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OVERVIEW

Snell & Wilcox leads the world in conversion & restoration technologies. Our standards conversion products are universally recognized as the industry benchmark, and our signal processing and real-time restoration systems provide the most sophisticated solutions available. Our comprehensive range of conversion products also includes HDTV up/down/cross conversion, format conversion, and a wide variety of analog-to-digital conversion products.

Standards Conversion
We offer the world's most comprehensive range of standards conversion products. From compact linear converters, to mid-priced motion compensated converters, to our flagship Alchemist Ph.C and DEFT+ converters, Snell & Wilcox offers standards conversion products for virtually every professional application.

Key to our success in motion compensated conversion is our Emmy® Award winning Ph.C motion estimation technology. Ph.C is the most powerful and accurate form of motion estimation available today. When combined with our signal processing and picture building expertise, Ph.C powered converters deliver transparent results, from even the most complex images.

HDTV Conversion
Snell & Wilcox has a long pedigree of delivering the highest quality HDTV converters. We shipped our first HD products in 1988 and won an Emmy® award in 2000 for our pioneering development of HD upconversion and downconversion. Today we produce a wide range of HDTV up/down/cross conversion products, from compact modular products to sophisticated rack-mountable solutions that incorporate powerful composite decoding, noise reduction and other important features. No matter what the application there is a Snell & Wilcox HDTV converter that delivers the best possible quality at a highly competitive price.

Restoration
Snell & Wilcox has deep experience in technologies that restore and convert television images-whether for transmission on various global broadcast systems or for distribution on DVD and other release platforms. Whether it be vintage films or classic television series, advanced restoration technologies can now turn old archives into income producing assets.

The Archangel Ph.C real-time restoration system applies a comprehensive range of filtering and stabilization processes - all in real time-to provide superior digital restoration for a wide range of content. It's a real-world solution for transferring archives to a modern storage medium; for mastering vintage programs or motion pictures onto DVD; and for producers wishing to insert archive material into current day productions.

Integrated with Snell & Wilcox's exclusive Ph.C motion estimation technology, the system can correct artifacts on both 525 and 625 originated film and video originated material. It cleans, fixes and stabilizes any video material that has deteriorated or been damaged, either by age or other factors.

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