Analog Way's Eikos Awarded at the InAVation Awards 2011

Analog Way's Eikos multi-layer mixer seamless switcher was awarded Most InAVative Commercial Video Processing or Distribution Product at the InAVation Awards 2011, held during Integrated Systems Europe in Amsterdam.

Eikos offers up to 12 inputs, including four fitted with SDI and two fitted with DVI-D. With, the company says, state-of-the-art 100% digital processing, Eikos outputs digital and analog signals in DVI and VGA (RGBHV) simultaneously with a selection of many formats from HDTV to computer 2K. It offers three different operating modes: Multi Layer Mixer, 12 by 2 Seamless Native Matrix, and QuadraVision modes.

We are very proud that Eikos received this award following the votes of the global A/V community," says Franck Facon, marketing and communications director at the company. "Analog Way always kept on investing in R&D. This new prize is rewarding our efforts to provide our customers with smart, innovative, and powerful solutions."

In Multi Layer Mixer mode and thanks to its full frame and logo memory, Eikos can display up to six layers: three live sources, one frame, and two logos. Up to two PIPs can be displayed on a live background, or three PIPs on a still background. Live layers can be customized by the users with various attributes: Borders, movements, zoom, cut, fade, wipe, slide and smooth move.

Several other new effects are also available and can be combined during transitions (circle, size up and down, depth effects, flying PIP, flying zoom, crop, etc.).

Eikos uses one output as a preview and the other, the main output, for the audience. In addition to a classic preview, the product offers a still mosaic full preview function. This function enables easy and fast monitoring of the sources by displaying simultaneously still images of the 12 sources being handled.

In Seamless Native Matrix mode, Eikos offers a 12 x 2 scaled native matrix with true seamless switching. The switch between any of the 12 inputs can be in cut or fade and synchronized on the 2 outputs. In addition, up to two PIPs can be added on a still background in matrix mode. A mirror function allows to display a PIP sent on the first output on the second output. The PIP size and position are automatically restored on the second display, reducing the number of manipulations for the operator.

Eikos also offers a QuadraVision mode, allowing the display of four computer or video sources on the main output. The display of the four windows can be done according to 12 different pre-programmed presets with different window sizes and positions available. Different effects and transitions are also available to manage the windows (zoom, cut, fade, wipe, slide, smooth move, etc.). Logo and full frame can be recorded in the large non-volatile memory of Eikos: eight still logos, including an animated one, and eight full-screen frames. These elements can be uploaded from computer files via Ethernet LAN or RS232 connections or acquired from the displayed image.

Integrated Audio Stereo switcher features 12 inputs (eight analog and four from embedded SDI) and two outputs. An additional auxiliary input can be mixed into any output. Master volume and individual input level can be adjusted. Each input and output offers balanced or unbalanced connections.

The video output card provides SD or HD TV formats in various signals from composite video to HD SDI. This output can be used to record the show by outputting the same content as the main output. Thanks to a new non-proprietary link, the video out can be used with any cable.

Fully controlled from its own front panel as well as from its remote-control software (supplied) or from the Orchestra, RK-300, TRK-800 and the new Axion2 remote consoles, Eikos offers a large range of utilization. Equipped with TCP/IP and dual RS232, it can be updated with new features and functions improving its life time.

Eikos also comes in a light edition, Eikos LE (Ref. EKS400), to meet the needs of less complex projects.