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SUPER High Vision!!!
Better get saving for 2012 then.
It's never going to stop is it, first they blow my mind with a radio with pictures, then they go and make it colour, then "in one ear and out the other" Ghostbuster Nicam sterio, then Dolby 5.1, 6.1 and whatever, then HD now this.
Broadcasters show off next-gen HDTV
Major broadcasters have jointly demonstrated the format that may one day replace high definition television.
The broadcasters NHK of Japan, RAI of Italy and the BBC put on a show of their ultra high definition technology in Amsterdam at Europe’s largest broadcast conference.
The format, known as Super Hi-Vision, is around 16 times sharper than today’s standard high definition. NHK says that Super Hi-Vision provides clearer images with a wider viewing angle, for a result “so real that viewers feel as if they were actually at the site of the broadcast and find themselves attempting to touch what's on the screen.”
Ultra HD on show
The conference demonstration included a comparison of the various current formats on a colossal screen designed for Super Hi-Vision.
A standard definition television picture, with 345,000 pixels, took up a tiny fraction of the display. A regular high definition picture, containing two million pixels, took up only a little more space. Even a high-end digital cinema picture (eight million pixels) failed to fill the screen.
It was only the Super Hi-Vision picture, composed of 33 megapixels, that made use of the entire enormous screen.
Development
First conceived in the late 1990s, the ultra high definition concept is on the road to becoming an everyday reality by 2020. It is so cutting edge that the researchers working for NHK, the Japanese public broadcaster, had to build their own camera to produce test footage for demonstration purposes.
NHK project leader Keiichi Kubota hailed significant progress since Super Hi-Vision’s very first demonstration in 2002, including the first optical fibre and satellite transmissions from London to Turin and research support from the BBC, RAI and the European Broadcasting Union.
The future of Super Hi-Vision
"NHK's goal is for Super Hi-Vision to be enjoyed in every home," said Kubota. "It is our responsibility to show broadcasters and network operators that it is not just a dream but a real future television system."
The BBC is considering using Super Hi-Vision to display coverage of the 2012 Olympic games on big screens in city centres across the UK if the technology is available by then.
However, IBC director of technology Phil White emphasised that the end of regular high definition in the home will not be for some time yet.
“What you’re looking at here is a sneak preview,” he told BBC News. “This isn’t a product that’ll be in the shops in a couple of years’ time but what you are seeing is where the technology is heading in the future.”
Better get saving for 2012 then.
It's never going to stop is it, first they blow my mind with a radio with pictures, then they go and make it colour, then "in one ear and out the other" Ghostbuster Nicam sterio, then Dolby 5.1, 6.1 and whatever, then HD now this.
Broadcasters show off next-gen HDTV
Major broadcasters have jointly demonstrated the format that may one day replace high definition television.
The broadcasters NHK of Japan, RAI of Italy and the BBC put on a show of their ultra high definition technology in Amsterdam at Europe’s largest broadcast conference.
The format, known as Super Hi-Vision, is around 16 times sharper than today’s standard high definition. NHK says that Super Hi-Vision provides clearer images with a wider viewing angle, for a result “so real that viewers feel as if they were actually at the site of the broadcast and find themselves attempting to touch what's on the screen.”
Ultra HD on show
The conference demonstration included a comparison of the various current formats on a colossal screen designed for Super Hi-Vision.
A standard definition television picture, with 345,000 pixels, took up a tiny fraction of the display. A regular high definition picture, containing two million pixels, took up only a little more space. Even a high-end digital cinema picture (eight million pixels) failed to fill the screen.
It was only the Super Hi-Vision picture, composed of 33 megapixels, that made use of the entire enormous screen.
Development
First conceived in the late 1990s, the ultra high definition concept is on the road to becoming an everyday reality by 2020. It is so cutting edge that the researchers working for NHK, the Japanese public broadcaster, had to build their own camera to produce test footage for demonstration purposes.
NHK project leader Keiichi Kubota hailed significant progress since Super Hi-Vision’s very first demonstration in 2002, including the first optical fibre and satellite transmissions from London to Turin and research support from the BBC, RAI and the European Broadcasting Union.
The future of Super Hi-Vision
"NHK's goal is for Super Hi-Vision to be enjoyed in every home," said Kubota. "It is our responsibility to show broadcasters and network operators that it is not just a dream but a real future television system."
The BBC is considering using Super Hi-Vision to display coverage of the 2012 Olympic games on big screens in city centres across the UK if the technology is available by then.
However, IBC director of technology Phil White emphasised that the end of regular high definition in the home will not be for some time yet.
“What you’re looking at here is a sneak preview,” he told BBC News. “This isn’t a product that’ll be in the shops in a couple of years’ time but what you are seeing is where the technology is heading in the future.”
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