Ultra High Definition Video

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday September 28, 2003 @04:43AM from the now-thats-a-lot-of-pixels dept.

mr.henry writes "Engineers at the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) have developed a prototype ultra high definition video (UHDV) system. How good is it? When it was shown to the public, some viewers experienced nausea because of the ultra realistic visual effect of speed without the usual physical sensation of movement. 18 minutes of UHDV takes up 3.5 terabytes." 4,000 horizontal scanlines. Excellent.

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Hight Definition Porn by Trigun · 2003-09-28 04:44 · Score: 4, Funny

YES!

oh, and Star Trek will look nice as well.
Just one step closer by xTBDx · 2003-09-28 04:47 · Score: 5, Funny

Just one step closer to the Matrix. On a side note, it's also a novel way of giving people nausea and filling state-of-the-art hard drives in minutes flat - without installing Windows!
Coincidentaly by geekoid · 2003-09-28 04:47 · Score: 4, Funny

both your examples have equally quality plot AND dialog.

Let me know when they have a TV that improves the script.

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They have to be careful with the video by Chairboy · 2003-09-28 04:50 · Score: 4, Funny

If it had been an ultra high resolution movie of a train coming at the camera, the audience might have died of fright.
1. Re:They have to be careful with the video by zapp · 2003-09-28 05:14 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Ohhh... fright..
  
  I thought you said they might die of freight ...
  yuk yuk.
  
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Re:Who wants to bet... by Rorschach1 · 2003-09-28 04:50 · Score: 4, Funny

Do you REALLY want to be able to see the hairs growing out of that mole?

Sometimes lack of resolution is a good thing...
Damn it! by Transcendent · 2003-09-28 05:00 · Score: 5, Funny

And I just bought a $10,000 HD Plasma TV!!! Now it's obsolete!!! ::crys:: I can never win with technology!
Not that exciting by fleener · 2003-09-28 05:01 · Score: 4, Funny

>some viewers experienced nausea
>because of the ultra realistic visual
>effect of speed without the usual
>physical sensation of movement

Ummm, my 13" VGA monitor proved as powerful in 1991 when I played Wolfenstein 3-D. Half the dorm couldn't watch. Hell, 1995's Midi-Maze produced the same sensation of movement and nausea on my high-tek Atari 520 ST.
Need a bigger HD for my TiVo by BluePenguin · 2003-09-28 05:05 · Score: 4, Funny

Wow, 3TB for 18 minutes? Impressive, but nothing I'd want to have to record in its native format. And here I though the TB array I just put in my Digital Video box would last me a while. ::mumble mubmle:: back to Fry's ::mumble mumble::

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Good tv as well by Celt · 2003-09-28 05:14 · Score: 4, Funny

Well now we got good picture quality, all we need now is tv shows to watch on it...

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