Silicon Optix Realta Chip

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I don't know how many head-fiers attended the HE2005 NYC. Totally glad I went to the show since I missed CES 05'. Every year there were some cool tech discoveries I come to explore like DLP, OLED, 3D LCD, HD Radio, etc. This year I have to say it's the Realta chip from Silicon Optix.

At the show, there were two sexy beasts at the door to welcome you. Obviously I walked into the showroom because of the lovely ladies. Wasn't I glad there were hotties showing me in! Well the demo blew me away in its ability to enhance video aspect of av capabilities. The demo they did was a comparison between their blown-up standard definition image with enhanced silicon optix chip and the HD ready images. The movie clips were projected at approx. 15'X10' screen. Honestly the difference between the enhanced and HD was so minimal, my jaw dropped by its video performance. Just shocking to find out this technology which derives from military background. Probably blowing up spy photos from planes and satellite with the computer graphic chip. Anyway I wanted to share my experience and you can visit their site at www.siliconoptix.com.

 

[noir]

i am quite interested in the realta chip as well, too bad i didnt have an opportunity to test it yet.
i just have one problem with it: it's latency
if i read correctly at avsforums, the chip takes around 100ms to upscale and apply all its filters. thats no problem for dvd movies, as it delays the audio to 100ms as well, so it stays in synch. But i am a videogamer as well, and for games, a 100ms lag is too much. so ill just pray for a realta with faster calculus

 

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Very surprised by low number of readers on this thread??? Anyway, I'm here to inform others. During the demo, there was 0 effect on the sound delay. Certainly nobody deteched this flaw. The 7.1 surround system was earth shattering and hyper-realistic. Here's the official literature:

Overview: Realta
Realta is a highly integrated advanced SOC that enables a new benchmark standard of video excellence called Hollywood Quality Video, or HQVTM.

Teranex‘s professional broadcast-quality video processing platform – with thousands of display signal processors - has been integrated into the Realta chip. Teranex’s software algorithms, which have been refined though over 100,000 hours of content verification and have a proven reputation for quality, have been ported to run on Realta.

Realta’s architecture includes the industry’s first fully software programmable video array processor capable of performing over 1 trillion operations per second, an Image Fidelity Enhancement Engine and end-to-end true 10-bit image processing. These core technologies combine together to enable the simultaneous processing of dual high-definition image streams, delivering HQVTM into home entertainment and professional video display products including plasmas, RPTVs, LCD TVs and front-projectors.

Further enhancing the user experience, Realta supports advanced picture-in-picture (PIP) and split-screen (side-by-side) windowing modes. Each live image window can be independently processed, scaled, sized and positioned anywhere on the display surface. In addition, Realta contains a powerful OSD engine driven by a 250 MHz RISC CPU enabling 2D graphics and real-time animation.

Connectivity and networking are accomplished with an on-chip PCI interface allowing platforms built with Realta to be fully software upgraded and re-programmed via Web access. New video processing algorithms can be downloaded to Realta products that are in the field, thus future proofing the display and ensuring that the user viewing experience is fully optimized.

 

[Welly Wu]

There is only one play back machine that is equipped with the Silicon Optix Realta HQV chip: the Denon DVD 5910 or A1X universal DVD player for $3500 USD MSRP. I have seen it and it is unreal in terms of pure picture quality. Nothing can touch it for now. If you are a videophile who doesn't want to play the upcoming HD-DVD or SONY Blu-Ray game, then this is the machine to get.

 

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Originally Posted by Welly Wu There is only one play back machine that is equipped with the Silicon Optix Realta HQV chip: the Denon DVD 5910 or A1X universal DVD player for $3500 USD MSRP. I have seen it and it is unreal in terms of pure picture quality. Nothing can touch it for now. If you are a videophile who doesn't want to play the upcoming HD-DVD or SONY Blu-Ray game, then this is the machine to get.

Welly, glad you pointed out the price on DVD5910. Considering the military and professional box system costed around $50k, this chip packs alot of punch for little money, maybe not little but certainly most bang for buck.

Features:
- HQV True 1080i to 1080p De-interlacing
- HQV SD/HD Multi-Direction Diagonal Filter (MDDF)
- HQV Noise Reduction
- HQV Detail Enhancement
- HQV Automatic Film Mode Cadence Processing
- HQV Automatic Per Pixel Video/Film Detection
- HQV 16 to 1024-tap Adaptive Scaling
- True 10-Bit Processing
- Equal Quality Two Channel Processing
eWARP-2 Geometry Processing