Lightspeed DepthQ Server for Stereoscopic and High Definition Media

The DepthQ Server^® 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 Server^® provides flawless playback for the most perfect, comfortable-to-view stereo 3D experience possible.

DepthQ Server^® 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 Server^® is available in two configurations: Standard Definition (up to 800 x 600 per eye), and High Definition (up to 1920 x 1080 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 Server^® 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.

Yet another truly unique feature of DepthQ Server^® is its perfect synchronization. Since both left and right eyes' data is stored in a single video frame it is actually impossible for left and right eye information to display out of sync.

Additionally, DepthQ Server^® supports both single graphics output pipelines for display with single-lens projectors and CRTs (using active shutter glasses) or dual graphics output pipelines for display with two-projector passive displays (using polarizing glasses).

As powerful as it already is, the image display quality of DepthQ Server^® 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 as well as advancing the state of the art in stereoscopic 3D display.

TECHNICAL FEATURES

Primary display output: progressive OpenGL quad-buffered frame sequential "page-flip" (Analog RGB, Digital DVI)
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)
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)
Wide variety of data and compression formats: un-compressed SD NTSC/PAL, MPEG2, DIVX, DV, MJPEG, DQ3D (HD configuration only), Etc.
Full-featured player interface, includes advanced playback controls and playlist support
Single pipeline output for active displays such as CRTs and specialized single DLP stereoscopic data projectors
Dual pipeline output for passive displays based on stacked video projectors, LCD or DLP
Full-screen and windowed stereoscopic display mode support
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.
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.
Support for advanced multi-channel sound: Dolby Digital^® 5.1 channel Sampling frequency: 44,100-48,000 kHz. Digital AES/EBU Analog XLR
Stereoscopic media input formats supported: above/below, above/below for sync-doubling (with adjustable separation), relaxed or cross-eye (Side by Side), interlaced, and Synthagram^® autostereoscopic*.
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: CRT monitors with LCD shutter glasses, line-blanking hardware, synchronization doubling hardware, DLP and LCD projectors, plus Sharp^® and Synthagram^® autostereoscopic monitors*.
*Synthagram^® support must be purchased separately.

GENERAL SYSTEM RECOMMENDATIONS

DepthQ Server^® SD up to 800 x 600 per eye	DepthQ Server^® HD up to 1920 x 1080 per eye +
Nearly any contemporary PC utilizing single or dual-core CPU	Dual Core AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ CPU or Intel Core Duo E6600
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 1 Terabyte +
Windows^® XP Pro (Vista not supported)	Windows^® XP Pro (Vista not supported)
OpenGL graphics card with support for quad-buffered OpenGL stereo: nVidia^® Quadro FX1400 (PNY) or better for both single and dual projections.	OpenGL graphics card with support for quad-buffered OpenGL stereo: nVidia^® Quadro FX1500 (PNY) 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 Server^® SD (up to 800x600 per eye) US $399.00**
DepthQ Server^® HD (up to 1920x1080 + per eye) Call for pricing.

** When purchased with an InFocus^®DepthQ^® stereoscopic projector.

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