HDTV soon to be obsolete

farss wrote on 5/29/2006, 4:30 PM
Sorry if you just mortaged the home to upgrade to 1080.


"NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories has demonstrated virtual satellite broadcasting of ultra-high definition (UHD) TV, which promises resolution 16 times higher than current high-definition images.

NHK terms the technology as Super HiVision featuring 7680x4320 pixel resolution with progressive scanning at 60fps. STRL, the central laboratory of Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) showed off the images at the NAB show held in Las Vegas last month, using fiber optic cable for transmission.

Researchers brought the technology a step closer to reality by verifying signal transmission in a simulated satellite broadcasting and demonstrating it at the lab's open house last week."


Where will it end?
Bob.

Comments

rmack350 wrote on 5/29/2006, 4:45 PM
Where will it end?

Transporters like on Star Trek?

Rob Mack
John_Cline wrote on 5/29/2006, 5:08 PM
A Transporter would sure solve Spot's problem with the TSA. (discussed in another thread.)

Regarding NHK's new super HDTV... I guess I'll put my "old" 1080 display in the kitchen...

John
fldave wrote on 5/29/2006, 5:14 PM
What they didn't mention was the percentage of the people who get violently ill watching UHD.

Not to worry, there will be a pill for the nausea by the time they are ready for deployment to the masses.

Edited:
By the way, did anyone see this at NAB in Vegas?
TheHappyFriar wrote on 5/29/2006, 6:02 PM
I can't get broadband but they want to fiber up my house for uber-res TV that isn't watched more then 2 hours a day.

God love man's inventions! :)
farss wrote on 5/29/2006, 8:20 PM
At the planned transmission rate 0f 300Mb/sec I don't see it going down cable. NHK plan to deliver it on a 21GHz satellite feed.

I missed it at NAB although others in my group said it was jaw dropping. I did see the newish Sony 4K projector and when it was fed a real 4K image, wow.

Bob.
Serena wrote on 5/29/2006, 9:03 PM
>>What they didn't mention was the percentage of the people who get violently ill watching UHD.

Sick because of the content or the definition? That seems most unlikely.
farss wrote on 5/29/2006, 10:13 PM
No risk of motion sickness, this system runs at 60p.

But seriously folks, what's higher defintion got to do with it.

Well, OK, higher definition means it can be watched with the screen taking up a larger field of view and yes the wrong sort of content would be more likely to induce motion sickness on the bigger screen and yes also the extreme realism of 60fps would be more involving so again you might be able to empty the viewing room real quick.
apit34356 wrote on 5/29/2006, 11:59 PM
John Cline, I think not. With DSE's luck, an ex-TSA employee would beam him and he end-up like "SpaceBalls" or minded trapped in some hip hop rapper's body in a middle of a gun battle.
fldave wrote on 5/30/2006, 5:07 AM
"Sick because of the content or the definition?"

Nausea. I thinbk farss described it accurately. The earlier tests of the tech caused widespread nausea in viewers.
DJPadre wrote on 5/30/2006, 6:27 AM
good luck trying to edit the content.. already there are numerous issues surrounding HD editing.. what a joke..

This is jsut another one of those vapourware ideas...
PeterWright wrote on 5/30/2006, 7:03 AM
I know lots of human beings.

They are a fair cross section of today's world

This very day, they love the look of a good SD DVD.

HDV will blow some minds, as it has mine. Big deal for others.

I'm not sure whether the ability to appreciate 7680x4320 pixels is yet an evolutionary imperative ...
farss wrote on 5/30/2006, 7:16 AM
Probably around 50% of the movies you get to see in cinemas are edited digitally at resolutions around that. Yes there are lots of issues still getting ironed out but most of them seem to revolve around standards for color grading.
RalphM wrote on 5/30/2006, 7:40 AM
Probably an age thing, but I have this little voice that says "Sure, it can be done, but do many people really care? (And how many satellite transponders can we eat to bring variety in programming)

In my neighborhood (Wash DC suburb) the penetration of HD TVs is very , very small. If the obvious difference in clarity between SDV and HDV is not enough to drive sales, will the diminishing returns of higher resolutions do any better?

Verizon keeps trying to convince me that I really need their 15 megabit internet service that they dug up the neighborhood to install. What I really want is competition so that I can get cable TV, internet access and landline phone at a good price. Providers sometimes believe that it is technology that brings customers. While there are some who enjoy having the latest tech, most people are just looking for a solution to a need.
TheHappyFriar wrote on 5/30/2006, 7:04 PM
i recieve HDTV but view it on my SD monitor. Good enough for me. I'll be happy with digital SD until I die.