SCTE considering a 3D over cable standard
By Richard Lawler 
posted Feb 21st 2009 7:52AM
posted Feb 21st 2009 7:52AM
In another small step along the road to proper 3D at home, the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers announced its standards program is looking into 3D content delivery over cable networks. Apparently planning to "consider" work already under way by SMPTE, CEA and others, the SCTE's 3D over Cable project is mostly committed to figuring out how existing standards might need to change to support 3D. There's no way to know if this will even lead to an additional standard, but you can believe the cable giants want their say in how 3D at home develops and whether they're ready to jump on the bandwagon.
cool! finally!
I think they need to get on this, otherwise we will be stuck with the manufacturers putting their own (likely incompatible) standards in place.
So lame. The cable guys are trying to establish their value when in reality this problem has nothing to do with cable at all. it is a file format problem and one that should be addressed by the MPEG committee, not by anything to do with the cable consortiums
Yes, but if the cable providers start getting into the action, then it may move the MPEG committees to take similar action for a universal 3D delivery standard. I like the move, as Coraline in 3D really sold me on it being viable.