8K Ultra High Def TV Format Developed by Japan's NHK set to be Next
Global Standard
7:31 AM PDT 8/24/2012
by Gavin J. Blair
HollywoodReporter.com
Public broadcaster NHK to get international approval after public
viewing demonstrations of the new format at London 2012.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/8k-ultra-high-def-tv-365291
TOKYO - Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV) or Super Hi-Vision, an
8K system that delivers 16 times the resolution of current HD (high
definition) technology, is set to be approved by the International
Telecommunication Union as the next generation global television format.
NHK successfully demonstrated Super Hi-Vision in collaboration with the
BBC, at public viewings during the 2012 Olympics of selected events in
London, Tokyo and Washington D.C.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/london-olympics-2012-tv-355096
Developed by public broadcaster NHK at its award-winning Science &
Technical Research Laboratories, along with electronics manufacturers
Panasonic and Sharp, test broadcasts are scheduled to begin in Japan by
2020.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nhk-international-broadcasting-convention-award-345050
The new format can deliver images with 33 million pixels through 7,680
horizontal lines and 4,320 vertical lines, refresh rates of 120 frames
per second, as well as 22.2 channel multi-dimensional sound.
With 4K televisions hitting the market, and content virtually
non-existent, manufacturers will now have to begin aiming at the new 8K
format, which is believed to be at the limit of what the human eye can
process.
An NHK spokesperson declined to comment on the reports of approval of
the new format by the International Telecommunication Union, a United
Nations agency.
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