DepthQ®ServerTM
for Stereoscopic Media
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DepthQ®ServerTM is a feature-packed software solution for the playback of stereo 3D movies from a standard off-the-shelf PC. Easy to use and designed from the ground up as a professional product, DepthQ®ServerTM provides flawless playback for the most perfect, comfortable-to-view stereo 3D experience possible.

DepthQ®ServerTM allows cost-effective delivery of high-resolution media to 3D theaters, museum exhibits, portable theaters, motion simulators, corporate events, and trade shows.

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

DepthQ®ServerTM is available in three configurations:
  • Standard Definition up to 800x600 per eye
  • High Definition 720P up to 1280x720 per eye - specially tuned for the DepthQ® HD 3D video projector
  • High Definition 1080P up to 1920x1080 per eye and beyond
Each configuration is capable of displaying flicker-free stereoscopic 3D video, the equivalent of two simultaneous streams of 2D digital video. For example, an HD 3D film made up of two separate streams of 1920 x 1080 would be stored in a concatenated stereoscopic format (e.g. above/below) at a resolution of 1920 x 2160.

When played back, DepthQ®ServerTM displays your film in the highest quality stereoscopic format - progressive "page flip" (frame sequential) - at refresh rates up to 120 Hz. What makes this impressive level of data transfer possible on a common desktop computer is a combination of exceptionally well-crafted code and Lightspeed Design's proprietary image compression / decompression algorithm, the DQ3D codec.

Additionally, DepthQ®ServerTM supports both single and dual graphics output pipelines. Single output pipelines are for display with single-lens projectors like the DepthQ® HD 3D projector (pictured, above right), '3D-Ready' plasma monitors, LCD displays and rear-projection DLP® monitors, as well as CRTs (using active shutter glasses). Dual graphics output pipelines are for display with two-projector passive displays (using polarizing glasses).

As powerful as it already is, the image display quality of DepthQ®ServerTM will continue to advance with each improvement in off-the-shelf computer technology. We are currently testing even higher resolutions and frame rates, and this power is being harnessed to drive truly amazing ultra-high resolution 2D displays (>4K) as well as advancing the state of the art in stereoscopic 3D display.

TECHNICAL FEATURES

  1. Primary display output: progressive OpenGL quad-buffered frame sequential "page-flip" (Analog RGB, Digital DVI)
  2. High Definition (HD): Full resolution per eye up to 1920 x 1080 and beyond @ up to 30 frames per second, display up to 120Hz. (See general system recommendations below)
  3. Standard Definition (SD): Full resolution per eye up to 800 x 600 @ up to 30 frames per second, display at up to 120Hz. (See general system recommendations below)
  4. Wide variety of data and compression formats: DQ3D (HD-1920P configuration only), H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, DV, MJPEG, un-compressed, etc.
  5. Full-featured player interface, includes advanced playback controls and playlist support
  6. Single pipeline output for active displays such as single lens DLP® stereoscopic projectors, CRTs and 3D-ready plasma screens, LCD monitors and rear-projection DLP® monitors
  7. Dual pipeline output for passive displays based on stacked video projectors, LCD or DLP®
  8. Full-screen and windowed stereoscopic display mode support
  9. Real-time zero parallax plane adjustments (vertical and horizontal). Two methods are included, a traditional zero parallax-based adjustment and a guided infinity-based parallax adjustment.
  10. Saveable presets allow your parallax plane adjustments to save with your movie as an associated .DQS file. Movies then self-correct when .DQS is present. Each movie in a playlist may have its own presets.
  11. Support for advanced multi-channel sound: Dolby Digital® 5.1 channel Sampling frequency: 44,100-48,000 kHz. Digital AES/EBU Analog XLR
  12. Stereoscopic media input formats supported: above/below, above/below for sync-doubling (with adjustable separation), relaxed or cross-eye (Side by Side), interlaced, autostereoscopic*, etc.
  13. Support for still stereoscopic image visualization (JPG, BMP)
  14. Additional output formats: Support for a wide range of hardware independent stereoscopic output formats: interlaced, above/below for sync doubling (with adjustable separation), relaxed or cross-eye (Side by Side), and a variety of anaglyph.
  15. On-the-fly conversion of interlaced stereoscopic DVD (TV formatted) or MPEG-2 data to any supported output display format at playback. (Direct playback from DVD not supported at this time)
  16. Support for a wide variety of display formats: DLP® and LCD projectors, CRT monitors with LC shutter glasses, checkerboard displays, line-blanking hardware, synchronization doubling hardware, plus autostereoscopic monitors*.
  17. *autostereoscopic support (e.g. Sharp®, Synthagram®, etc.) must be purchased separately.

GENERAL SYSTEM RECOMMENDATIONS

DepthQ®ServerTM SD
(up to 800 x 600 per eye
DepthQ®ServerTM HD
(up to 1920 x 1080 per eye +)
Nearly any contemporary PC utilizing single or dual-core CPU Nearly any contemporary PC utilizing dual or quad-core CPU
Data Storage:
Single IDE/SATA drive
Typical storage capacity:
80 - 750 Gigabytes		 Data Storage:
IDE/SATA or SCSI disk array
Typical storage capacity:
Up to several Terabytes
Windows® XP Pro
(Vista not supported)		 Windows® XP Pro
(Vista not supported)
OpenGL graphics card with support for quad-buffered OpenGL stereo: nVidia® Quadro FX1500, FX3700 or better for both single and dual projections. OpenGL graphics card with support for quad-buffered OpenGL stereo: nVidia® Quadro FX1500, FX3700 or better for both single and dual projections.
One free USB port for HW key installation One free USB port for HW key installation

Precise system requirements vary depending on final output resolution.

PRICING

DepthQ®ServerTM SD (up to 800x600 per eye) US $395.00**
DepthQ®ServerTM HD-720P (up to 1280x720 per eye) US $995.00**
DepthQ®ServerTM HD-1080P (up to 1920x1080 + per eye) Call for pricing.

** When purchased with a DepthQ® HD 3D stereoscopic projector.

DepthQ®Server(TM) supports both single and dual output pipelines

PRODUCT DETAILS





DepthQ®ServerTM SD
(up to 800x600)
$395.00
when purchased with a DepthQ® HD 3D projector


DepthQ®ServerTM HD-720P
(up to 1280x720)
$995.00
when purchased with a DepthQ® HD 3D projector


DepthQ®ServerTM HD-1080P
(up to 1920x1080
and beyond)
Call for Pricing

DepthQ®Server(TM) is a Product of Lightspeed Design, Inc.
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