Envivio Inc introduced the newest member of its 'Convergence' series of video encoders/decoders, with the introduction of its 4Caster C4 HD. By increasing appreciable video quality by up to 35% over previous generations and substantially reducing HD bit rate requirements below 6 Mbps, 4Caster C4 HD offers significant practical advantages for telcos, IPTV service providers and broadcasters.
Telecommunications and IPTV service providers can use quality augmentation at very low bit rates to deliver high-definition services over long distances on DSL networks, reducing the cost to upgrade their networks while offering the service to more users.
Transmitters can use the 4Caster C4 HD to optimize the use of their fixed bandwidth capacity, taking advantage of low bitrate requirements and thus adding more channels to their offering or increasing the quality of their existing channels.
