Perceptibility of Vertical Unsteadiness in Television Display of Motion-Picture Films

R. G. Gilbert, J. C. Norris, H. D. Wood

The perceptibility of vertical unsteadiness in TV presentations was evaluated using still scenes (35mm slides) and moving scenes (16mm motion pictures) projected through a telecine chain. Sinusoidal disturbances having peak-to-peak amplitude of 0.1 to 1.0% of the image height, over a frequency range from 1.0 Hz to 15 Hz, were introduced into the televised scenes. Acceptability of the televised image was judged by an audience representing a cross section of Eastman Kodak Co. employees. The results demonstrate that the most critical frequencies are between 3 Hz and 6 Hz. At these frequencies, the audience rated image quality acceptable for unsteadiness amplitudes less than 0.2% peak-to-peak for still scenes and less than 0.3% peak-to-peak for moving scenes.

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Published
1973-08
Content type
Original Research
DOI
10.5594/J13464