Sisvel 3D Tile Format - Better PQ 3D Broadcasting

[daveh75]

Just spotted this, and thought it may be of interest to some.

Test transmissions of the Sisvel 3D channel have appeared on the Astra position at 19.2 degrees East. The broadcasts use Sisvel Technology’s 3D tile format, an innovative technique for formatting stereoscopic images that integrates two 720p frames within a single 1080p frame.

The reconstructed right and left images maintain full 720P spatial and temporal resolution, giving viewers of both versions the full benefit of the original picture. The 3D/2D-compatible system is already in use at QuartaRete TV in the Piedmont region of Italy as part of its DVB-T broadcast service, and is being tested for implementation by several broadcasters elsewhere in Italy.

The Sisvel 3D broadcasts are art of a shared transponder that now also houses the Astra 3D Demo channel as well as the AB Channel, RTS Sat and Radio Beograd.

Sisvel’s 3D tile format offers consumers with 3D TV equipment a full 3D viewing experience, while consumers with traditional 2D TV sets will appreciate the service in 2D. The technology behind 3D video is the transmission of two separate images (left and right), to reproduce human stereoscopic vision, packed in a single stream.

Traditional systems squeeze the left and right images into a single HD frame, and service providers reuse part of the existing production and the entire distribution infrastructure. This approach not only causes a loss in the video quality, halving the vertical or horizontal resolution of the source image, but also makes the 3D transmission unsuitable for viewing on 2D TV receivers. The challenge was to avoid the drawbacks of the current frame packing techniques, which Sisvel claims it has solved

http://www.sisveltechnology.com/3D_tile_format.asp

http://www.sisveltechnology.com/news/files/3Dwhitepaper.pdf

 

[micks_address]

is this using a different approach to the sky hd channel? can i tune it in on my skyhd box or freesat hd tv?

cheers
,mick

Just spotted this, and thought it may be of interest to some.

Test transmissions of the Sisvel 3D channel have appeared on the Astra position at 19.2 degrees East. The broadcasts use Sisvel Technology’s 3D tile format, an innovative technique for formatting stereoscopic images that integrates two 720p frames within a single 1080p frame.

The reconstructed right and left images maintain full 720P spatial and temporal resolution, giving viewers of both versions the full benefit of the original picture. The 3D/2D-compatible system is already in use at QuartaRete TV in the Piedmont region of Italy as part of its DVB-T broadcast service, and is being tested for implementation by several broadcasters elsewhere in Italy.

The Sisvel 3D broadcasts are art of a shared transponder that now also houses the Astra 3D Demo channel as well as the AB Channel, RTS Sat and Radio Beograd.

Sisvel’s 3D tile format offers consumers with 3D TV equipment a full 3D viewing experience, while consumers with traditional 2D TV sets will appreciate the service in 2D. The technology behind 3D video is the transmission of two separate images (left and right), to reproduce human stereoscopic vision, packed in a single stream.

Traditional systems squeeze the left and right images into a single HD frame, and service providers reuse part of the existing production and the entire distribution infrastructure. This approach not only causes a loss in the video quality, halving the vertical or horizontal resolution of the source image, but also makes the 3D transmission unsuitable for viewing on 2D TV receivers. The challenge was to avoid the drawbacks of the current frame packing techniques, which Sisvel claims it has solved

http://www.sisveltechnology.com/3D_tile_format.asp

http://www.sisveltechnology.com/news/files/3Dwhitepaper.pdf

 

[sonycentre]

No can't be used at the moment.

 

[sonycentre]

A new sony/discovery/imax 3d channel is launching on sky in 3d in july 2011,watch this space......

 

[daveh75]

is this using a different approach to the sky hd channel?

Yes, it's different to Sky SBS 3D

can i tune it in on my skyhd box or freesat hd tv? cheers ,mick

Existing kit would need a F/W update to use the 3D tile system, though it backwards compatiple for 2D, so you would see a 1280 x 720p 2D image on existing kit atm.

It's broadcasting on Astra 1 @ 19.2E not Astra 2/EB1 @ 28.2/28.5E that Sky/Freesat use, so unless you have dish aligned to 19.2E you wouldn't be able to receive it.

Also, Sky boxes used to be able to scan/store other sats, but they're f/w was nobbled years ago to prevent it A Freesat box/IDTV would be able to pick it up in 'non-Freesat/other sats mode' but again you'd need a dish aligned to 19.2E and you'd only see the 2D 720p images.