PRESS RELEASE
20 August 2009
Skyquest adds the missing piece
to the HD jigsaw
Skyquest Aviation will unveil the first-ever production
model HD (High Definition) video recorder at Helitech.
Aimed firmly at the airborne surveillance sector, the
world’s first lightweight HD recorder – a
mere ten per cent the size and weight of the equivalent
commercial device – allows a full mission’s
worth of HD video to be stored on a standard compact
flash card. Back on the ground, all that footage can
then be burned onto a single Blu-ray™ disk.
Technical director Anthony McQuiggan says that Skyquest
is the first company to offer air units a compact,
airworthy HD recorder. “Our sophisticated algorithms
allow us to offer the highest quality 1080p HD images,
compressed on to conventional storage devices. It’s
a matter of using more efficient compression techniques – we
can store up to ten times the amount of data onto a
standard 32GB flash card than can our competitors.
“Not only that, but two cards can fit into the
same device – when one is full, the other will
automatically start recording.”
The Skyquest VRDV-5000 series recorder is interchangeable
with its SD equivalent, the VRDV-3000. It has been
tested with market-leading airborne systems and, as
well as law-enforcement, is particularly suitable for
SAR and border patrol operations. At Helitech (Booth
1112) the company will display the results of these
tests: actual HD footage, taken with an HD camera,
recorded on the VRDV -5000 series recorder and shown
on a 50cm (20-inch) Skyquest HD display.
Says McQuiggan, “for the first time, observers
can record and play back the full HD experience to
their control rooms, with no loss of quality and while
minimising weight and bulk in the cabin.” He
adds, “as well as the 50cm display, we will be
showing our airborne footage on a new 18 cm (7 inch)
widescreen full HD video display.”
About Skyquest
Skyquest Aviation supplies industry leading video
display, video distribution, video recording and
video transmitting technology for airborne surveillance
aircraft. Worldwide customers include police, customs,
coastguard, border patrol, military, search & rescue,
air ambulance and government agencies. It also supplies
directly to OEMs and prime contractors worldwide,
as well as most of the world's leading aircraft manufacturers.
For further information contact Geoff
Turner on +44 1628 891017 or visit Skyquest.com
