1080P/50: The Third-Generation HDTV System: Is it a Feasible Option for Production and Emission?

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: SMPTE Mot. Imag. J
Volume: 116, No. 4, pp. 149–155
Abstract: Recently introduced cameras provide outputs in 1920 × 1080 progressive with frame rates at 50 and 60 Hz (abbreviated 1080p50/60), and new studio interfaces are available that support the required baseband bit rate. In addition, the developments in mezzanine studio compression formats for 1080p50/60 further support the format in the production environment. One of the critical questions for the future of HDTV is whether the 1080p/50 HDTV format would provide a significant image-quality improvement when delivered to consumers, to justify its use, compared to the existing 720p/50 or 1080U25 HDTV formats. This paper presents the results of initial subjective tests to begin to answer this question. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) tests conditions, sequence selection, and coding of the sequences with MPEG-4 AVC, and subjective test are described. The results of the tests are presented and discussed, and a conclusion is drawn. First indications are that the “quality efficiency” of AVC compressed 1080p/50 may actually be higher than that of AVC compressed 1080i/25. This may sound like a surprising result, but some suggestions for the reasons are given.
Publication Date: 2007-04-01
DOI: 10.5594/J11465
ISSN: Print: 1545-0279 | Electronic: 2160-2492
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J11465
Author(s): H. Hoffmann
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Hans Hoffmann was born in Munich, Germany. He received an engineering diploma from the University of Applied Sciences, Munich, in 1992. Hoffmann joined the Institut fuer Rundfunktechnik (IRT) in 1992 as a member of the research staff in new television production technologies. In 2000, he moved as a senior engineer to the Technical Department of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). For the last three years, he has been involved in EBU activities on high-definition television in production and emission. — Hoffmann has chaired several EBU project groups. A Fellow of SMPTE, he has served as SMPTE technology committee chair and Engineering Director of Television. He is a regular contributor to several technology publications and conferences including IBC, NAB, FKT, and is a member of the FKT, SID, SMPTE, and IEE/IEEE.
T. ItagakiThe Audio Engineering Society and the Institution of Engineering and Technology, U.K.
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Takebumi Itagaki received a bachelor of engineering degree in applied physics from Waseda University Tokyo, Japan, in 1990; a post graduate diploma in music information technology from City University, London, U.K., in 1992, and a PhD in engineering from the University of Durham, U.K., in 1998. — Itagaki has been a lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University, U.K., since May 1988. Since September 2000, he has been a lecturer at the School of Engineering and Design, Brunei University, U.K. While in Brunei, Itagaki acted as a coordinator and a manager of EU-IST projects Savant (www.savant.tv/) and Instinct (www.ist-instinct.org/) and contributed to several EU-IST projects. His research interests include digital signal processing, realtime systems, parallel and distributed systems, interactive digital TV systems, and HDTV. — Itagaki is a member of the Audio Engineering Society and the Institution of Engineering and Technology, U.K.
D. WoodNew Media for the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
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David Wood is head of new media for the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the collective organization for Europe's 65 national broadcasters with an additional 60 associate members worldwide. The organization acts on matters of common interest to its members in television, radio, and multimedia, in sports coverage, news coverage, music, drama, and documentary, and in legal and technical matters. — Wood has chaired new media coordination activities for the EU-IST program for many years and chaired several Working Groups in the ITU. He is particularly interested in the future success of radio as a media form in the new media environment, and in the evolution of audio components of television. — Wood was educated at Southampton University in the U.K., the UNIIRT in Odessa, and the Harvard Business School, in the U.S. He worked for the BBC and the IBA in the U.K. before joining the EBU.
Copyright: © 2007 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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