Pixels and Halide — A Natural Partnership?

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: SMPTE J
Volume: 103, No. 5, pp. 306–311
Abstract: A Los Angeles-based body representing the major film studios, the Technology Council of the Motion Picture and Television Industry, recently proposed a change in the way motion-picture productions are transferred from film to tape for video distribution. The stimulus for the proposal is that the present transfer method is placing an increasing cost and complexity burden on the studios because of the proliferating number of video distribution formats that have to be derived from each film original; to avoid picture-quality compromises, each output variant has typically required a fresh transfer, implying that the full costs of film handling and labor-intensive operations such as color correction have to be borne each time. The Technology Council proposes instead that an electronic representation of the film original be made that is sufficiently generic to all desired output variants that it need be made only once. This article outlines the significant technical features of the Technology Council proposal and considers their implications and impact from the point of view of a manufacturer of the equipment that would be involved, in particular the high-definition telecine and videotape recorder.
Publication Date: 1994-05-01
DOI: 10.5594/J02122
ISSN: Print: 0036-1682
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J02122
Author(s): David J. BancroftBTS Broadcast Systems GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany.
Copyright: © 1994 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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1. Position statement , Technology Council of the Motion Picture and Television Industry , Montreux, Switzerland , June 1993 . EXTERNAL
10. Poetsch D. Cosgrove A. J. , “A Digital CCD Telecine for HDTV — Joint Development of Eastman Kodak and BTS GmbH,” 135th SMPTE Tech. Conf., Oct. 31, 1993 . EXTERNAL
11. Heitmann J. K. R. Schiffler W. Vaanholt H. A. , “An Experimental Digital 1.2 Gbit/sec VCR for 1250/50 HDTV Signals as a Base for a Truly Universal Recording Format Handling Data Signals of Various HDTV Standards,” presented at 135th SMPTE Technical Conference, Los Angeles, Oct. 31, 1993 . EXTERNAL
2. Stumpf R. J. , “Defining a Film Digital Mastering Format — A Project of the Technology Council of the Motion Picture-Television Industry,” presented at 135th SMPTE Technical Conference Los Angeles, Oct. 31, 1993 . EXTERNAL
3. In the case of a release print that has sound tracks on it, the scanning should cover the full limits of the printed picture area. EXTERNAL
4. American Cinematographer's Manual , ASC Press , Hollywood : 1993 . EXTERNAL
5. The exact numbers are 1440, to give 1080 active lines out (U.S. distribution); and 1536, to give 1142 active lines out (European distribution). EXTERNAL
6. The exact number is 1920 × 2.35/1.777 = 2538. EXTERNAL
7. International Telecommunications Union (ITU/CCIR) Rec. 601. EXTERNAL
8. Letter from R. Hopkins, ATSC Committee, to K. Davies, SMPTE, Aug. 17, 1993 . EXTERNAL
9. The rate is actually approximately 29.97 frames/sec. EXTERNAL

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