Sony Electronics Announced as U.S. Reseller of Harris Corporation’s Zandar QS100HD Quad "Multiviewer in a Card" Solution

CINCINNATI — Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, announced that Sony Electronics has become a primary reseller of the Zandar™ QS100HD Quad™ card solution in the U.S. market. Under the terms of this agreement, Sony will sell the QS100HD Quad card and provide first-line support for the combined QS100HD Quad card and Sony LUMA™ LCD monitor solution.

Part of the new range of Harris high-definition multi-image display solutions, the QS100HD Quad “multiviewer in a card” fits into the expansion slots of the Sony LMD-xx50W series of LUMA monitors. The QS100HD Quad card and Sony LUMA monitors together provide a revolutionary HD quad-split viewing solution that offers outstanding performance and image quality for HDTV monitoring environments. The QS100HD Quad card is ideal for outside broadcast/mobile production, master control room and production studio quality monitoring, where space saving is of the essence. It offers numerous control options, including the intuitive Z-Configurator™ layout editing software, to enable an easy setup and operation.

“The QS100HD quad-split card allows Sony to offer a high-performance multiviewer solution with our LUMA LCD monitors,” said Mark Bonifacio, senior marketing manager for Sony Electronics. “Its unique design offers our mutual customers a way to save both space and power, while maximizing their video production and viewing capabilities.”

“This important reseller agreement builds on the strong existing collaboration between Harris Corporation and Sony in the U.S. market,” said Tim Thorsteinson, president of Harris Broadcast Communications. “Sony has an extensive dealer network in the U.S., which will help allow prospective and existing customers to receive rapid information and best-in-class support for this one-of-a-kind multiviewer solution.”

Harris Broadcast Communications offers products, systems and services that provide interoperable workflow solutions that span the entire media delivery chain. The Harris ONE™ solution brings together highly integrated and cost-effective products that are ideal for emerging media business models and for customers upgrading media operations to digital and high-definition services.

Zandar, QS100HD Quad, Z-Configurator and ONE are trademarks of Harris Corporation. All other trademarks are held by their respective owners.