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To: George Thompson who wrote (41604)	5/27/1999 12:57:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

"720p is pushed by computer people. Not by real broadcasters." by "real broadcasters" you mean old farts. <g> ---- Even Sony is seeing the light... Larry Thorpe, vice president of acquisition systems at Sony Electronics Broadcast and Professional Co., said the company plans to support both the 1080i and 720p formats. Sony will soon develop circuit boards for its cameras that will downconvert the 1080i picture to 720p , he said, adding that the company would consider building native 720p equipment. ---- and in Japan... JAPAN ADOPTS US INDUSTRY-PROPOSED DIGITAL TELECASTING FORMAT 05/25/1999 Asia Pulse (c) Copyright 1999 Asia Pulse PTE Ltd. TOKYO, May 25 Asia Pulse - The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications will include the 720P format as one of its five video standards for digital TV broadcasting, slated to begin in 2000 at the earliest, ministry officials said Monday. Personal computer manufacturers in the U.S. have pushed for the inclusion of the 720P format, which is highly compatible with computer technology and offers text and data broadcasting and Internet compatibility. The 720P format can also create images similar to other high-definition technologies, a ministry appointed research panel reported. The ministry had unofficially decided on five standards for digital satellite and ground TV broadcasts, including the 720P . The ministry earlier said, however, official selection of the 720p depended on test trials. ---------- 1080i has it limits... Japanese demonstrate dual-channel HDTV. 05/01/1999 Screen Digest Copyright 1999 Information Access Company. All rights reserved. Japanese commercial broadcaster Nippon Television Network (NTV) has developed prototype system that allows for HDTV channel to be broadcast alongside standard definition channel. Innovation is capable of transmitting two channels-one 720 progressive (720p) high- definition (HD), the other 480 progressive (480p)-together in a 6- MHz bandwidth.Having HDTV cake while also taking bite out of multi- channel broadcasting should appeal to US broadcasters, saddled with desire for both in just 19.4-Mbit/s frequency allocation for digital terrestrial television (DTT). Compression is, however, unable to handle 1080 interlaced ( 1080i ) HDTV format. NTV (Japan; +81/3 5275 4153; www.ntv.co.jp) intends to apply HDTV multicasting to coming satellite and DTT broadcasting in Japan (see 1999/51a5).