Cobalt’s Commitment to Pro AV Solutions

Suzana Brady, SVP of Global Sales and Marketing for Cobalt, stated, “Cobalt has been developing Pro AV solutions for many years. Our integrators, resellers, reps, and end-users have been our customers for years. Now it is time to bring the products to them at InfoComm, the largest Pro AV trade show in North America. We are excited to share the Cobalt experience with those who need to save space but require dense, yet quiet solutions.”

SAPPHIRE SERIES – Conversion Solutions

The COBALT® SAPPHIRE Converter series caters to a wide range of applications with form factors ranging from the BBG series of palm-sized mini converters to rack-mounted openGear® cards. The SAPPHIRE BBG mini converters can be mounted directly behind a monitor, providing high-quality design, function, and reliability in a compact package that saves rack space. These units display received Baseband or JPEG-XS content on HDMI monitors cost-effectively, including content from WAN connections. These quiet converters are ideal for trucks, educational institutions, corporate settings, or houses of worship. The BBG units are available in single, dual, and quad-channel models, capable of fully asynchronous operation and are IPMX-compliant.

The COBALT® SAPPHIRE openGear® converter cards optimize space for greater installation integrity. The SAPPHIRE 9926 openGear® HDMI-to-SDI converter cards offer two or four independent paths of 12G and HD conversions from HDMI to SMPTE 424M, 292M, or 259M. Each channel includes frame sync and full input and output audio crosspoints, with optional per-path color correction and scaling. Additionally, the SAPPHIRE 9927 dual-channel openGear® SDI-to-HDMI converter and the COBALT SAPPHIRE BIDI-2H2S dual-channel bidirectional HDMI to SDI / SDI to HDMI converter are available.

WAVE Family of Multi-Format Routers and Control Panels

COBALT® WAVE RTR-64×64 and WAVE RTR-32×32 12G-SDI midsize routers provide exceptional flexibility and can be integrated into various applications, supporting signals up to 12G-SDI. These high-density, crosspoint solutions are housed within a compact 4U chassis and are controlled by COBALT WAVE control panels, available in four models: CP-44, CP-42L, CP-78, and CP-84L.

COBALT ARIA OG-AUD4-DANTE – Advanced Audio Solutions

The COBALT® ARIA OG-AUD4-DANTE is a 12G 4-channel unit that simultaneously embeds and de-embeds audio between SDI, DANTE, AES, and MADI with flexible routing and mixing capabilities, including built-in Frame Sync. ARIA is ideal for managing audio in large studio facilities, sports venues, concert halls, and houses of worship where multiple audio channels need to be carried, multiplexed, and combined with video.

PACIFIC Encoder and Ultra Low-latency Decoder

COBALT® PACIFIC 9992-ENC software-defined broadcast openGear® encoders bring broadcast-grade technology to Pro AV. This software-defined architecture supports up to 4 channels with HEVC video encoding for compression efficiency while also supporting existing MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC. The PACIFIC ULL-DEC card decodes H.262 (MPEG-2), H.264 (AVC), and H.265 (HEVC), offering comprehensive audio decoding capabilities.

BBG-1300-FR RACK – Portable Solutions

The COBALT® BBG-1300-FR openGear® frame is perfect for remote applications. The enclosure can house two cards in a split width or one card in a standard width rear I/O module. Three units can fit onto a single 1 RU tray for maximum portability.