© Harmonic Inc. Manual p/n 101543/Ver 1.0 2-1 ProView 2900 Series/SW Version 1.94
Chapter 2
Introduction
The Harmonic ProView 2900 Series of Integrated Receiver Decoders (IRDs) presents a
professional MPEG-2 DVB and ATSC processing platform, designed to meet even the most
demanding application requirements while maximizing ease of use and flexibility.
This chapter describes:
• The ProView 2900 Series operating environment
• The ProView 2900 Series members' applications and general features.
• The ProView 2900 Series front and rear panel structure.
• The ProView 2900 Series characteristics and capabilities.
2.1. Operating Environment
The ProView 2900 Series concurrently decodes up to two video programs from the transport
stream.
The ProView 2900 Series features the following product lines:
• ProView 296x - Professional single 4:2:0 decoder.
• ProView 298x - Professional single 4:2:0/4:2:2 decoder.
• ProView 299x - Professional dual 4:2:0 decoders.
Housed in a true 1RU slim-line chassis and featuring low power consumption, the
ProView 2900 fully integrates with the Harmonic product platform.
2.1.1. Highlights and Benefits
The ProView 2900 platform’s main features and options include:
• MPEG-2 4:2:0/4:2:2 decoder
• Variety of front-end options including DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-DSNG, G.703, MPEG-over-
IP and DS3-ATM
• DVB-S2 professional
• MPEG-over-IP (MPEGoIP) inputs supporting up to 44Mbps (SPTS and MPTS):
Configurable De-Jitter delay
Physical Link Redundancy
Logical Source Redundancy
FEC (Forward Error Correction) ProMPEG CoP3v2
• MPEGoIP output supporting up to 60Mbps
• IP-over-MPEG output up to 60 Mbps (MPE decapsulation)
• 1 or 2 L-Band inputs
• ASI transport stream input and output
• Service and PID Filtering over the ASI and IP outputs (dynamic and static modes)
• DVB common interface (2 slots – 1 active simultaneously)
• SDI, AES/EBU and analogue outputs
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