DVB Consortium Confirms HDTV Readiness at 50Hz and 60Hz Using MPEG-2 Standards

1997

Mentioned: Ulrich Reimers, Phillip Laven

Summary

The Digital Video Broadcasting Project, a consortium of over 200 broadcasters and manufacturers across 30+ countries, confirms its MPEG-2-based specifications fully support HDTV transmission at both 50Hz and 60Hz. DVB demonstrations in Montreux and updated MPEG-2 Guidelines released in July validate the system's readiness for future HDTV deployment worldwide.

Organization: Digital Video Broadcasting Project (DVB)

Address: Ancienne Route 17A
City: Grand-Saconnex, Geneva
Mail Code: CH-1218
Country: Switzerland
EMail: [email protected]
Programming: We are preparing programming Transmission: We are preparing to transmit terrestrial: terrestrial cable: cable
other: other
Equipment: Preparing to make equipment Consumer Equip: Consumer Equip special: special venues
Our investment: over 100,000,000 Comments: DVB announces HDTV at 50- AND 60-Hz

Quotes on HDTV and DVB

The Digital Video Broadcasting Project (DVB) is a consortium of over 200 broadcasters, manufacturers, network operators and regulatory bodies in more than 30 countries worldwide, committed to designing a global standard for the delivery of digital television.
Numerous broadcast services using DVB standards are now operational, in Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia, and Australasia.)

DVB standards, fully MPEG-2 compliant, carry multiple channel digital SDTV or single channel HDTV.

"Even though the members of the Digital Video Broadcasting project have not issued Commercial Requirements for HDTV, many countries now considering the introduction of High Definition Television for their markets want to adopt the DVB specifications. DVB has shown with its HDTV demonstrations in Montreux this year that the DVB specifications have always supported HDTV, and the DVB MPEG-2 Guidelines released in July confirm that."

Professor Ulrich Reimers, Chairman of the DVB Technical Module:

"From day one the DVB Project has considered HDTV to be a possible future application of the DVB transmission standards. Thus, all system specifications have been created in such a way that they show transparency with respect to the signals to be carried. Progressive or Interlace, 50Hz, 60 Hz, 59,94 Hz, 24 Hz is not an issue for DVB.
The principle of carrying 'Data Containers' or better 'Data Pipelines' filled by all possible kinds of digital information up to a maximum of, say, 24 Mbit/s or 38 Mbit/s has always been maintained. And those data are transmitted practically error-free."

Phillip Laven, Director of Technical Department, European Broadcasting Union:

"Broadcasters throughout the world have recognised that DVB has been very successful in delivering specifications which meet detailed commercial requirements. Although there is little immediate interest in HDTV in Europe, demonstrations of HDTV transmissions using DVB systems prove that DVB is HDTV-ready and future-proof."

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