Leader, manufacturer of electronic equipment and test instruments for the broadcast and telecommunications industries, has been selected for third time, as official provider for the Olympic Summer Games in Beijing 2008 and Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver 2010.

The units to be used by the Olympic Broadcasting systems (OBS) are the LV5800 & LV5820 among others. Leader equipment are recognized for their outstanding quality and extremely user friendly operational features, and so was demonstrated in Athens 2004 and Torino 2006.

These are some of the main features of the Multi Format Monitor LV5800 (SD-SDI & HD-SDI):

• Monitor and Display Up To Four SDI Sources Simultaneously
• Total Flexibility with Multi-Screen Setup
• Detects and Reports Errors In Time Code Continuity
• Capture, Store, and Review Screen Shots and Full Resolution HD Frames
• Up to four (4) input slots and each works independently
• Up to two (2) output slots and each works independently
• Up to 16 Dolby-E audio channels
• Support and auto-detected twenty-three standard SDI formats
• There are additional accommodations for 10 bit and 12 bit systems, which includes future handling of Y,Cb,Cr 4:2:2 and GRB 4:4:4 standards (Dual Link).
• Display the input signals in Waveform, Vector, 5-Bar, Picture, Audio, Data, and Status modes in various combinations
• USB and Ethernet connectors
• Remote Control
• Headphone Socket For Sound Monitoring
• An XGA (1024x768) TFT color LCD in an adjustable tilt front panel