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Author Topic: Blu ray done right? Sony "superbit" discs Julio Roberto Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 938 From: Madrid, Madrid, Spain Registered: Oct 2008 posted 05-13-2009 05:34 AM                    Sony released in Japan the first blu-ray disc with their SBMV (Super Bit Mapping for Video) scheme allowing for superior color gradation quality. http://www.sony.co.jp/SonyInfo/News/Press/200905/09-0512/index.html http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20090512_168327.html After the marketing hype is gone, it's just a nice algorithm for 10bits-to-8bits dithering that survives compression well. Sorry, haven't found pages in English with much info. http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/03/sony-japan-rolls-out-8-new-blu-ray-recordersplayers-with-new-upscaling-technology/ quote: Sony Japan held a press conference today (November 2008) in Tokyo to unveil a total of 6 new Blu-ray recorders [JP] and 2 Blu-ray players [JP], which will become available in Nippon in the next few weeks (no word about markets outside Japan yet). 7 of these 8 models are equipped with Sony’s new CREAS chip, which upscales 8/10-bit TVs to 14-bit through SBMV (Super Bit Mapping for Video). It's moot, but I guess in a way we could say that home techonology is already at 14 bits (fake) level. And that lease on the 2K 12bits Barco still have a way to go... [just joking, of course]  |  IP: Logged

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