High-Definition Imaging Systems
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Technology Map Detailed Contents July 2001
Recent Developments
- More Bad News for HDTV
- Trouble for B2C Video Streaming?
- DTT via PC
- Longer-Term Hope for B2C Applications?
- DTV-Labeling Decision from FCC
- Copyright-Protection Resolution
- Holdup for HD DVD
Updates
Importance of the Technology
The Technology in Brief
- Image Capture
- Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Devices
- Image Compression
- Image Processing
- Image Storage
- HDTV DVD
- Image Transmission
- High-Definition Displays
- Imaging Software
Commercial Development Parameters
- Timing
- General Constraints
- Demand Factors
- Synergistic Technologies
- Competing Technologies
Areas to Monitor
- Visual Data Representation
- Networked Simulations
- High-Data-Rate Link for Workstation Clusters
- Image-Database Search-and-Retrieval Tools
- Integrated Image Management Systems
- Limited Auxiliary-Broadcast Spectrum
- Colorimetry Consistency
- Image Distribution by Internet or Intranet
- HDTV Displacement by Datacasting
- E-Cinema Adoption
- FCC/U.S. Congress HDTV Regulation
Implications
- RISC-Based Personal Computing
- Wintel-Based Personal Workstations
- DBS and HDTV in the United States
- HDIS and Changes in Hollywood
- Image Credibility
- Image Databases
- Image Framing's Impact on HDTV Receiver Demand
- Coping with Technological Uncertainty
Market Development
Applications
- Graphic Workstations
- Computer Simulation
- Military Information Systems
- Medical Imaging
- Advanced Television
- Prepress Imaging
- Cinematography
- Air-Traffic-Control Systems
- Forensic Visualization
- Computer-Aided Molecular Design
- Electronic Theaters
- Geographic Information Systems
- Scientific Imaging
- Electronic Cameras
- Cartography