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Ultra HDTV shown off at IBC
We're a pretty slow bunch at getting HD off the ground in Europe, and the Japanese who have had high-definition for the longest are already showing off their next generation HD.
Ultra HD (which we've spoken briefly of before) has around 16 times the resolution of the best current consumer HD, at 7680x4320 pixels. And to go with it, a 24-speaker surround sound system. Ouch!
This ultra-realistic setup will come at a price, though, in vastly higher bandwidth. Still, in 25 years time, the earliest that NHK say it will be available for consumer TV, we'll probably have cracked that problem as well.
For now, it's an expensive prototype that some are hailing as the next big thing, whilst others dismiss as a fad. Then again, as Dr. Masaru Kanazawa, a senior engineer at NHK told the BBC, people were dismissive of the current HD when it was first showcased.
He told the BBC News website: "When we designed HDTV 40 years ago our target was to make people feel like they were watching the real object. Our target now is to make people feel that they are in the scene."
The technology is so advanced that it can only be displayed via a projector, as no LCD or plasma screen yet exists that can handle the resolution.
Even if it doesn't make it to TV, other uses could be found for the technology, including high-definition archiving in museums, or for cinema.
Ultra HDTV shown off at IBC
We're a pretty slow bunch at getting HD off the ground in Europe, and the Japanese who have had high-definition for the longest are already showing off their next generation HD.
Ultra HD (which we've spoken briefly of before) has around 16 times the resolution of the best current consumer HD, at 7680x4320 pixels. And to go with it, a 24-speaker surround sound system. Ouch!
This ultra-realistic setup will come at a price, though, in vastly higher bandwidth. Still, in 25 years time, the earliest that NHK say it will be available for consumer TV, we'll probably have cracked that problem as well.
For now, it's an expensive prototype that some are hailing as the next big thing, whilst others dismiss as a fad. Then again, as Dr. Masaru Kanazawa, a senior engineer at NHK told the BBC, people were dismissive of the current HD when it was first showcased.
He told the BBC News website: "When we designed HDTV 40 years ago our target was to make people feel like they were watching the real object. Our target now is to make people feel that they are in the scene."
The technology is so advanced that it can only be displayed via a projector, as no LCD or plasma screen yet exists that can handle the resolution.
Even if it doesn't make it to TV, other uses could be found for the technology, including high-definition archiving in museums, or for cinema.
