HQView-500 Series comes in four versions HQView-500S, HQView-510, HQView-520 and
HQView-530.
HQView-5xx processors are designed to provide users with a powerful and flexible method of
driving large display devices, and multiple screen applications including flexible geometry
correction functions, soft edge blending and projection mapping.
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HQView-5xx is a very flexible image scaler developed specifically for driving large screen displays and
multiple screen applications from video or graphics sources.
HQView-5xx features state of the art digital image processor which provides market leading HD & SD
per-pixel multiple Iow-angle motion-adaptive de-interlacing and automatic film pull-down correction for
3:2 and 2:2, significantly outperforming the capabilities of benchmark competitor products. HQView-5xx
features excellent image processing algorithms for the very best scaling, film and video noise reduction
and MPEG artefact reduction.
HQView-5xx uses a very flexible high performance video input front end including true component video
support in analogue YPbPr and RGBS formats and 3GSDI/HDSDI/SDI digital formats as well as
composite (CVBS) and YC/S-Video inputs. A very high performance video decoder is utilised with 4x
oversampling and 3D Y/C separation for outstanding video image clarity. HDMI and DVI video with
HDCP encryption is also supported, as are computer graphics inputs in SVGA analogue and HDMI/DVI
digital formats.
The output format can be set to I/O Lock mode where it locks the output frame rate to the input frame
rate dynamically without frame rate conversion so as to reduce system latency, or it can be set to a fixed
output frame rate for driving basic screens which are not 50Hz-compatible. A Low latency mode with
non-motion adaptive reduced processing is available to further reduce latency.
The output format can also be set to lock to an externally provided synchronization signal.
Outputs are available in VGA analogue and DVI digital formats as well as 3GSDI serial digital formats
which are useable simultaneously so that one output can drive the screen while the other runs a local
monitor.
Note for the SDI output:- not all PC output formats are supported by 3GSDI standards in which case the
3GSDI output is disabled. Also note that if an HDCP encrypted signal is connected to the HDMI or DVI
input, the DVI output signal will be similarly HDCP encrypted and the outputs that cannot be encrypted
(VGA analogue and the 3GSDI output) will be disabled.
Interlaced outputs are supported, there is a vertical temporal filter facility which greatly reduces interlace
flicker.
HQView-5xx supports Pan, Tilt and Zoom to select a ‘region of interest’ portion of the input image, fill
the screen and pan/tilt within it.
HQView-5xx can be operated with different firmware. At time of issuing this document four firmware
versions are available. Each firmware version provides different feature sets controlled through the
menu. Special emphasize is given in the discussion of the OSD (On Screen Display) menu system in
the corresponding chapters.
In the basic configuration HQView-500S used for single display installations Picture in Picture
functionality is provided.
The next version is the HQView-510 for multi screen or multi projector installations such as geometry
correction, Auto Zoom and Edge Blend with elaborate Black Level Uplift.
Edge Blend electronically reduces the brightness level of certain image regions to seamlessly match the
brightness of overlapping areas. Auto Zoom automatically crops and zooms the input video image to
display a section of the total image on the corresponding projector or screen. Embedded warp allows
adjustment of the image in a projection scenario to match a rotated, tilted or curved screen. For 9:16
portrait mode signage special predefined portrait modes are available to rotate and stretch a video
image to fill a +/-90° rotated display panel.
HQView-520/530 adds free form warp capability for non-flat screens in single or multi projector
installation. W arp maps created with the PC tool “Warp Generator” can be uploaded into HQView520/530 and processed accordingly.
System control is via an OSD controlled by keys on the front panel or through the inbuilt TCP/IP web
1.2.
server.
HQView-530 features a front panel LCD menu and a jog wheel instead of keys for easier and faster set-
up and allows the user immediate access to the menu without the need to use the OSD.
Additionally a free API manual is published on our website at the link given below to allow the use of the
HQView-5xx is designed to accept the following input signals:
Composite video via BNC
Composite video via RCA
S-Video via 4-way miniDIN
YPbPr or RGBS or RGsB SD/ED/HD component video via 3 or 4 BNC connectors
3G-SDI/HD-SDI/SDI (Serial Digital Interface) via BNC
VGA/SVGA analogue (computer interface) via 15HDD
DVI (Digital Visual Interface) via DVI-I (supporting a digital and 2nd analogue VGA input)
HDMI via HDMI connector
Product Specification
This section provides technical details for all possible inputs.
Please note that not all possible input options are applicable to all output formats.
Power Supply Requirement
100V-264VAC 50/60Hz connected via a standard IEC connector located on the rear panel.
Video Inputs
Composite via BNC and RCA connector, S-Video via 4-way mini DIN socket
Signal formats Composite (CVBS), S-Video (Y/C)
Via 3 or 4 BNC connectors
YPbPr (YUV), YPbPrS, RGsB and RGBS component video, menu selectable.
Signal formats 484i (480i) and 576i (SD), 480p, 576p (ED), 720p, 1080i at 50, 59.94 and 60Hz and
1080p at 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97 and 30Hz.
Please note this input does not support Computer SVGA signals which should be connected via the
Computer SVGA input, The SVGA input supports the separate H & V syncs.
3G-SDI Input
Format: SD-SDI, HD-SDI and 3G-SDI YCbCr 4:2:2 serial digital component video
Input impedance: 75 ohms.
SMPTE 292M, SMPTE 259M-C and SMPTE 424M compliant, accepts 484i, 576i, 720, 1080i and 1080p
single link formats at 270Mb, 1.485Gb or 2.97Gb rates.
Signal formats: DOS, VGA – WUXGA up to 165MHz pixel clock
RGB video level 0.7V - 1.0V
RGB input impedance 75 Ohms
Sync format Separate H & V sync at TTL/5V levels.
HDMI & DVI Inputs
HDMI 1.3 with or without HDCP, 36-bit Deep Colour video compatible.
DVI-D input with or without HDCP
Signal formats -video
484i and 576i (SD) in double-rate formats (1440 pixels per line), 480p, 576p (ED), 720p, 1080i at 50,
Signal formats – computer
DOS, VGA – WUXGA up to 165 MHz pixel clock
Audio Output
HQView-5xx features an S/PDIF coaxial digital audio outputting HDMI audio.
Display Output
Three output connectors are provided which are useable simultaneously, provided that the input signal
is not HDCP encrypted.
When the input signal has HDCP encryption, the DVI-D output connector will carry a similarly HDCP
encrypted signal, the VGA and 3G-SDI connectors will be disabled.
When an HDCP encrypted signal is input, but the display device does not support HDCP, the
output image will turn black and a message indicating HDCP Signal will come up to indicate this.
There is a DVI-D output and a VGA style output. Both conform to normal VESA standards for
connectors and pin outs for these signal types.
The DVI-D connector will support HDMI 1.3 with 36-bit video and HD audio formats when connected to
a suitable HDMI 1.3 receiver.
The 3G-SDI BNC output supports the same formats as accepted by the 3G-SDI input (see section
2.4.4.).
Note: The processor’s HDCP compliance can be turned off. This is of importance particularly when
using a MAC computer as the source. A MAC will encrypt it’s output signal if a compliant device is seen
attached to it’s output. By turning off the HQView processor’s compliance the MAC will see a non-
compliant device and therefore will not encrypt its output.