"Ultra HD Signal; 16 Times Better Than HDTV"

[Footloose301]

Says it won't hit consumers until 2020.... nice to know that the $4k I spent on my current TV isn't going into the garbage anytime soon.

[john_1958]

Originally Posted by Footloose301

Says it won't hit consumers until 2020.... nice to know that the $4k I spent on my current TV isn't going into the garbage anytime soon.

NHK's Ultra HD technology delivers 7680 x 4320 resolution, which is up to 16 times greater than HDTV. The super-fast prototype cameras can capture data at a rate of 4000fps, with an audio component that is 22.2 channels (as compared to today’s 5.1 surround sound).

I say why wait till 2020 ?
2010 would be better or 2009

[Filterlab]

Jeez, that's incredible specification. What I'm wondering is what sort of data bit rate would that kind of information require? Furthermore, at the moment it could only rationally be direct to (on recording) and direct from (on playack) a dedicated hard disk recorder.

Not yet, but certainly in the future it may become a possibility. Remember that only 10 years ago a 50meg hard drive was considered a very high spec. Now that kind of storage can be found in a digital watch.

In other words whilst it would be very expensive now, in ten years it could be the standard to replace the current HD technology.

I'll start saving now.

[jermwhl]

Originally Posted by Filterlab

Jeez, that's incredible specification. What I'm wondering is what sort of data bit rate would that kind of information require?

it may be quite some time before such an image is delivered on media, let alone broadcasted, as an uncompressed signal requires a bit-rate of 24Gbps

quite a bit!!!!

[Merrick]

Originally Posted by Filterlab

Remember that only 10 years ago a 50meg hard drive was considered a very high spec. Now that kind of storage can be found in a digital watch.

Not quite. I had a 200MB hard drive in the late 80's - 20 years ago.
But the HVD is coming...

[jermwhl]

Originally Posted by Merrick

Not quite. I had a 200MB hard drive in the late 80's - 20 years ago.
But the HVD is coming...

I can remember saying "Holy crap! A 500MB hard drive? Who will ever fill that up!"

I laugh all the time about that

[Aaron]

Originally Posted by jermwhl

I can remember saying "Holy crap! A 500MB hard drive? Who will ever fill that up!"

I laugh all the time about that

Yay! A 500mb hard drive! Now I can finally store all my text documents.