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I don't think there is any confusion here. All streams of data ranging from kilobits per second for low quality audio to 3 gigabits per second for 1080p/60 are potentially valid for transmission over a consumer network. It all depends on the functionality of the display device. If it is a dumb video display you may need to send it uncompressed video. If it has any one of a number of possible decoders then you can send the video compressed in those formats at lower data rates. All I was pointing out is that there are many other potential data rates for video between the 25Mbs DV and HDV formats and 1.5Gb/s (or higher) of uncompressed HD video.
Fred
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Lest we confuse... Also I would expect as the HDV or other HD
formats evolve that 50 or 100 mbs variants will emerge. If you want to do
high quality frame accurate editing of your video you don't really want to
capture it in an MPEG format with P and B frames. You want the original in an
all I frame format like DV. That takes a lot more bandwidth. 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)? -- Jim Battaglia Digital Entertainment Networking Pioneer Research Center USA, Inc. 101 Metro Drive, Suite 264 San Jose, CA 95110-1343 408-437-1800x203 408-437-1717 (fax) |