a high-performance solution designed to meet the diverse needs of modern broadcast production environments. Built for operational flexibility, the Qx supports SD, HD, UHD, SDR, and HDR formats across SDI and IP platforms, ensuring reliable performance from traditional to cutting-edge production setups.
Versatile SDI Toolset with Core Media Features
The Qx Rasterizer offers a comprehensive SD/HD-SDI toolset, with extensive core media features included as standard. Video professionals benefit from powerful analysis tools, QC functions, and 32-channel audio metering, as well as loudness measurement capabilities (5.1 and 2.0), ensuring superior monitoring and quality control across media workflows.
Customizable Interface for Enhanced User Control
A standout feature of the Qx Rasterizer is its fully customizable interface, enabling users to design displays tailored to specific operational tasks. Up to 16 instruments can be configured on a single 1920×1080 screen, and users can save display configurations using preset functions for quick recall, allowing teams to adapt the interface layout to diverse production requirements.
Enhanced HDR and WCG Analysis for High-Quality Imaging
The Qx is engineered to handle advanced HDR formats, supporting BT.2100 HLG, PQ, Sony S-Log3, and SR Live. With tools like the CIE chart, false color heat map, waveform, and vectorscope, users can achieve precise HDR analysis and WCG (BT.2020) monitoring, making it ideal for productions that demand exceptional image quality.
12G-SDI Physical Layer Analysis and SDI-STRESS Toolset
To address SMPTE compliance, the Qx includes a real-time Eye and Jitter toolset with hardware options for SD/HD/3G/6G/12G-SDI, delivering a robust solution for evaluating signal integrity. The optional SDI-STRESS toolset further enhances testing capabilities, enabling operators to diagnose and resolve SMPTE compliance issues effectively.
IP Monitoring Tools for ST 2110 Workflows
Supporting ST 2110 with 10GE IP, the Qx delivers comprehensive IP confidence monitoring, integrating seamlessly into HD-over-IP networks. The inclusion of ST 2059 PTP synchronization ensures compatibility and performance stability within IP-based workflows, equipping teams to manage the transition from SDI to IP.
With a feature-rich toolset that scales to a variety of broadcast and production needs, PHABRIX’s Qx Rasterizer is positioned as a crucial asset for professionals seeking flexibility, future-readiness, and operational control.
For more information, visit PHABRIX’s website.
