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To: Ed's Head who wrote (30425)3/6/1998 3:41:00 PM
From: BillyG  Read Replies (1) of 50808
 
The computer industry and the Pentagon both agree on digital video at 720 lines, progressive scan. From the National Imagery Mapping Association. You don't think that the Pentagon would digital video in software, do you?............

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Posted: 3:00 p.m. EST, 3/6/98

NIMA completes digital-video specs

By George Leopold

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon may approve as early as today video
standards for high-definition imagery after completing a detailed analysis of
Defense Department requirements for digital TV in military applications.

The Video Imagery Standards Profile (VISP) was developed during the
past year by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA; Reston,
Va.) to foster interoperability among Defense Department video systems
using geospatial data and imagery.

While adopting the U.S. Advanced Television Service Committee's
standard for high-definition TV, the military spec also endorses 720-line
progressive scanning, a format backed by the U.S. computer industry, for
high-definition video imagery.

The endorsement is seen by industry and government sources as a boost
for the PC format, which has struggled to get off the ground since a U.S.
HDTV standard was approved last year.

Concerns about the availability of equipment for certain military
applications could spur development and production of 720-line
progressive equipment, a NIMA official said. Endorsing the format is seen
as one way to achieve economies of scale needed to bring down
development and production costs while ensuring NIMA and other DOD
agencies will have access to the video equipment.
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