Re: Will we see 4:2:2 HDV? MPEG2 does 4:2:2

Lorin,

Yea, we are on the same side! ;-). Sorry if I came off a little antagonistic in that last post to you, in rereading it I could have phrased my stance better. I now understand what the core of what your post was saying, and in understanding it I am more excited now about HDV than ever.

I am very pleased to hear that MPEG2 can hack 4:2:2, I wasn’t challenging that statement though. On the DV50 MPEG thing, no worries, this is all complex stuff. I also agree with you 100% about the prosumer/consumer marketplaces and HDV’s future in them.

On the color resolution analysis, I think I understand what you are saying here, but I’m not sure I quite understand the math. I think you are saying that if you downscale the HD image to SD, you’ll end up with a 4:4:4 image and that this is possible because HDV has more chroma detail than SD 4:2:2. I can’t say I really understand that side of things very well yet. Maybe you could clarify this for me a bit, so that I can.

Thanks for the info. This arena is definitely starting to get real exciting!

-trane