Pixelhue F4 is a powerful modular mainframe presentation switcher designed for simple management of multiple displays in entertainment or visual management systems. Up to 8 input and 6 output boards, power supplies and main control board are on field replaceable. Offers a multitude of input display formats and display outputs with support for free-form displays, functionality not available on F4 lite.
Based on the latest FPGA chipset, the F4 enables stable, fast, overall better image performance and outputs 4K @ 60 Hz 4:4:4 10-bit uncompressed video. Features 64 SL mixing layers, 32 x DL mixing layers or 16 x 4K mixing layers, virtual pixel support, 2 multi-viewer outputs with flexible layouts, adjustable borders and UMD, input sync with Genlock, EDID management (including resolution standard, custom resolution, and advanced resolution settings), and more.
Built with environmental protection in mind, F4 is a great long-term solution, making it easy to upgrade via modules for future use.
Technical characteristics
- Based on Apollo pure FPGA architecture
- Modular design, field-swappable I/O cards, power supplies and main control card
- Removable and swappable dual power supplies
- Up to 32 x 2K 60p inputs and 24 x 2K 60p outputs
Inputs
- Standard, custom and advanced EDID settings common resolutions: 1920 x 1080p @ 60 Hz, 3840 x 1080p @ 60 Hz and 3840 x 2160p @ 60 Hz, etc.
- Input source deinterlacing processing
- Input source cropping
Outputs
- Standard, custom and advanced output timing settings
- Output width can be up to 8192 pixels, better choice for LED applications
Multiviewer outputs
- Two dedicated output connectors configured as MVR connectors, with a fixed resolution of 1920 x 1080p @ 60 Hz
- Monitor all inputs and screens (PV W and PGM)
- UMD display and color adjustment
- MVR bac kground color adjustment
- Customizable layouts for easy use
- Border adjustment for MVR window
AUX
- AUX screens supported AUX connector can be in independent or mosaic use
- AUX screen can follow the preset switching
- Free view of inputs and screens (PGM)
Screens
- Outputs configured as single screens or edge-blended widescreens
- Bezel compensation and edge blending
- Irregular screen mosaic and output AOI function, ideai for complex and irregular LED screen applications
- Dedicated BNC with loop-through for Genlock to ensure a synchronized output
- Virtual pixels supported
- Up to 128 presets
Transition and effect
- Send PV W to PGM via Take, Cut or T-bar operation
- Fade transition
- Customizable transition durations
- Copy or swap display on PVW and PGM
Layers
- Each output card supports up to 8 x SL mixing layers, 4 x DL mixing layers or 2 x 4K mixing
- Full screen roaming supported
- Fade and cut transitions on ali layers
- Adjustable layer mark and border with different border effects
- Layer flipping, copying and mirroring
- Pure color layer can be used as bac kground
BKG & logo
- BKG can be a captured or imported image
- Unlimited BKG quantity in 512 MB storage space
- Imported logo images supported
- Independent BKG and logo for each screen
- BKG fills the whole screen bny default
Processing
- High quality scaling engine
- Low latency processing
- Compliant with HDCP 1.4 and HDCP 2.2
Control
- Intuitive control via U3 event controller
- Dual control modes, U3 event controller and control PC
Others
- Free conversion between HDR10, HLG and SDR
- User keys (containing layer properties such as size, position, border color, etc.) for more convenient and fast layer properties configuration
