The Next [Two] Years of Motion Imagery Technology: Critical Technology Phases Summary
Phase 1 (IOC)
Analog 480i Sensor
No Metadata
Analog Processing
Phase 2 (Recent)
Analog 480i Sensor
Add Very
Limited Metadata
Analog Processing
Phase 3 (Now)
Analog 480i Sensor
Limited
Analog Metadata
Analog to MPEG-2
Encoding / Begin
Digital Processing
Phase 6 (2 Years)
Digital 720p
Sensor
2nd Generation
Digital Metadata
MPEG-2 All Digital
Processing
Phase 5 (1 Year)
Digital 480p
Sensor
Fully Enabled Metadata,
Advanced Exploitation
and Archive Tools
MPEG-2 All Digital
Processing
Phase 4
Digital 480i
Sensor
Begin 1st Gen.
Digital Metadata
Direct MPEG-2 / All
Digital Processing
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