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- From: carr@esl.com (Erik Ramberg)
- Newsgroups: comp.compression,rec.video,rec.video.satellite,rec.video.production
- Subject: Re: NBC Olympic coverage - reason
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- Date: 28 Jul 92 20:13:47 GMT
- References: <MONTA.92Jul26181344@image.mit.edu> <1992Jul27.035759.153188@zeus.calpoly.edu> <Bs2ACw.GBE@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
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- In article <Bs2ACw.GBE@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>, elball@sunee.waterloo.edu (Eric Ladd Ball) writes:
- >
- > The reason for the artifacts is quite simple. NBC is using digtal
- > full-frame camaras. These are sequential line instead of NTSC interlaced.
- >
- > Deleted stuff
- >
- > CONs:
- > 1> The artifacts of fast motion everyone has seen. This is caused because
- > the interlaced lines appear on sub-sequent fields and look very wierd.
- >
- >
-
- Not quite right...it's easy to convert from non-interlaced to interlaced
- without artifacts. The problem (assuming they are using digital cameras)
- is in their compression algorithim for motion. These types of routines
- usually divide the screen into blocks and use a reduced resolution as well
- as only transmitting the image differences, thus they get enormous decreases
- in transmitted bandwidth with only a small decrease of picture quality. The
- tradeoffs are implied and they opted for more compression.
-
- -Erik
-