Editing Integrated receiver/decoder (section)

==Professional IRDs==
Commonly found in [[radio]], [[television]], [[Cable television|Cable]] and [[satellite]] broadcasting facilities, the IRD is generally used for the reception of contribution feeds that are intended for re-broadcasting. The IRD is the interface between a receiving [[satellite dish]] or [[Telecommunications company|Telco]] networks and a broadcasting facility video/audio infrastructure. 

Professional IRDs have various features that consumer IRDs lack such as:

* SDI outputs.
* [[Asynchronous serial interface|ASI]] inputs / outputs.
* [[Professional video over IP|TSoIP]] inputs.
* [[AES/EBU]] Audio decoding.
* [[Vertical blanking interval|VBI]] reinsertion.
* [[Widescreen signaling|WSS]] data and pass through.
* [[MPEG transport stream|Transport stream]] demultiplexing.
* [[Genlock]] input.
* [[Frame synchronization]] of digital video output to analogue input.
* [[Closed captioning|Closed captions]] and [[Video signal generator|VITS]]/[[Issue tracking system|ITS]]/[[Vertical interval timecode|VITC]] Insertion.
* Video [[Test card|test pattern]] generator.
* Remote management over [[Local area network|LAN]]/[[Wide area network|WAN]].
* [[General Purpose Input/Output|GPI]] interface - For sending external alarm triggers.
* [[19-inch rack|Rack]] mountable.