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    Contemporary Research highlights 232-ATSC HDTV tuner

    For commercial installations, the 232-ATSC can receive conventional cable channels as well as local HDTV broadcasts from an off-air antenna.
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    Setting up the 232-ATSC HDTV tuner can be done with on-screen menus, included IR remote, front-panel programming and RS-232 control commands.

    Contemporary Research’s new 232-ATSC HDTV tuner is a universal HDTV tuner, controllable via two-way RS-232 and discrete IR commands.

    Able to fit two-across in a 2RU rack space, the tuner outputs HDMI, RGB/component and composite video simultaneously. NTSC broadcasts are upscaled for HD display. Digital Dolby 5.1/PCM audio is available from HDMI, coax and optical connections as well as variable-level stereo audio. Setup is accomplished with on-screen menus, included IR remote, front-panel programming and RS-232 control commands.

    For commercial installations, the 232-ATSC can receive conventional cable channels as well as local HDTV broadcasts from an off-air antenna.

    For more information, visit www.crwww.com.

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