Tandberg Television Powers HD Under the Sea A research
expedition from the University of Washington to transmit the
world's first high-definition footage from the sea floor is
using encoding technology from Tandberg Television. The
University's VISIONS '05 underwater expedition is designed to
study geologic activity in the underwater volcanoes in the Juan
de Fuca Ridge in the northeast Pacific Ocean. Using the Tandberg
Television HD E5780 HD MPEG-2 encoder and TT1280 HD decoder, the
HD video was compressed and transmitted live from the research
vessel over IP satellite to the University of Washington, where
it was streamed over the Internet to research facilities across
the United States. The seafloor locations are approximately 200
miles offshore and HD video links reached 20 Mbps.