High-Definition Imaging Systems

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July 2001

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Recent Developments

• More Bad News for HDTV
• Trouble for B2C Video Streaming?
• DTT via PC
• Longer-Term Hope for B2C Applications?
• DTV-Labeling Decision from FCC
• Copyright-Protection Resolution
• Holdup for HD DVD

Updates

Importance of the Technology

The Technology in Brief

• Image Capture
• Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Devices
• Image Compression
• Image Processing
• Image Storage
• HDTV DVD
• Image Transmission
• High-Definition Displays
• Imaging Software

Commercial Development Parameters

• Timing
• General Constraints
• Demand Factors
• Synergistic Technologies
• Competing Technologies

Areas to Monitor

• Visual Data Representation
• Networked Simulations
• High-Data-Rate Link for Workstation Clusters
• Image-Database Search-and-Retrieval Tools
• Integrated Image Management Systems
• Limited Auxiliary-Broadcast Spectrum
• Colorimetry Consistency
• Image Distribution by Internet or Intranet
• HDTV Displacement by Datacasting
• E-Cinema Adoption
• FCC/U.S. Congress HDTV Regulation

Implications

• RISC-Based Personal Computing
• Wintel-Based Personal Workstations
• DBS and HDTV in the United States
• HDIS and Changes in Hollywood
• Image Credibility
• Image Databases
• Image Framing's Impact on HDTV Receiver Demand
• Coping with Technological Uncertainty

Market Development

Applications

• Graphic Workstations
• Computer Simulation
• Military Information Systems
• Medical Imaging
• Advanced Television
• Prepress Imaging
• Cinematography
• Air-Traffic-Control Systems
• Forensic Visualization
• Computer-Aided Molecular Design
• Electronic Theaters
• Geographic Information Systems
• Scientific Imaging
• Electronic Cameras
• Cartography

Players