Re: [RE] Video question
Not speaking for Kevin, but based on earlier conversations with CE vendors,
MSOs, and content providers, uncompressed video is useful for:
1) Games (from console to display) ... currently only SD quality (that's
about 270 Mbit/sec in the US, as you noted) ... GigE can carry ... but the
next generation consoles support HD at 1080i or roughly 1.5Gbit/sec ...
2) Overlaying the UI from a STB or other residential gateway ... currently
requires uncompressed video because low cost STBs do not include MPEG2
*encoders* ...
3) Security/monitoring cameras ... although the fidelity requirements are
rather low, so cheap compressors are becoming available that meet this need
...
On 6/30/05 9:36 PM, "Geoffrey M. Garner" <gmgarner@comcast.net> wrote:
> In the discussions so far, the digital video has been assumed to either
> enter the residence from a service provider or originate in the residence at
> a DVD player. It seems that both cases, at least at present, use compressed
> digital video. Are there applications that involve uncompressed digital
> video (or are there expected to be such applications)?
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