The full resolution LE and RE output image frames (162-L and 162-R) both of which comprise high spatial frequency content in both vertical and horizontal directions may be rendered by a display device (which, for example, may comprise the multi-layer video decoder 150) to present a full resolution output 3D image. Rendering the full resolution LE and RE output image frames may, but is not limited to, be in a frame-sequential manner. Because high spatial frequency content has been preserved in the video signals as received by the multi-layer video decoder (150), the full resolution output 3D image contains high spatial frequency image details that may exist in an original 3D image (which may be one of the 3D input images of FIG. 1A).
FIG. 1C illustrates a base-layer video decoder (150-1) that receives one or more input video signals generated from an original video sequence (which may be the input video sequence as discussed in connection with FIG. 1A), in accordance with an embodiment. In an example embodiment, the base-layer video decoder (150-1) is configured to decode a BL input video signal as received from a base layer (BL FC video stream 112-1 of FIG. 1C) into a sequence of 3D output images, regardless of whether video signals in other layers may be present or not in physical signals received by the decoder. In an example embodiment, the base-layer video decoder (150-1) is configured to ignore any presence of video signals in other streams other than the BL FC video stream (112-1).