Telecast's Rattlers are miniature fiber optic serial digital video transmission modules that offer the industry's broadest range of digital rates while maintaining the signal quality that broadcasters demand. Rattlers handle your HD-SDI as well as your standard definition signals. No matter what your format, the Rattlers allow you to transmit:

• 19.4 Mbps SMPTE 310M
• 143 to 540 Mbps SMPTE 259M
• 1.5 Gbps SMPTE 292M HDTV
• DVB/ASI

Telecast's unique family of Rattler 3G devices provide unprecedented modular flexibility to the industry's most widely used fiber optic transmitters and receivers. These miniature (3 inch long) serial digital transmission modules offer the entire range of digital video rates while maintaining the signal quality that broadcasters demand. No matter what your format, the Rattlers allow you to transmit up to 3 Gbps SMPTE 424M HD/SDI.

Low profile Python units can accommodate up to 16 SDI signals, all the way from 19.4 Mbps all the way to 1.5 Gbps uncompressed HD/SDI. Python II units are available in channel counts of 8 or 16 one way, or as bi-directional transceivers with 8 channels of video in both directions. Pythons are also interoperable with other Telecast SDI products.

The Python 3G converts up to four groups of four-channels of HD/SDI to pristine fiber optic transport, all in a compact 1RU frame.
No matter what your format, the Python II allows you to implement it, including:

• 19.4 Mbps ATSC
• 177 Mbps PAL composite
• 270 Mbps Serial component
• DVB/ASI
• 360 Mbps Serial component and compressed HDTV
• 3 Gbps HD-SDI