The TV format to replace HD

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Falcon01

Sep 20, 2008 - CDT 12:31 PM

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I know some people here dislike it when we talk about new visual mediums but thought some of you would still want to check this out regardless. Theres a presentation video at the link below.

Three major broadcasters have demonstrated the format they are developing to replace high definition television.

Super Hi-Vision promises to be 16 times sharper than today's HD sets.

Japan's NHK, Italy's RAI and the BBC mounted a Super Hi-Vision show at the IBC broadcasting industry conference in Amsterdam.

IBC's Director of Technology, Phil White, admits it may be a long time before homes switch to such a high quality format.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7617702.stm

tony1569

Sep 20, 2008 - CDT 1:04 PM

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What I find amusing is that it took HDTV 26 years from drawing board to finish product to finally reach your home. This stuff is light years away, but I hope I'm around to look at it let alone afford it.

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Sep 20, 2008 - CDT 2:06 PM

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I Agree.

HD was demonstrated way back, but the press coverage (mainly the internet) we have today wasn't available back then, so stories like this one where not easily spread.

Plus, you have to understand, Producers think costs first. Early adoption of any technology is painstacking for anyone's pocket (Any toshiba fan-boys listening? Or iPhone 1.0 owners?).
BBC and discovery started switching to HDCAM only two years ago for producing series and tv shows in HD, they've been using DigiBeta before that. There's an entire workflow infrastructure than needs to be modified before your TV can actually receive transmitions in 4 or 5k images. Then there's bandwidth, a cable HD channel uses the same bandwitdh as 3 SD channels, and its still compressed.

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Sep 20, 2008 - CDT 2:11 PM

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Thanks for the update Falcon! Wished the video was longer.

Yes, some of us here on the Msd Bd briefly discussed this tech during the last year, and I found some info on Wikipedia about it (below) - check out the pic of the camera(!)...

[EXCERPT] - "Super Hi-Vision, also known as Ultra High Definition Video, UHDV, Ultra High Definition Television, UHDTV and UHD is an experimental digital video format, currently proposed by NHK of Japan, the BBC, and RAI. The new format with a resolution of 7,680 × 4,320 pixels is four times as wide and four times as high (for a total of 16 times the pixel resolution) as existing HDTV, which has a maximum resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels. According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will be starting a public-private partnership to develop technology for UHDV in the hopes of setting an international standard for Super Hi-Vision in addition to broadcasting with it beginning in 2015."