Encoding

Harmonic continues to lead the industry in delivering high quality MPEG-2 compression systems, with a range of solutions designed to meet a variety of needs. Harmonic’s SD MPEG-2 solutions include the Electra and Ion product families supporting multi-service and multi-channel video delivery as well as the MV products for single channel encoding.

For high definition MPEG-2 services, operators turn to the market-leading MV 500. As opposed to rate shaping which can result in a degradation of video quality, the MV 500 makes it possible for cable operators to deliver as many as four HD programs within a single 256-QAM channel. This represents a significant increase in channel density that can accelerate the transition to an all-HD world. Likewise, for terrestrial broadcasters seeking to increase viewership and revenue, the ability to introduce a second HD or additional SD channels in their allocated bandwidth opens up a range of new business models.