Sony Shows Qualia Video Processor

KingFishKingFish
edited January 2005 in Science & Tech
Sony will expand its Qualia line of products later this month with the addition of a video processing device that can improve the image quality of standard and high-definition images, the company announced.
The Qualia 001 "Creation Box" is a little larger than a VCR and packs some of the Tokyo company's latest digital image processing technology. At the heart of the device is Sony's DRC-MFv2 digital video controller chip, which the company announced in August last year.

The chip can project a high-definition image from a standard-definition image, improving the quality of any conventional video source, such as a DVD player, VHS deck, or analog broadcast television. It's also capable to improving the appearance of high-definition images. The chip achieves both these functions by applying a processing algorithm that in particular sharpens the edges of objects in the image.

The chip also supports up to 3X zoom and creates a number of new pixels from one original pixel for each step in zoom. At maximum 3X zoom, up to 36 new pixels have been created from each original pixel to result in an image that doesn't suffer as much from a drop in resolution that is common with digital zoom. Pan and tilt is also supported.
Source: PC World

Comments

  • EMTEMT Seattle, WA Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    Sounds pretty interesting. I'd like to see some pictures and understand why it works. But at $5080 it can wait...
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