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To: Jeff Fox who wrote (27667)7/29/1997 2:14:00 PM
From: Paul Engel   of 186894
 
Jeff - Re: "So what is the big deal about decoding interlace into the frame buffer and why is/was Intel so adamat about receiving the encoded digital stream in progressive order?"

Last week Intel capitulated to the TV Broadcast and TV receiver industry to the extent that Intel would not object to Interlaced TV transmission/reception for HDTV.

That interlacing technique is not used by most of the PC display systems - which, as you know, are progresive scan.

If Intel can develop, with Chips & Tech., as scan converter chip, they would be able to offer "Visually Connected PCs" that are "compatible" with interlaced HDTV transmission. The new converter chips essentially converts interlaced transmission on-the-fly to progressive scan.

Using a frame buffer, the first half of the frame is stored digitally and then written to the display while being "filled in" with the currently transmitted second-half of the image.

The key objective is to make sure PCs with Intel chips are FULLY compatible with HDTV transmission when it arrives in the next year or two.

Intel wants to make sure Intel PC's do not lose mindshare and "dollar-share" from the consumer market. The best HDTV should be an Intel PC - don't you think?

Paul
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