Grass Valley Pegasus - Reviewer’s Guide October 2007
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1.3 Key Features
• High-quality capture of HD and SD video using an onboard Canopus HQ hardware encoding chip
• Capture up to 1920x1080/60i, 50i* and 1280x720/60p, 50p video
• Capture PC display signals up to 1280x1024 without downscaling
• Capture via HDMI**, DVI†, S-Video, YUV and RGB component inputs
• Includes the HQ Recorder capture software, providing three capture modes: Auto capture (when an input
signal is detected), Manual capture and Scheduled capture
• Includes the Canopus Codec Pack, providing import of Canopus HQ AVI files into Windows-based video
applications
• Software Development Kit (SDK) available for free download at the Web site (
http://www.canopus.com/
products/Pegasus/index.php
), for software engineers to create their own Pegasus-based solutions
* 1080p capture is not supported
** HDMI support for 1.0 (HDMI 1.1-1.3, HDCP not supported)
† DVI capture requires an HDMI-DVI converter, sold separately
Note:
Video that contains copy control, such as Copy-once, Copy-never, or Macrovision cannot be captured.
1.4 SKUs and Pricing
Pegasus:
625219
$999,
€787
Pegasus with ProCoder 3 Bundle:
685268
$1199,
€
949
1.5 Shipping
Currently available.
1.6 Warranty
One-year limited warranty.
1.7 Supported Languages
HQ Recorder GUI support for English and Japanese.
