I was very impressed with it at NAB. TTFN, Mark Jeroen Stessen wrote: > Hello, > This week we've had a private demo from the French company LetItWave: > http://www.letitwave.com/ (Thanks to Olivier Houot for the tip !) > > They use the theory of bandlets for de-interlacing, resolution > enhancement, > and noise and artefact reduction. We have seen some simulated video, and > also a real-time demo from an FPGA on a PCI-card. I was much impressed ! > Their guy, Alban D'Halluin (director, HDTV marketing) was not at all shy > to answer our tricky questions. He seemed honest and knowledgable. > > They are doing studio-quality conversion from 576@50i (a.k.a. PAL) to > 720@50p (a.k.a. Euro-HD), but they are not limited to these standards. > (But they do no frame rate conversion, and do not use motion vectors.) > > 80% of the quality is determined by the de-interlacer, and theirs is yet > another variant of the motion-adaptive (not motion-compensated) method. > In the simulations it succeeded on some very critical test sequences. > > Their equipment has been used for HDTV broadcasting from the tennis > championship at Roland Garros, because only the center court had real > HD cameras. Only the experts could tell the difference between the real > 720p and the upconverted video. And this on a mere PCI card. > > There have been demos at the NAB, and there will be new and improved > demos at the coming IBC. Highly recommended. > > I seemed to understand that Yves Faroudja has an advisory function or > something to them. I thought that he wanted no more of interlace ? > > Oh, and Prin: you guys should worry, they do outperform you a little > on de-interlacing, and probably for a fraction of the cost... > > > > PS: Philips Applied Technologies Eindhoven wants to hire 1-2 designers for > > various video signal processing jobs. Let me know if any of you are > interested. > > Greetings, > -- Jeroen > > +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ > | From: Jeroen H. Stessen | E-mail: Jeroen.Stessen@xxxxxxxxxxx | > | Building: SFJ-5.22 Eindhoven | Deptmt.: Philips Applied Technologies | > | Phone: ++31.40.2732739 | Visiting & mail address: Glaslaan 2 | > | Mobile: ++31.6.44680021 | NL 5616 LW Eindhoven, the Netherlands | > | Skype: callto:jeroen.stessen | Website: http://www.apptech.philips.com/ > | > +-------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.