NTT Electronics to Exhibit New Products and Technologies at "NAB 2008"

1. Real-time codec solutions

• New Product: AVC/H.264 HDTV/SDTV encoder/decoder "HV9100 Series"

• • With an AVC/H.264 CODEC LSI chipset built-in that supports 4:2:2 Chroma, the HV9100 Series provides high-quality and low latency in a wide range of bit rate. It supports MPEG-2 format for smooth transition from existing MPEG-2 equipment to the up-and-coming AVC/H.264 format. At our booth, multiple 50-inch full-HD large-screen displays will be lined up to provide easy comparisons of image quality at varying bit rates for different applications.

• New Product: Real-time MPEG-2 to AVC/H.264 HDTV/SDTV transcoder "HVT9100"

• • Excellent for high-quality HDTV distribution over IPTV, CATV or satellite with its real-time transcoding of MPEG-2 HDTV to highly compressed AVC/H.264. The HVT9100 minimizes image deterioration that occurs during transcoding of MPEG-2 to AVC/H.264 to achieve the conversion of high definition images with the built-in coding LSI "SARA". This LSI supports the "inheritance encoding method" developed by NTT Cyber Space Laboratories for inheriting encoding information during re-encoding.

• Lightweight and compact high-performance MPEG-2 HDTV encoder/decoder "H5000 Series"

• • The H5000 Series is a high-quality encoder and decoder for content transmission in a lightweight and compact half-rack size. It can be mounted in to OB Vans, helicopters, and motorcycles and is perfect for transmission and relay from the field and events over ENG/SNG and dedicated lines.

2. Codec solutions for content creation

• Software encoder (jointly exhibited with NTT-AT)

• • Using an encoding system with a software base that makes flexible encoded tuning possible, this encoder is perfect for content creation like VoD which demands high compression.

• 4k + 2k high resolution offline encoding technology (technology exhibited by NTT Cyber Space Laboratories)

• • In addition to 4k x 2k high resolution encoding offline, this encoding technology makes it possible to simultaneously encode HDTV video. Efficient H.264 multi-encoding of 4k x 2k and HDTV video is achieved by utilizing encoding information of HDTV video. Also, highly efficient compression is achieved by determining optimum encoding parameters through offline processing with N path encoding. Support for parallel processing allows for the use of multiple PCs running encoding software for increased speed.

• Multi-view video coding (multi-viewpoint video encoding) technology (technology exhibited by NTT Cyber Space Laboratories)

• • Using this high efficiency compression and encoding method that brings together videos of a subject taken from multiple cameras, this technology lets the user switch to video from any viewpoint and creates a new viewing style. Multi-view video coding is an expanded form of AVC/H.264 and is expected to be standardized in 2008.

3. Devices for transfer equipment

• First time on display: AVC/H.264 codec LSI and modules "SARAENC/DEC LSI", and "SARAENC/DEC Module"

• • On display for the first time ever will be the newly developed "SARAENC/DEC LSI", which inherits the high quality VASA LSI highly praised by broadcasters worldwide, and the "SARAENC/DEC Module", which supports HDTV H.264 and MPEG-2 with built-in SARA ENC/DEC and high-speed memory. It is ideal for broadcast equipment such as SNG and FPU systems with a simple device construction and professional quality video.

• First time on display: Single-chip LSI for real-time transcoding from MPEG-2 to AVC/H.264 "Matiz"
  
  

• MPEG-2 codec LSIs for HDV cameras and wireless digital video devices "Super ENC V, LibraENC"
  
  

• MPEG-2 HDTV Single Chip Codec LSI "VASA" used by broadcasters worldwide because of its superior video quality and stability.