Satellites revolutionized long distance content delivery. Satellite receivers are the workhorses of the satellite based content delivery industry. The Virenza-S+S2™ is a new generation Professional HDTV frequency agile DVB-S and DVB-S2 receiver that demodulates all satellite frequencies and supplies crystal clear digital or analog video with all formats used by Broadcast Professionals in Europe, USA, Canada, Mexico, and Korea. It not only functions as a broadcast demodulator but also works extremely well as a professional H.264 and MPEG-2 decoder. The output of the demodulator is available on either DVB ASI or SMPTE 310M connectors. With its IP, DVB-ASI, or its DVB-S/DVB-S2 inputs, it is able to decode transport streams up to 45 mbps. Designed to support all the industry standard forms of the DVB standard, it supports 576i/480i, 576p/480p, 720p and 1080i decoding. Supported video outputs include both digital and analog formats with HD-SDI with embedded audio, SDI, YPrPb, RGB, and composite. Audio support is via embedded audio or via XLR connectors. Audio support includes analog audio output (L, R) on XLR’s. For Dolby Pro Logic audio output there is a front panel control to enable Pro Logic surround sound audio on the two XLR’s. For users looking for digital audio via PCM or compressed audio, the output TS via the BNC connectors and the outputs here are enabled via the MAIN/AUDIO/DIGITAL LCD menu. The compressed audio on the BNC has a Dolby AC-3 with 5.1 channels.