Following is a summary of high-definition (HD) digital video formats, which provide 720 or 1080 lines of resolution. In the past, high-definition analog TV systems were developed; however, their usage ...

Digital video is a method of representing the infinite variations of video signal levels inside a specified limit (e.g. 0mV to 700mV) as a limited number of binary numbers. Figure 1 shows a simplified ...

Replay: It's long been a dream to have one home video format to rule them all. Unfortunately everybody has the same idea, and so format wars are inevitable. Phil Rhodes takes a further look at the ...

The acronym soup of digital video formats might be a thing of the past if Adobe has its way. The company has announced a new open video format, CinemaDNG, which it hopes will do for digital video what ...

The CS4954/55 is a digital video encoder featuring multi-standard support for NTSC-M, NTSC-JAPAN and PAL. It offers multi-standard teletext and wide-screen signaling support, as well as an on-chip ...

CNET's Donald Bell walks you through the basics of how digital video files work, including information on codecs, video containers, and bit rate. Donald Bell Senior Editor / How To Donald Bell has ...