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Audio Authority 1361
Component or PC Video Down-Converter
Audio Authority 1361 HDTV or PC Downconverter
The Audio Authority 1361 Component Video or PC Down-converter provides an elegant solution for using standard definition televisions in HDTV distribution systems, or with computers. It solves problems with mismatched formats and resolutions. It can handle any HDTV format up to 1080i, and it is also appropriate for computer resolutions up to 1600 x 1200 @ 60Hz.
Supported HDTV input resolutions include 480i/p, 576i/p, 720p, and 1080i. PC input resolutions include VGA, SVGA, XGA, SXGA, and UXGA. If you need to down-convert 1080p, you might want to consider the 1360. The 1361 features simultaneous output via composite video, S-Video, and component video.
The 1361 comes with an IR remote control, making it simple manage scaling, pan, position, zoom and aspect ratio.
Like most Audio Authority products, the 1361 comes with a one year limited warranty from the manufacturer.
Audio Authority's Description
HD Component Downconverter
Model 1361
- Converts component or VGA signals to SD composite, s-video, and component video
- Includes component and VGA passthrough, preserving original signal
- Advanced onscreen setup menu
- Adjustable image size and aspect ratio settings
- Supports component resolutions from 480i to 1080i
- Supports PC resolutions up to 1600x1200
Perfect for interfacing HD and SD signals from an Audio Authority AVAtrix system into a standard-definition television.
Mixed Signal Distribution Systems
Many satellite receivers and cable boxes do not offer simultaneous output on YPbPr and composite outputs. To distribute the same signal to TVs with HD component inputs as well as TVs with composite or S-Video inputs, a quality down-converter is needed to make both resolutions of the same content available to the distribution system.
- Switchable PC or HDTV Inputs
- NTSC or PAL Outputs, Composite, S-Video or Component
- Supports PC Inputs up to UXGA (1600x1200@60Hz
- Supports HDTV inputs up to 1080i
- Loop thru inputs - Both PC and HDTV
- Adjustable image scaling: Pan, Position and Zoom
- Aspect Ratio adjustment
- Remote Control with On Screen Display
- Supplied with PC Input/Output Cable, Component, Composite and S-Video Output Cables
Model 1361 Component Down Converter generates a standard analog NTSC or PAL video signal from an HD component or PC video signal. Output is either composite and S-Video or standard definition component (YCbCr) format, with HD Pass-thru. Any HD signal up to 1080i can be converted to standard analog video. It can also handle computer resolutions up to UXGA (1600 x 1200 at 60Hz) vertical refresh rate.
The Model 1361 settings are controlled via front panel push-button, an IR remote or an RS-232 interface. The over-scan feature allows you to fill the entire video screen. The aspect ratio can be switched between wide screen and standard display.
Product Dimensions (H-W-D, inches):
- 2” x 8” x 6”
Downloads
- Product Focus Sheet: 1360 and 1361 (PDF)
- Comparison Chart: Video Downconverters (PDF) - Compare Models 1361 and 1360
- 1361 User Manual (PDF)
Here is a back view of the 1361.
The remote control for the 1361 provides on screen display.
A quick glance at a comparison between the 1361and the 1360 video down-converters
The focus sheet, in PDF format, explains some of the differences between the 1361 and the 1360.
Here is the user manual in PDF format.
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