DepthQ®Player(TM) for High Definition Stereoscopic Media

Each configuration, Lite, Standard or Pro, is capable of displaying flicker-free 120 Hz stereoscopic 3D video, which at it's highest quality is the equivalent of two simultaneous streams of HD digital video. It's a lot of data. For example, a full-resolution HD 3D film made up of two separate streams of 1920x1080 60P would be stored in a concatenated stereoscopic format (e.g. above/below or side-by-side) at a resolution of 1920x2160 or 3840x1080 respectively.

The player also accepts a wide variety of other input movie format types, from interlaced and synch-doubled, to rotated side-by-sides (SIS, Tri-Delta) to anamorphic side-by-sides and above/belows.

During playback, DepthQ^®Player^TM can display your films in a variety of selectable output 'flavors' in order to drive the many different types of stereoscopic displays available, including the highest-quality stereoscopic format - progressive "page flip" (frame sequential) - at refresh rates up to 120 Hz.

Additionally, DepthQ^®Player^TM supports both single and dual graphics output pipelines. Single output pipelines are for display with single-lens projectors like the DepthQ^® HD 3D projector, '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).

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TECHNICAL FEATURES

Primary display output: progressive OpenGL quad-buffered frame sequential "page-flip" (Analog RGB, Digital DVI).
Optional display output: nVidia^® 3D Vision^TM stereoscopic renderer.
DepthQ^®Player^TM Lite – Supports input and output up to High Definition (HD) 1080 60P per eye, display refresh up to 120Hz. Subtle watermark added, with playback length and playlist functionality restrictions.
DepthQ^®Player^TM Standard – Supports input and output up to High Definition (HD) 720 60P per eye, display refresh up to 120Hz.
DepthQ^®Player^TM Pro – Supports input and output up to High Definition (HD) 1080 60P per eye (1920x1080 and beyond), display refresh up to 120Hz, plus enhanced feature set including image GPU processing and Time Code controlled IN, OUT, Parallax, and DMX events.
Supports a wide variety of data and compression formats: DQ3D (Pro-1920P configuration only), H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, DV, MJPEG, un-compressed, etc.
Supports IP Video streams via Windows Media video, Elecard video, and Flash video (in development).
Full-featured player interface, includes advanced playback controls and playlist support.
Two operating modes: Basic Mode and password-protected Advanced Mode to ensure advanced configurations remain secure from unintended changes.
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.
Dual pipeline output for passive displays based on stacked video projectors, LCD or DLP^®.
Full Screen and Windowed stereoscopic display mode support (Windowed only in OpenGL mode).
Real-time Zero Parallax Plane adjustments (vertical and horizontal). Two methods areincluded, a traditional zero parallax-based adjustment and a guided infinity-based parallax adjustment.
Savable presets allow your parallax plane adjustments (and other attributes) to save with each movie as an associated DepthQ^® Config (.DQC) file. Movies then self-correct when .DQC is present. Each movie in a playlist will import its own presets if present.
Settings such as Volume, Aspect Ratio and Time Code events can also be saved and automatically applied when the movie is played.
Support for advanced multi-channel sound: Dolby Digital^® 5.1 channel Sampling frequency:44,100-48,000 kHz. Digital AES/EBU Analog XLR (third party audio decoder required).
Support for real-time pixel-shading via Cg code (Pro only).
Support for Time Code-based events including IN/OUT points, parallax offsets and DMX control of external devices (Pro only).
Supports a wide variety of stereoscopic media input formats: above/below, above/below for sync-doubling (with adjustable separation), relaxed or cross-eye (Side by Side), interlaced, Tri-Delta, SIS, autostereoscopic monitors*, etc.
Support for still stereoscopic image visualization (JPG, BMP).
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.
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).
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*.
*autostereoscopic support (e.g. Sharp^®, Synthagram^®, etc.) must be purchased separately.

GENERAL SYSTEM RECOMMENDATIONS

DepthQ^®Player^TM Lite (input and output up to 1920 x 1080 per eye)	DepthQ^®Player^TM Standard (input and output up to 1280 x 720 per eye)	DepthQ^®Player^TM Pro (input and output up to 1920 x 1080 per eye +)
Nearly any contemporary PC utilizing single or dual-core CPU*	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: 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 Windows^® Vista 32/64	Windows^® XP Pro Windows^® Vista 32/64	Windows^® XP Pro Windows^® Vista 32/64
For OpenGL OpenGL graphics card with support for quad-buffered OpenGL stereo: nVidia^® Quadro^® FX1500** or FX3700 for both single and dual projections.*	For OpenGL OpenGL graphics card with support for quad-buffered OpenGL stereo: nVidia^® Quadro^® FX1500** or FX3700 for both single and dual projections.	For OpenGL OpenGL graphics card with support for quad-buffered OpenGL stereo: nVidia^® Quadro^® FX1500 or FX3700 or better** for both single and dual projections.
For DirectX^TM nVidia^® graphics card compatible with the 3D Vision^TM drivers for DirectX^TM Mode.	For DirectX^TM nVidia^® graphics card compatible with the 3D Vision^TM drivers for DirectX^TM Mode.	For DirectX^TM nVidia^® graphics card compatible with the 3D Vision^TM drivers for DirectX^TM Mode.
Activation based on HW ID	One free USB port for HW key installation	One free USB port for HW key installation

*Note: the system requirements for DepthQ^®Player^TM Lite will vary depending on your final input and output resolutions. Since it allows input and output as high as 1920x1080 60P per eye, you may require faster CPU’s, a faster graphics card, and greater storage. If you plan on playing files at the high-bandwidth end of the spectrum, please refer to the recommendations for DepthQ^®Player^TM Pro.

**The FX1500 graphics card requires a stereoscopic breakout cable, Windows XP 32 bit, and version 84.21 of the nVidia driver (this is the last stable version that still supported the stereoscopic breakout cable, released March 2006). Therefore, for running under OpenGL, we highly recommend using the FX3700 graphics card or better.

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FEATURE COMPARISONS

	DepthQ^®Player^TM Lite	DepthQ^®Player^TM Standard	DepthQ^®Player^TM Pro
Image Fidelity	Lite	Standard	Pro
Input Resolution	Up to 1920P 3D	Up to 720P 3D	Up to 1920P 3D +
Output Resolution	Up to 1920P 3D	Up to 720P 3D	Up to 1920P 3D +
Frame Rate	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Color	Standard 24 bit	Standard 24 bit	Standard 24 bit
License Issues	Lite	Standard	Pro
License	Demonstration License	Single Seat commercial (Limited to 5 viewers)	Single Seat commercial (Limited to 5 viewers) or Commercial Theater (Based on number of viewers)
Codec License (included)	Windows Media (WMV 8 Codec)	Windows Media (WMV 8 Codec)	Windows Media (WMV 8 Codec)
Codec License (included)			MJPEG: PICVideo
Codec License (to be included)	Flash (in development)	Flash (in development)	Flash (in development)
Codec License - Recommended Options	WMV 9 Advanced Profile (WVC1) (upgrade to Windows Media Player 11)	WMV 9 Advanced Profile (WVC1) (upgrade to Windows Media Player 11)	WMV 9 Advanced Profile (WVC1) (upgrade to Windows Media Player 11)
Codec License - Recommended Options	MPEG: Trial Version - Elecard MPEG-2 Decoding and Streaming Plug-in for WMP	MPEG: Elecard MPEG-2 Decoding and Streaming Plug-in for WMP	MPEG: Elecard MPEG-2 Decoding and Streaming Plug-in for WMP
Codec License - Recommended Options		MJPEG: PICVideo
Codec License - Recommended Options			MJPEG: DQ3D (contact Lightspeed)
Codec License - Recommended Options			Elecard AVC Decoder and Streaming Pack (up to HD) for professional medical market
Maximum Play-time (per film)	8 Minutes	Unlimited	Unlimited
License Notice	Reminder at run time	None	None
Registration required	Yes	Yes	Yes
Security Key (dongle)	None	Yes	Yes
Watermark	Yes	No	No
DepthQ^® DirectX^® Render - NVIDIA^® 3D Vision^TM compatible	Yes	Yes	Yes
Main Features	Lite	Standard	Pro
DepthQ^® OpenGL Render (requires Quadro^® card for page flip) - NVIDIA^® 3D Vision^TM compatible with updated driver	X	X	X
Open File from local disk	X	X	X
Open File from URL	X	X	X
Open Windows Media Video Stream	X	X	X
Open Flash Video Stream	In Development	In Development	In Development
Open Elecard Video Stream		X	X
Playlist Editor	X	X	X
Open Playlist	Shows all items in playlist, but will play only the first three	X	X
Aspect Ratio Control	X	X	X
Zoom Settings	X	X	X
DepthQ^® Alignment (real-time X and Y stereoscopic parallax adjustment)	X	X	X
DepthQ^® Input Dialog (stereoscopic input format selection)	X	X	X
Full Screen	X	X	X
Time Dependent Event Editor			X
Time Base	X	X	X
Use Time Code			X
Save .DQC Movie Configuration	X	X	X
Filter Info	X	X	X
DepthQ^® DirectX^® Render - NVIDIA^® 3D Vision^TM compatible	3D in Full Screen only	3D in Full Screen only	3D in Full Screen only
DepthQ^® OpenGL Render (requires Quadro^® card for page flip) - NVIDIA^® 3D Vision^TM compatible with updated driver	3D in Both Windowed and Full Screen	3D in Both Windowed and Full Screen	3D in Both Windowed and Full Screen
End of Movie Behavior Control	X	X	X
DepthQ^® DMX512 Control			X
Diagnostics Log Level Setting	X	X	X
Editable Key Shortcuts	X	X	X
Editable Mouse Shortcuts	X	X	X
Default Input Control(stereoscopic input format)	X	X	X
Extension Configuration (for Dialog Box Filtering)	X	X	X
Other Options (Window Behavior, Mouse & OSD Visibility, etc)	X	X	X
Security (GUI Password Protection)	X	X	X
Change Skin			X
DepthQ^® OpenGL Renderer Settings	Lite	Standard	Pro
Input Movie Selection	X	X	X
Stereo Output Selection	X	X	X
HW Setup Control	X	X	X
Movie Parallax Adjustment	X	X	X
Tri Delta Setup			X
Cg Internal Processing: Cornerstone, Edge Sharpening, Contrast, Brightness, others			X
Cg External Processing: (for running custom Cg code)			X
Overlay Depth Reference Marks			X
Statistics	X	X	X

PRICING

DepthQ^®Player^TM Lite: Evaluation License - Free to download
DepthQ^®Player^TM Standard: Workstation, Single Seat Commercial - $395
DepthQ^®Player^TM Pro: Workstation, Single Seat Commercial - $995
DepthQ^®Player^TM Pro: Commercial Theater - Contact us for Pricing

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TECHNICAL FEATURES

GENERAL SYSTEM RECOMMENDATIONS

FEATURE COMPARISONS

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