Product specifications

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Product Overview
Flex Circuit
The new flexible (flex) circuit connects the Meridien III digital media
board set to the 3D DVE effects board as an over-the-top connection.
The flex circuit is not needed when you upgrade an existing
Meridien II system to a Meridien III system in the IBM 6889 system
(you can use the hard, over-the-top connector as you did with the
Meridien II system).
Meridien II Digital Media Board Set
The Meridien II digital media board set is a Meridien II PCI board and
a Meridien II daughter board that provides a PCI interface for direct
memory access (DMA) on the system, specific Avid Xpress features,
and compression and decompression functions, all of which are
controlled by the dongle. The board set also interfaces the original 3D
DVE effects board, and acts as an interface to the Meridien I/O box.
Flex Circuit
The new flexible (flex) circuit connects the Meridien II digital media
board set to the original 3D DVE effects board as an over-the-top
connection. The flex circuit is not needed when you upgrade an
existing Meridien II system in the IBM 6889 system (you can use the
hard, over-the-top connector as you did with the original Meridien II
system).
Meridien 3D DVE Effects Board
The Meridien 3D DVE effects board provides 3D video effects to
enhance video production. The board uses one PCI slot. There are two
types of 3D DVE effects boards depending upon the system you order:
• Original Meridien 3D DVE effects board (Genie effects board).
• The new Meridien 3D DVE effects board set (Mercedes effects
board).