Launch of Super-Resolution Transcoder by NEC
With spread of high definition television (HDTV) capable of supporting terrestrial digital broadcasting , viewer demand for high resolution programming is growing. However, when SD video gets rebroadcast via a HD television the images tend to blur resulting in a poor picture quality. Up to now, “multiple frame super-resolution ” technologies has been the way to overcome this issue through conversion of multiple image frames to HD, but this method suffers from the high cost plus it requires time in order for a large number of servers to process the image data. To address this issue, NEC developed a SRVC-1000 a super-resolution transcoder capable of analyzing and processing each frame of video data resulting in an improved clarity and smoothness of the edge of the images when they are expanded from SD (approximately 300,000 pixels, 640 x 480 dots) to HD (approximately 2 million pixels , 1,920 x 1080 dots). The SRVC-1000 is targeted at broadcasting organization by helping them to make effective use of existing SD video and cameras and to launch HD broadcasting with minimum amount of investment in new HD cameras and editing equipment. Furthermore, the SRVC-1000 will allow user to adjust image quality, including brightness, contrast as well as others.
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