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HDMI 1.4 Paves Way for 3D TV
To achieve a 3D picture with any decent resolution, interface integrity becomes a major issue.
Just think how far TV has come over the last 10 years.
Compare it to 60 years of NTSC with its biggest improvement being the addition of color.
Since then, most of the improvements have been self-induced between scalers, line doublers and conditioners.
But DTV is so expandable. New features and improvements are announced almost annually. This is good!
The only real thing that gets in our way is the actual silicon that makes up our electronics. That said, the announcement that HDMI 1.4 supports 3D TVs allows makers to push forward toward real-life 3D viewing.
3D viewing is nothing new. Those of you who have been around as long as I have will remember the View Master system — really, the first commercial 3D viewer, developed in 1939. A "stereo image" gets computed in the mind to replicate human 3D viewing. Our brain takes advantage of motion parallax, binocular parallax, convergence and even history to name just a few.
The bottom line is, to achieve a 3D picture with any decent resolution, the interface integrity becomes a major issue. In addition, there would have to be some extra intelligence to manage each format.
Let's hope hardware makers can get on the stick and produce products that are compatible with each other.
Compare it to 60 years of NTSC with its biggest improvement being the addition of color.
Since then, most of the improvements have been self-induced between scalers, line doublers and conditioners.
But DTV is so expandable. New features and improvements are announced almost annually. This is good!
The only real thing that gets in our way is the actual silicon that makes up our electronics. That said, the announcement that HDMI 1.4 supports 3D TVs allows makers to push forward toward real-life 3D viewing.
3D viewing is nothing new. Those of you who have been around as long as I have will remember the View Master system — really, the first commercial 3D viewer, developed in 1939. A "stereo image" gets computed in the mind to replicate human 3D viewing. Our brain takes advantage of motion parallax, binocular parallax, convergence and even history to name just a few.
The bottom line is, to achieve a 3D picture with any decent resolution, the interface integrity becomes a major issue. In addition, there would have to be some extra intelligence to manage each format.
Let's hope hardware makers can get on the stick and produce products that are compatible with each other.
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About the Author
Jeff Boccaccio, President, DPL Labs
Jeff Boccaccio, president of DPL Labs, can be reached at either jeff@invisionstech.com or jeff@dplrating.org.
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Jeff, that article was fairly light on any real information. I think you can do better.