1440p

[Calgaryman24]

I have heard this resolution thrown around abit and that it will make an appearance in around 2009 sometime. Will this be the next big thing and will it be really pricey?

[WickyWoo]

I seriously doubt you will ever seen any software to take advantage of it. Game systems will eventually take advantage though

[DavePS3]

I think you can be sure of one thing... this medium will keep evolving. The industry never stagnates... you can bet resolution will eventually go up.

[95pgtproject]

I heard the ps6 is 1400000p

[Eddie who?]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

I seriously doubt you will ever seen any software to take advantage of it. Game systems will eventually take advantage though

You don't really think home theatre has peaked with 1080, do you? Major advancements in technology is how these electronic companies keep us buying new equipment, constantly upgrading our experience. If it's not 1440, then it will be something. And maybe not in the near future, but 10 or so years down the road, we will see the next big thing. And we will all be broke again.

[Calgaryman24]

ahh i see. I wonder if Bluray players would need a firmware update to take advantage of even higher resolutions than 1080p.

[spicynacho]

Doubtful. HDTV is being pushed by the FCC with the end to analog broadcasts. The next step (for home theater) will probably be at 4K. This is what some digital projectors for movie theaters use right now. Anything less would be a HD DVDesque half step.

In actuality, what will probably happen is 1080p will be the standard for about 10-20 years, then we will have ultra HD 7680 x 4320 Pixels. It is under development by the same people that came up with HDTV about 20 years ago.

http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byfor.../msg00097.html

[MotionBlurr]

As time goes by technology get better but our eyes get older and we won't even able to see 480i but hopefully our children will enjoy it.

[Azumi]

No, it won't. The likeliness of 1440p in the near future is a financial aberration.

Imagine that last year, the installed base of 16:9 TVs in the main European markets was close to 20 percent. Not flat screens, I'm talking about SD and HD sets! It took 10 years of DVD and satellite programming, so that 1 household out of 5 had a 16:9 TV in Western Europe.

Imagine the ratio for the entire planet. It would be like, 1 or 2 percent?

My point is that putting HD screens into people's homes is perhaps the most gigantic project that Consumer Electronics undertook in all times. It will be years and years before 1080p televisions become commonplace in our homes. You can bet that CE and entertainment industries won't attempt another upgrade during our generations.

The same reasoning goes for content. TV channels can't handle 1080p yet -- too much data to encode in real time and too much data to broadcast. As for HDM, they're already trying very hard to get Blu-ray past the 1 or 2% DVD market share.

1440p is nothing but a wild dream in the R&D labs. I remember visiting the Thomson CE labs in the early Nineties, where they were already testing blue laser technology. Look at how long it took before it became industrially and financially viable.

[Eddie who?]

Originally Posted by Azumi

No, it won't. The likeliness of 1440p in the near future is a financial aberration.

Imagine that last year, the installed base of 16:9 TVs in the main European markets was close to 20 percent. Not flat screens, I'm talking about SD and HD sets! It took 10 years of DVD and satellite programming, so that 1 household out of 5 had a 16:9 TV in Western Europe.

Imagine the ratio for the entire planet. It would be like, 1 or 2 percent?

My point is that putting HD screens into people's homes is perhaps the most gigantic project that Consumer Electronics undertook in all times. It will be years and years before 1080p televisions become commonplace in our homes. You can bet that CE and entertainment industries won't attempt another upgrade during our generations.

The same reasoning goes for content. TV channels can't handle 1080p yet -- too much data to encode in real time and too much data to broadcast. As for HDM, they're already trying very hard to get Blu-ray past the 1 or 2% DVD market share.

1440p is nothing but a wild dream in the R&D labs. I remember visiting the Thomson CE labs in the early Nineties, where they were already testing blue laser technology. Look at how long it took before it became industrially and financially viable.

I agree, but at the same time, if a certain advancement comes along it may be too tempting for a CE company to say to a consumer: Hey, look what our new tv's can do! Even if it's just for the uber rich consumer who just has to have everything under the sun.

[richard lichtenfelt]

Maybe the next step will transcend beyond pixels which would mean that resolution won't apply.

[spicynacho]

Originally Posted by richard lichtenfelt

Maybe the next step will transcend beyond pixels which would mean that resolution won't apply.

Are you talking about 3D? Resolution is measured in voxels. Resolution still applies and probably will always apply.

[bajor27]

I want a Holodeck. That's what better be coming next :P

[rpneuss]

Originally Posted by richard lichtenfelt

Maybe the next step will transcend beyond pixels which would mean that resolution won't apply.

I agree, maybe it will involve some sort of vectorizing and the techonlogy will advance beyond pixels. This would probably be like 30 years away, but just imagine the stuff they will do.

[Terjyn]

Originally Posted by spicynacho

HDTV is being pushed by the FCC with the end to analog broadcasts.

Why do people believe this? Digital TV is being pushed, not HDTV.

[WickyWoo]

It's going to take at least another decade to get a 720p minimum set in 85% of households (mass penetration).

1440p is not going to be anything but an extra feature for gamers on the highest of high end TVs and on computer monitors. Sure you might see it for professional installations, but not for the consumer market software

[jcdDigix]

Originally Posted by Eddie who?

You don't really think home theatre has peaked with 1080, do you? Major advancements in technology is how these electronic companies keep us buying new equipment, constantly upgrading our experience. If it's not 1440, then it will be something. And maybe not in the near future, but 10 or so years down the road, we will see the next big thing. And we will all be broke again.

FOR SURE!

[sardaukar1977]

Originally Posted by bajor27

I want a Holodeck. That's what better be coming next :P

Holodeck....hmm, the possibilities, the possibilities, MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[nails]

I saw Fuji TV in Japan is going to start making many of their programs in WQXGA which is 2560x1600 This is mostly for giant street TVs as well as Movie theaters for digital projection. There is a point where you have to have a certain size TV before you can even take advantage of the resolution of current HD, which is right around 42" or something like that. People are not going to buy 300" screens just so they can watch these Ultra HD movies. (unless of course 300" tvs cost $3,000 or less). Reality is reality.

[Sean4000]

But there has to be a cap on how much the brain can intake at one time. 4K is a lot of pixels.