Lumagen have listened carefully to the valuable feedback they received concerning the HDP and DVI form factors and have designed a new product. So I’m delighted to be able to tell you that the Lumagen Vision HDQ joins the ranks at £1599 and is available for pre-order in the UK.

The HDQ has same on-board processing as the HDP and HDP Pro but is full width and 1u high. With a great new look brushed face plate, the new HDQ finally has the aesthetics to match the performance.

HDQ has 4 DVI-I inputs (hdcp compliant) and an sdi input as standard for digital sources. The DVI-I inputs have the analogue pins (hence I designation) so can also accept RGBHV PC sources in analogue if you wish. The remaining analogue sockets are two hd/ed/sd component (which can be configured for SCART RGB), 2 svideo and one composite. The outputs are either by RGBHV analogue or by DVI-D. Think of it as a mini Pro with more digital inputs. All analogue signals except Svideo are by BNC connectors.

HDQ has all the features you currently need:

• Per pixel motion adaptive de-interlacing for both SD and HD sources
• 2:2 and 2:3 film detection for SD sources with the same for HD being developed for future download
• 10bit scaling up to 1080p output at your chosen refresh rate
• Advanced aspect ratio control
• 11 point RGB gamma control for exacting greyscale calibration
• Advanced colour decoder and y/c delay capability