Visualization for the information age

Author

Herr, Laurin

Author_Institution

Pacific Interface, New York, NY, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

23-26 Oct 1990

Firstpage

429

Abstract

Summary form only given. The basic parameters of current TV, the origins of HDTV, and the various types of TV systems being proposed in Japan, America and Europe are reviewed. Available HDTV hardware, new applications that this hardware enables, and the economics involved are discussed. How HDTV fits into the film and television industries from the perspectives of production, distribution, and creativity, HDTV´s demands upon telecommunications, and why data compression plays a critical role have been examined. The evolution of the present workstation from many analytical perspectives, leading up to the most recent product introductions of all the major vendors, developments in accelerator boards and interactive graphics peripherals, and the evolution of the man/machine interface are discussed

Keywords

computer graphic equipment; high definition television; America; Europe; HDTV; HDTV hardware; Japan; accelerator boards; data compression; interactive graphics peripherals; man/machine interface; television industries; Communication industry; Data compression; Europe; Graphics; HDTV; Hardware; Production; TV; Visualization; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Visualization, 1990. Visualization '90., Proceedings of the First IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2083-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VISUAL.1990.146414

Filename

146414