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Silicon Optix
This company was covered since the CES 2005
report when they introduced their Realta HQV videoprocessing
engine. Please refer to that document
2005 HDTV Technology Report (and even the 2006
HDTV Technology Report) for details.
Other companies implementing their video
processing-engine have quoted impressive
performance statements about the Realta product;
some of those are as follows:
“The Realta HQV processor powered by Teranex with true 10-bit video processing,
full four-field motion adaptive video de-interlacing for both standard definition and
high definition signals, temporal-recursive noise reduction, automatic multi-cadence
detection, and pixel-based detail enhancement. It also utilizes the same video
processing power—1 trillion operations per second—as the famous $60k Teranex
Xantus box.”
“Instead of discarding half the resolution, and just doubling the lines (a shortcut that
many video processors take today). HQV processes all 2 million+ pixels in both odd
and even fields of a 1080i signal preserving all the rich details in an HD scene. Also,
HQV per-pixel, motion adaptive noise reduction cleans the random noise that can
plague HD broadcasts.”
“Currently, given the scarcity of HD content, most of the HD broadcast programs are
SD material up-converted to HD, often with Teranex equipment. Also, for years to
come, much of the TV programming will continue to be delivered as standarddefinition
(SD) 480-line interlaced video. Going from 480i video to 1080p involves
resizing an image up to six times.”
“Realta HQV employs for 480i to 1080p conversion the same algorithms used in
Teranex up-conversion equipment. The processing relies on a combination of
powerful features, such as multiple fields pixel-by-pixel analysis, 1024-tap scaler,
HQV detail enhancement, HQV random, block and mosquito noise reduction, to
deliver standard-definition broadcast TV and DVDs that approach HD quality.”
“Unlike any other video processor, Realta HQV is also fully software programmable
and upgradeable. The Realta HQV processor executes its video algorithms entirely in
software. As new video processing software is developed, consumers can simply
download the upgrades.”
“The Realta HQV video engine has received numerous awards and accolades,
including the “Best of Innovations” award for the Embedded Technologies category
at the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show, “Most Promising New Technology” and
“Most Exciting New Company” from The Perfect Vision, “Best Buzz of CEDIA” from
Insight Media, AVGuide Monthly’s “Best Product Overall,” Red Herring’s “Top 100
Innovators” award, Fred Kahn’s “Silver Best of CES” award, and most recently “Best
Picture of the Show” at the Home Entertainment 2005 Show in New York City, from
Tom Norton of UltimateAVmag.com.”
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