Ultra High Definition

bingham67 · 14 Jan 2008 at 18:37

1080p and QuadHD / 4K can take a step back, the Japanese government has announced plans to bring Super Hi-Vision (a.k.a. Ultra High Definition) to life as a broadcast standard by 2015. With its 33 megapixel (7,680 x 4,320) resolution and 22.2 channel surround sound, challenges so far have included building a camera that can record it, and equipment to transfer the 24Gbps uncompressed stream.

http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/216566933/

Wow :eek:

fini · 14 Jan 2008 at 18:39

Utterly pointless

bingham67 · 14 Jan 2008 at 18:43

fini said:
Utterly pointless

Guess so but fair play and all.

22.2 channel surround seems abit extreme i would say.

FrankJH · 14 Jan 2008 at 19:35

To be fair Japan have had hidef live tv for a while now I seem to recall, so why not?

smsmasters · 14 Jan 2008 at 19:37

It's the only way forward. I want to live in Japan

utajoker · 14 Jan 2008 at 19:40

my favorite bit

"challenges so far have included building a camera that can record it"

Vertigo · 14 Jan 2008 at 19:45

fini said:
Utterly pointless

Agreed. On the size of screens people will have in their living rooms, it'll be beyond the ability of human vision to discern pixels that small. You'd have to sit very close to a very large screen to even tell the difference between that and half or even quarter of the resolution.

TomO · 15 Jan 2008 at 11:01

the res is one thing. but 22.2 channel sounds. where the hell are you going to put that many speakers?!!?

even little BOSE things would be tricky!

ssmacc · 15 Jan 2008 at 11:20

Got to love those Japanese, I read a while ago Japan has had HD for 10+ years…Sony have a hard drive recorder there capably of recording 12 channels at once and one in HD (probably more by now). I suppose it is pointless (22.1 sound channels!) but it must push technology along and make the ‘normally’ cutting edge (1080p etc.) more affordable for the rest of the world so good luck to em!

Attu90 · 15 Jan 2008 at 12:26

Its only pointless with the size of TV's we have now but imagine a 150" screen on your wall at that resolution

....id buy one

yipyipboo · 15 Jan 2008 at 12:30

still a little way off, and if they do have it by 2015 we'll not have till at least 2020!

Hen_Dawg · 15 Jan 2008 at 12:36

fini said:
Utterly pointless

Pointless right now but don't be boring. Just think what a home cinema like that would be like, money permitting?

Utterly immense! Mind blowing I'd say :cool:

But hella expensive

Chireg69 · 15 Jan 2008 at 12:37

George Orwell and all that!

Just think, in the year 2050 people will be laughing at that spec!!!

MikeHunt79 · 15 Jan 2008 at 18:49

22.2 channel surround? Hahahahahahahahaaaaaaa......

That is the most pointless thing I've heard of... It would be a PITA to set up properly, and stereo LFE won't sound any different to mono LFE as bass is non directional!

Still, I guess it will sell a few new systems, as higher is always better isn't it... :rolleyes:

Also, mixing and mastering a film for 22.2 would be no mean feat...

Alexrose1uk · 15 Jan 2008 at 19:49

MikeHunt79 said:
22.2 channel surround? Hahahahahahahahaaaaaaa......

That is the most pointless thing I've heard of... It would be a PITA to set up properly, and stereo LFE won't sound any different to mono LFE as bass is non directional!

Still, I guess it will sell a few new systems, as higher is always better isn't it...

Also, mixing and mastering a film for 22.2 would be no mean feat...

I would imagine regards bass it'd be more front and rear bass where it COULD make a difference. Mono directional, but you'd still feel the rough direction the noise came from.

And you're right, it would be hard to master decently, but if done properly...wow that could be nice... imagine full music concerts in 22.2

ojrules · 15 Jan 2008 at 22:40

i doubt my ears could even distinguish 22.2 channel surround sound.. and that would mess up your living room, considering how small houses are over there.... i can barely distinguish stero from mono

.. have the japanese got nothing else to do.. (we could master the world... nah... china's got that covered, we'l just hitch along when the time's right and claim we're chinese, britian and america are stupid enough not to realise..... "hey wheres japan thesedays?......." "what the hell is a japan?"

ojrules · 15 Jan 2008 at 22:43

i think the experience would be close to being raped..

benji182 · 15 Jan 2008 at 23:30

for a tv that big you'd need to move house just to have a wall big enough to have the TV in front of as i'm assuming no modern day house with plaster board walls will hold it up. then you've got to be sat far enough away to see the whole thing.

sounds totally crazy to me. we had to re-arrange and living room only a few months back just to get a 40" 1080p samsung my dad bought into the window bay.

Yeggstry · 15 Jan 2008 at 23:45

Coming soon in 2050, Uber Mega Wicked Super Ultra High Def

Corasik · 16 Jan 2008 at 01:54

Vertigo1 said:
Agreed. On the size of screens people will have in their living rooms, it'll be beyond the ability of human vision to discern pixels that small. You'd have to sit very close to a very large screen to even tell the difference between that and half or even quarter of the resolution.

Perhaps the japaneese have invented ocular implants to replace our eyes... We are borg, resistance is futile.