HDTV - EBU format comparisons at IBC-2006

The demonstration not only showed the two current HDTV formats, 720p/50 and 1080i/25, but also introduced the next-generation HDTV format – 1080p/50. All three formats were presented with identical content and simultaneously on three Full-HD displays, in uncompressed and compressed form. Thus, viewers of the demonstration were able to judge the HDTV image quality for themselves. The overall goal of the IBC demonstration was to give viewers an opportunity to evaluate the HDTV image quality depending on whether interlaced or progressive scanning was used. Further objectives were:  Direct simultaneous comparison of 720p/50, 1080i/25 and the next-generation 1080p/50 formats;  Display of uncompressed and compressed sequences by applying MPEG-4 AVC compression;  Visualisation of the image quality by using large 50-inch-diagonal consumer flat-panel displays with full HD (1920 x 1080 pixel) resolution.