HD TVs "soon to be defunct"

Even the Torygraph can do Daily Mail style scaremongering. They even
say in the article "these sets will not be for the domestic market -
ut requires a screen size of at least 60 inches"


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High-definition television to become outdated

If you splashed out on a high definition television at Christmas,
you're in for some bad news.

Japanese broadcasters and the BBC are already working on a successor
which promises to deliver pictures in a quality 33 time better than
the best HD sets on the market.

Super Hi-Vision is currently being tested by NHK, Japan's public
broadcaster, but the BBC is planning to use the technology to screen
the 2012 Olympics on big screens in city centres across the UK.

Experts say the new format could revolutionise the way in which people
watch big sporting events, with every bead of sweat and straining
muscle broadcast in perfect quality.

"It's as if you are actually at the stadium," said Vincent Letang, a
senior television analyst at Screen Digest. It gives you an immersive
feeling which standard high definition technology simply can't do."

Although still a relatively phenomenon, around seven million high-
definition television sets were sold in the UK last year. However, Mr
Letang said people who bought the sets had not wasted their money
because the new technology was not being developed for the average
living room.

"It's for big screen public broadcasts of concerts and sporting
events. It's definitely not for the consumer market" he said. "The
improved quality won't be noticeable on a regular sized TV sets so
people who have just bought high-definition sets really don't need to
worry."

Masuru Kanazawa, a research engineer at NHK's Science and Technical
Research Laboratory, agreed that format might not be suitable for the
average viewer. "It requires a screen size of at least 60 inches which
means there are limits on the usage of the system," he said. "It will
depend on the viewing situation. Watching fast-moving images at close
quarters could make people feel sick."

A spokesman for the BBC said: "We are collaborating with NHK with the
possibility of using the technology for the big screen. It is not
something for the average home."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../11/nhd111.xml

"Ed" wrote in message
...
Even the Torygraph can do Daily Mail style scaremongering. They even
say in the article "these sets will not be for the domestic market -
ut requires a screen size of at least 60 inches"


Screens way in excess of HD quality have been available for a long time. The
determining factor is the mass market availability and the broadcast
material able to be displayed on them. The technogical limits are bascially
irrelevant.

On Mar 11, 3:14*pm, "Mark Hewitt" wrote:
"Ed" wrote in message

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Even the Torygraph can do Daily Mail style scaremongering. They even
say in the article "these sets will not be for the domestic market -
ut requires a screen size of at least 60 inches"

Screens way in excess of HD quality have been available for a long time. The
determining factor is the mass market availability and the broadcast
material able to be displayed on them. The technogical limits are bascially
irrelevant.

This is why I dont buy any newspapers any more. Even the broadsheets
are full of **** like this.

Basically the entire article is rubbish, HDTVs are not defunct.
(Although we could easily get into the 1080 argument) Nicole martin
would be far better employed explaining the benefits of this system
for large screen presentations than making up rubbish about how people
that bought HDTVs have wasted their money

"Ed" wrote in message
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Experts say the new format could revolutionise the way in which people
watch big sporting events, with every bead of sweat and straining
muscle broadcast in perfect quality.


That, "every bead of sweat and straining" ?

Were they including the England cricket team in that description ?

"Ed" wrote in message
...
Even the Torygraph can do Daily Mail style scaremongering. They even
say in the article "these sets will not be for the domestic market -
ut requires a screen size of at least 60 inches"


===============
High-definition television to become outdated

If you splashed out on a high definition television at Christmas,
you're in for some bad news.

Japanese broadcasters and the BBC are already working on a successor
which promises to deliver pictures in a quality 33 time better than
the best HD sets on the market.

Super Hi-Vision is currently being tested by NHK, Japan's public
broadcaster, but the BBC is planning to use the technology to screen
the 2012 Olympics on big screens in city centres across the UK.

Experts say the new format could revolutionise the way in which people
watch big sporting events, with every bead of sweat and straining
muscle broadcast in perfect quality.

"It's as if you are actually at the stadium,"

It's as good as being at stadium now. Are we relly supposed to believe that
joe public in the last row of the stands can see every drop of sweat and
straining muscle on the guy doing the high jump 100 metres away?

tim

"Ed" wrote in message
...
Even the Torygraph can do Daily Mail style scaremongering. They even
say in the article "these sets will not be for the domestic market -
ut requires a screen size of at least 60 inches"


===============
High-definition television to become outdated

If you splashed out on a high definition television at Christmas,
you're in for some bad news.

Japanese broadcasters and the BBC are already working on a successor
which promises to deliver pictures in a quality 33 time better than
the best HD sets on the market.





given how many decades HDTV existed before launching in the uk, i'd venture
that i will be retired before this one sees the light of day here.



--
Gareth.

That fly... is your magic wand.

"tim (not at home)" wrote in message
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"Ed" wrote in message
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Experts say the new format could revolutionise the way in which people
watch big sporting events, with every bead of sweat and straining
muscle broadcast in perfect quality.

"It's as if you are actually at the stadium,"

It's as good as being at stadium now. Are we relly supposed to believe
that joe public in the last row of the stands can see every drop of sweat
and straining muscle on the guy doing the high jump 100 metres away?

No, of course not. No-one goes to a stadium to see anything but just to say
they were there. Since they could do that anyway, it's always seemed a bit
pointless to me, but there you go. Anyway, the more enlightened stadia have
big screens so that you can see what you can't see. So, if those big
screens are in super HD and show every drop of sweat and straining muscle, I
suppose sitting at home and watching it on an HD TV could reasonably be said
to be as if you were actually at the stadium.

Except you'd be £70 or so richer.

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"Ed" wrote in message
...
Even the Torygraph can do Daily Mail style scaremongering. They even
say in the article "these sets will not be for the domestic market -
ut requires a screen size of at least 60 inches"


===============
High-definition television to become outdated

If you splashed out on a high definition television at Christmas,
you're in for some bad news.

Japanese broadcasters and the BBC are already working on a successor
which promises to deliver pictures in a quality 33 time better than
the best HD sets on the market.

given how many decades HDTV existed before launching in the uk, i'd
venture that i will be retired before this one sees the light of day here.

If it's 33 times better than HD, that means it will require something like
1089 times the bandwidth of HD, doesn't it? Or 4356 times the bandwidth
required for one SD channel transmission.

Can't see many of them coming on Freeview then.

Ed wrote:
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Super Hi-Vision is currently being tested by NHK, Japan's public
broadcaster, but the BBC is planning to use the technology to screen
the 2012 Olympics on big screens in city centres across the UK.
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Resolution of 7,680 x 4,320 apparently.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_H...finition_Video

Seems a bit of an overkill. Cinema audience research has shown that in
digital cinemas, people don't really notice if they're being shown a 2K
(2048x1080) or a 4K (4096x2160) film.

--
Dave Farrance

Ed wrote:

Experts say the new format could revolutionise the way in which people
watch big sporting events, with every bead of sweat and straining
muscle broadcast in perfect quality.

ewwwwwww!

glad Linford has packed it in :O)

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Paul (We won't die of devotion)
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