A Layered Image Delivery Architecture for Digital Cinema

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY
Doc Type: Conference Paper
Content Type: Original Research
Volume: 2003, No. 1, pp. 1–18
Abstract: There has been much discussion in the cinema industry about what constitutes an acceptable quality level for Digital Cinema. The display technology is still in its infancy, which has prevented objective testing of every aspect of digital display systems. This has led to speculation about the pixel count that will ultimately be required for the application. Pixel counts have been proposed that far exceed the requirements of the human visual system under typical theatre viewing conditions, and also exceed the capability of known interfaces. This paper presents an examination of the issues surrounding the selection of a pixel count, and presents a workable approach for supporting the delivery of multiple quality levels to the theatre, without the need for new interfaces.
Publication Date: 2003-02-01
DOI: 10.5594/M001005
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/M001005
Author(s): David Richards
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David Richards is an engineer with Christie Digital Systems. He serves on several of the SMPTE DC28 committees as well as the Film Technology committee and Projection Technology committee. He is past chair of the SMPTE Hollywood section, and was Program Chair for the first and second SMPTE Film Conferences, held in 1997 and 1998. He is the author of several papers and articles for various trade publications.
Copyright: © 2003 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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1. SMPTE Engineering Guideline 18, “Design of Effective Cine Theatres” . EXTERNAL
2. “Image Resolution of the One-CCD Palomar Motion Picture Camera” Smith Charles , SMPTE 37 th Advanced Motion Imaging Conference, February 2003. EXTERNAL
3. ITU Document 6SCOM/55 (Rev. 1) 35mm Cinema Film Resolution Test Report. DLP and DLP Cinema are trademarks of Texas Instruments. EXTERNAL

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