540 Mbit/sec Serial Video: The Evolution of Studio Interconnect

Rob Hilkes

SMPTE 259M, with data rates up to 360 Mbits/sec, provides the robust high-speed infrastructure for television and production installations throughout the world. Today's broadcast and professional video market is undergoing tremendous change. Pressures to shorten time-to-air, improve video quality, reduce costs, and the advent of advanced television/high-definition television, are driving studios to adopt new technologies and business models. At the heart of this change is the need to further evolve the capability of serial digital interconnect. Operation at 540 Mbits/sec now enables a number of applications and capabilities that help studios address these changing requirements.

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Published
1999-05
Content type
Original Research
DOI
10.5594/J14025