MC 2: MC2 Post 1493 And Now The Really Big Picture And 3D Too

Monday, January 14, 2013

MC2 Post 1493 And Now The Really Big Picture And 3D Too

Netflix Starts Offering 'Super HD'

and 3D Streams

But Only Through ISPs That Use Their CDN

From: http://www.dslreports.com

At the moment Cablevision is the only United States ISP to announce their involvement, though Netflix says other ISPs have signed on but not

publicized it yet.

The announcement of Super HD and 3D streams comes

just as Netflix has started ranking the top streaming ISPs each month. It now makes sense to surmise that the entire point of the rankings is to nudge ISPs to join Netflix's CDN.

According to Netflix, Super HD streams need at least 5 Mbps of bandwidth, though the highest quality is obtained at 7 Mbps. The company isn't offering technical specifics on how exactly these streams surpass 1080p. 3D streams need at least 6 Mbps of bandwidth, with the highest quality needing 12 Mbps.

"These new Super HD and 3D formats are more challenging to deliver than our other video streams, which is why we will deliver them through Open Connect," said Ken Florance , vice president of content delivery at Netflix. "Any ISP that wants to be able to deliver our new formats can do so easily and for free."

Link: http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Netflix-Starts-Offering-Super-HD-and-3D-Streams-122670

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/alq2nej

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Meanwhile, Across the ocean....

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First Ultra HD Channel Goes Live in Europe

Though Prices Remain Prohibitively Expensive

Eutelsat Communications launched the first dedicated demonstration Ultra HD channel in Europe on January 8th. Delivered via satellite with the resolution of 3,840 x 2,160 (4K) at 50 frames per second --the European equivalent to 60p -- the stream is encoded in MPEG-4 with help from video compression solution provider, ATEME, and transmitted at 40 Mbps. This is over twice the bandwidth used by most 1080i broadcasts, but not necessarily an indication of future Ultra HD broadcasts utilization, as they're expected to use the more efficient HEVC codec -- depending on color space and other factors, Ultra HD broadcasts might use less throughput than 1080i does now.

With only three very expensive Ultra HD
TVs on the market, there aren't many who can take advantage of this.

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/14/first-ultra-hd-channel-goes-live-in-europe/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/a39rcf7

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Bad Breaking Chemistry: In the LABS.

All From: http://phys.org/news/

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