Transcript High Definition Television (HDTV) Ching-Kai Huang Wing Ho Leung Feng Guo 11/6/2015 Overview           Technology advancements History Why HDTV? Current TV standards HDTV specifications Timeline Application Current status Hardware requirement Conclusion 11/6/2015

High Definition Television
(HDTV)
Ching-Kai Huang
Wing Ho Leung
Feng Guo
11/6/2015
Overview
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Technology advancements
History
Why HDTV?
Current TV standards
HDTV specifications
Timeline
Application
Current status
Hardware requirement
Conclusion
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Technology advancements
Video cassette recorders (VCR)
laser discs (LD)
digital versatile discs (DVD)
compact discs (CD)
digital audio tapes (DAT)
high definition television (HDTV)
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History
First began in 60’s at NHK, the
Japan Broadcasting Corporation.
Many different formats were
developed in US
In Feb 1993, FCC suggested to form
an alliance that would eventually
create the best possible system
In May 1993, Grand Alliance formed
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Why HDTV?
Higher-resolution picture
Wider picture
Digital surround sound.
Additional data
Easy to interface with computers
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Current TV Standards
NTSC: National Television Systems Committee
PAL: Phase Alternation Line
SECAM: Séquential Couleur Avec Mèmoire
TV Standards
NTSC
PAL
Regions
U.S.
Channel Bandwidth 6MHz
Asia, Europe, France
South America
8MHz
8MHz
Aspect ratio
4:3
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4:3
SECAM
4:3
HDTV and NTSC Specifications
HDTV USA
NTSC
Aspect ratio
16:9
4:3
Largest frame rate
60 frames/sec
30 frames/sec
Vertical refresh rate
60 Hz
60 Hz
Highest resolution
1080 lines
525 lines
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Scanning Methods
 Progressive Scanning vs Interlaced Scanning
SCANNING
METHOD
PROGRESSIVE
SCANNING
Screen redraw on Whole screen
each pass
Resolution
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INTERLACED
SCANNING
Half screen
Up to 720 horizontal Up to 1080 horizontal
lines
lines
Additional Specs of HDTV
 System outlined in the ATSC standard is based on the
MPEG-2 Main Profile
 Video formats span the range of Main Level to High Level
 Audio Compression is based on the Dolby AC-3 system
with sampling rate 48kHz and perceptually coded
 5.1 Channels of surround-sound audio
 Transport subsystem based on MPEG-2 Transport Stream
 Packets consist of 188 bytes
 RF subsystem is 8 VSB
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Components of HDTV systems
analog
carrier
+
digital
signals
video
signals
Demodulator
digital
signals
Demultiplexer
audio
signals
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Image
Decoder
Decoded
video
signals
Audio
Decoder
Decoded
audio
signals
Display
Processor
Display
format
Timeline of HDTV
 November 1998: HDTV transmissions begin at 27 stations in the
top 10 markets
 May 1999: network affiliates in the top 10 markets must show at
least 50% digital programming
 November 1999: digital broadcasts in the next 20 largest markets
 May 2002: remaining commercial stations must convert
 2003: public stations must convert to digital broadcasts
 2004: stations must simulcast at least 75% of their analog
programming on HDTV
 2005: stations must simulcast 100% of their analog programming
 2006: stations relinquish their current analog spectrum
 NTSC TV sets will no longer be able to pick up broadcast signals
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Application
High definition TV for consumer
Medical Purposes
Video-on-demand
Internet surfing
Distance Learning
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Current Status
18 digital TV formats are approved
by FCC
More than 27 digital channels being
broadcast by ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC
DirecTV has one HDTV channel
Unity Motion is broadcasting three
HDTV channels
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Hardware Requirement
Digital Decoder
– converts digital signals to analog
– allow current TV set to work
Digital-Ready TV set
– Wide-screen format
– progressive scanning
HDTV set
– Wide-screen format
– can receive 18 digital input format
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Comparison
Current TV
HDTV
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Comparison (current TV)
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Comparison (HDTV)
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Conclusion
The history, standard, application of
HDTV have been introduced
HDTV has higher resolution, uses
progressive scanning and wider
screen leading to better perspective
on the scene
HDTV has a promising future and is
believed to replace NTSC in near
future
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References
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http://nbcin.kxas.com/hdtv-faq.html
http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/reg16n4b.html
http://www.current.org/atvnhk.html
http://sinfonia.net/mike/hdtv/
http://www.hdvision.com/FAQs/970121.0004.html
http://www.zenith.com/main/cool/hdtv.html
http://carmen.artsci.washington.edu/jeb/jebart2.htm
http://web-star.com/hdtv/faq.html
http://web-star.com/hdtv/perspective.html
http://www.kipinet.com/av/av_mar96/feat_hdtv.html
http://bock.bushwick.com/hdtv_ppt/
http://www.cnet.com/Content/Gadgets/Special/HDTV/
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Q:Analog bandwidth of HDTV signals?
 HDTV image size of 1050 by 600 at 30
frames per sec, the bandwidth required to
carry that image quality using the analog
transmission system is 18MHz. However, it
will require more bandwidth to transmit it in
digital format.
 With the MPEG-2 compression, the bit rate
is compressed from more than 1 Gbps to
about 20 Mbps, which transmit digitally only
require bandwidth 6MHz
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Q:Aspect ratio of movies vs HDTV?
 Aspect ratio of HDTV is 16:9. However,
aspect ratio of movies has many different
formats:
“Movies are always shot so they can be displayed in
several aspect ratios at different types of movie theaters,
from the shoebox-sized foreign movie houses to the ultra
big screen Star Wars jobs.” ----- Franco Vitaliano
http://www.vxm.com/21R.107.html
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Q:Copyright protection for HDTV?
 We do not find any group which mention
about copyright protection for HDTV.
 Currently, broadcast stations sometimes put
their logo on the right bottom corner of their
analog broadcast programs. We think that
this method can still be used as one way for
protecting copyright for HDTV.
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