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Additionally, the company has introduced a test
program for video products, the “HQV Benchmark Test
DVD” for consumers to objectively evaluate picture
quality. The test program includes patterns that have
been designed to evaluate video performance such as
decoding, video deinterlacing, film-cadence detection,
video-over film, motion correction, noise reduction, and
detail enhancement, in addition to ten tests with color
bars, jaggies patterns, waving flag, detailed static
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Jun 06
Silicon Optix announced the Reon-VX chip, targeted for high-volume applications,
including plasma TV, LCD TV, RPTV, home theater and business projectors, A/V
receivers, personal video recorders, set-top boxes, Mediacenter PCs, and DVD
players, including Blu-ray and HD DVD.
“With the fully programmable, one-trillion-operations-per-second Realta chip, we’ve
delivered a future-proof, no-compromise flagship video-processing engine using
technologies proven on the front lines of Hollywood,” said Paul Russo, Chairman and
CEO of Silicon Optix.
“Reon-VX delivers many of the same Hollywood-proven HQV algorithms for
mainstream markets. By focusing on typical home theater content and dynamically
deciding which algorithms to apply on a per-pixel basis, Reon-VX offers mainstream
markets the opportunity to experience HQV video processing,” continued Russo.
The following specifications were provided by Silicon Optix about Reon-VX’s
Hollywood Quality Processing:
“HQV FOUR-FIELD PER-PIXEL SD/HD DEINTERLACING: Reon-VX offers true HQV
four-field, motion-adaptive, per-pixel, high-definition (HD) deinterlacing, delivering
the sharpest and most detailed HD images possible. With 1080i material you’ll be
able to see things such as strands of hair, guitar strings, and even threads in suits
and ties. By looking at each individual pixel, HQV processing ensures that there is no
unnecessary loss of resolution, as is the case with region-based or frame-based
solutions.
HQV SD/HD FILM CADENCE PROCESSING: The wait for 1080p content is over. With
HQV’s content-based HD cadence detection, the Reon-VX delivers true 1080p
reconstruction of HD film sources, including Hollywood films and television shows
produced on film.
HQV SD/HD MULTI-DIRECTION DIAGONAL FILTER (MDDF): A true 10-bit diagonal
interpolator that removes any “jaggies” and/or stair-step artifacts from deinterlaced
video sources without blurring the image.
HQV SD/HD DETAIL ENHANCEMENT: Detail enhancement brings out the fine detail in
scenes and is important for SD and HD material. For example, it is possible to see
blades of grass, small details on jackets, and wrinkles on faces. When combined
with noise reduction and advanced scaling, Reon-VX detail enhancement can make
regular DVDs approach the quality of high-definition DVDs.
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