ADI samples digital cinema codec

[W_Eagle]

Analog Devices Inc. said it is sampling a high-speed JPEG2000 compression chip suitable for the Digital Cinema Initiative specification. Decoders using the technology are expected to hit the market as early as next spring.
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[Capmaster]

I'm not up on this initiative. Would the theaters be projecting the image using a technology similar to the front projectors we can buy now? Or are they talking about a completely solid-state technique like a huge LCD panel?

[BJ_M]

we use high powered dlp projectors with a type of hdcp encryption connection to a server (sometimes -- supposed to anyway) ..

quvis and a few others are so firmly entrenched in this market (which is small anyway) - no one will much care for another format .. quvis uses a wavelet compression and is pretty darn good i got tot admit.. i encode a lot for quvis and also for hdtv mpeg2 ... quvis files are a lot lot smaller ..

also - there are frame servers used in some locations and and also dedicated hdtv servers or off tape.