8K4K: The future of HD

With Sky+ HD boasting well over half a million subscribers and Freesat's HD
offerings attracting more than 100,000 viewers since its May launch, 2008 saw
high-definition TV rapidly grow in the UK.

But the engineers behind hi-def have moved on, and are already publicly
showing a TV technology 16 times more powerful than HDTV.

Called Super Hi-Vision (and often known as 8K4K or Ultra HD), the system has
been developed by Japan's national broadcaster, NHK, and the same engineers
who worked on the original Hi-Vision (hi-def) tech in the 1980s.

NHK's Super Hi-Vision Ultra high-definition TV system – to give its full name
– is built around images with a 7,680 x 4,320 pixel resolution, equating to
roughly 33 megapixels. The current pinnacle of hi-def, Full HD, measures just
over two megapixels.

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"UCLAN" wrote in message
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With Sky+ HD boasting well over half a million subscribers and Freesat's
HD offerings attracting more than 100,000 viewers since its May launch,
2008 saw high-definition TV rapidly grow in the UK.

But the engineers behind hi-def have moved on, and are already publicly
showing a TV technology 16 times more powerful than HDTV.

Called Super Hi-Vision (and often known as 8K4K or Ultra HD), the system
has been developed by Japan's national broadcaster, NHK, and the same
engineers who worked on the original Hi-Vision (hi-def) tech in the 1980s.

NHK's Super Hi-Vision Ultra high-definition TV system – to give its full
name – is built around images with a 7,680 x 4,320 pixel resolution,
equating to roughly 33 megapixels. The current pinnacle of hi-def, Full
HD, measures just over two megapixels.

http://www.techradar.com/news/home-c...e-of-hd-513716


A term comes to mind. “Point of diminishing returns”

It describes the 8K4K perfectly.



I thought 1080I was approaching that point, but 8K4K jumps way past it.

"N9WOS" wrote:

A term comes to mind. “Point of diminishing returns”

Way past it, actually. 8K is not going to happen outside
some very narrow markets.

It describes the 8K4K perfectly.

4K is at that point.
Movie theatres going digital are 2K.
Sony is pushing 4K for theatrical, but in the current
economy, it probably won't have much traction.

In fact, there's a very real chance that people will
discover that there's almost no difference between
2.048K theatre and 1.920K home HD, other than a
few weeks wait, gas prices and bad popcorn .

Theatrical exhibition could collapse entirely, and a
move to 4K for differentiation, or even 3D, won't save it.

But back at 8K - about the only place you might detect
a difference between 4K and 8K is in an IMAX 15-70 hall.

Alas, IMAX Digital appears to be 2K. Which tells you
what one hi-res content creator thinks of the market
value of really hi res.

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N9WOS wrote:
"UCLAN" wrote in message
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With Sky+ HD boasting well over half a million subscribers and Freesat's
HD offerings attracting more than 100,000 viewers since its May launch,
2008 saw high-definition TV rapidly grow in the UK.

But the engineers behind hi-def have moved on, and are already publicly
showing a TV technology 16 times more powerful than HDTV.

Called Super Hi-Vision (and often known as 8K4K or Ultra HD), the system
has been developed by Japan's national broadcaster, NHK, and the same
engineers who worked on the original Hi-Vision (hi-def) tech in the 1980s.

NHK's Super Hi-Vision Ultra high-definition TV system – to give its full
name – is built around images with a 7,680 x 4,320 pixel resolution,
equating to roughly 33 megapixels. The current pinnacle of hi-def, Full
HD, measures just over two megapixels.

http://www.techradar.com/news/home-c...e-of-hd-513716


A term comes to mind. “Point of diminishing returns”

It describes the 8K4K perfectly.



I thought 1080I was approaching that point, but 8K4K jumps way past it.




Now all they gotta do is come up with a optical disk or transport system
to feed it.

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Now all they gotta do is come up with a optical disk or transport system
to feed it.

And the wheel of technology (and manufacturing) gets another 10 year spin...
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"N9WOS" wrote in message
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NHK's Super Hi-Vision Ultra high-definition TV system – to give its full
name – is built around images with a 7,680 x 4,320 pixel resolution,
equating to roughly 33 megapixels. The current pinnacle of hi-def, Full
HD, measures just over two megapixels.

A term comes to mind. “Point of diminishing returns”

It describes the 8K4K perfectly.



I thought 1080I was approaching that point, but 8K4K jumps way past it.

Exactly... perhaps if we had 30 foot home theaters...

I think that globally, 1080P is the sweet spot.

NHK's vision is doomed, as was analog Hi-Vision