Parallel high definition encoding

摘要

According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a digital television system comprising: a splitter for splitting a television image into a spatial array of elements; a plurality of encoders for encoding each of the elements; a combiner for re-combining the encoded elements such that they are capable of regenerating the television image. This has a number of advantages over the prior art. In particular the invention provides a real time, efficient, cost effective HDTV system which can support both HD and SD programming. <IMAGE>