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Quantel previews Stereo3D Server showing viability of Stereo3D broadcast production (26/9/2008)

Quantel gave a technology demonstration of the world's first Stereo3D broadcast server at IBC 2008. The development adds a key component to the broadcast Stereo3D production chain as interest in Stereo3D broadcasting reaches fever pitch.

The Stereo3D server is based on Quantel's existing sQ server platform and supports realtime ingest and playout of multiple channels of stereo HD content under the control of Quantel's own sQ Record and sQ Play applications.

The use of state-of-the-art AVC-Intra compression provides optimal use of disk storage while guaranteeing the highest image quality, which is essential with stereo material where inter-eye artefacts need to be minimised to ensure a high quality viewing experience.

The Stereo3D server also taps the considerable video processing power of sQ to produce a side-by-side mode that is compatible with stereo monitors and uses today's single feed HDSDI infrastructure for signal transport.

"We've had tremendous interest from the many broadcasters who've attended the worldwide Stereo3D roadshow we've been running over the last nine months," explained Quantel Worldwide Broadcast Marketing Manager, Trevor Francis. "We're previewing this Stereo3D server technology at IBC in response to their feedback, and we're listening carefully to their reactions here so that we can refine the product in readiness for the impending take off of 3D broadcasting."

"This Stereo3D server is just one of the components needed for the complete Stereo3D production chain, which we're committed to delivering in the very near future - right when the industry is going to need it," concluded Steve Owen, Quantel Director of Marketing.

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