Ultra High Definition Video

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.

Comments

Practical end user application?

[fadeaway]

At 3.5 *terabytes* for 18 minutes of video, I doubt we'll see this in our homes for a good long while.

Maybe it's time to give those data-over-electric-lines people a kick in the pants.. get things moving along a little.

Technology marches on

[mst76]

In every article on recent PC advancements, there have been remarks along the lines of "who needs 64-bit on the desktop" and "how are we ever going to fill a 250GB hard disk". This should shut them up for a while. Remember what passed for "rich multimedia experience" only 10 years ago? Grainy 15fps 320x200 video clips that lasted half a minute. Playing something with dvd or divx quality from your hard disk seemed like science fiction. Who knows, maybe in 15 years our current dvd and divx quality will seem just as laughable.

Data transfer

[DWormed]

If they manage to develop a transport system for this video, the applications could be tremendous for non-video applications. Think how coaxial enabled the Cable Modem era - who knows what could be done with that kind of bandwidth?

Re:Because perhaps 24fps is better for film

[Small Hairy Troll]

Could be. Having never seen 60p on anything larger than a 47" set I can't say. But in the end, emotion counts for a heck of a lot.

What film is better: "Star Wars: Episode IV", or "Star Wars: Episode I". Technically, Episode I beats IV hands down. But what film would you rather own on DVD, I'm betting Episode IV, the first movie, because "Phantom Menace" just sucked. "A New Hope" has that emotional element. I suppose "Phantom Menace" has a large emotional element too - disappointment.

The objective test would be to watch "Phantom Menace" at both 24p and 60p on the big screen.

Re:2 Lessons from UHDTV: Adult Videos and H-1Bs

[pboulang]

When I see a post that is as long as this, I think wow, someone is sure passionate about something. However, after reading it, it is really quite clear your post is crap. Let's look at the meat of your argument while trying to take out the obviously subjective language (certainly your point can survive that, right?):

Premise 1: The Japanese had established an HDTV standard prior to 1989

Premise 2: In the 1990s, the Americans developed an HDTV standard based on digital techniques.

Premise 3: Once the HDTV standard based on digital techniques was established, the Japanese (and the Koreans) commercialized the technology.

Your primary conclusion is that it is NOT true that The foreigners claim that foreign brainpower helped the USA to leap ahead of Japan. (note how you neatly care to disregard the requirement of defining the term "leap ahead")

Your second conclusion is, using the example of India, that the US will out-commercialize any Indian invention. Why would the US all of a sudden become *better* at implementation when they stop hiring H1-B's?

You make no sense. I really take offence at the fact that you pass yourself off as a reporter, yet cannot even write a decent post.

The fact of the matter is, you are a xenophobe. H1B is a perfectly fine way for an individual's talent to be used NOW to the betterment of the individual (who may have access to money and work conditions not currently available) and to the corporation who can choose someone based on how well they can perform vs. where they were born. Frankly, from this article, I have the firm impression that you are a lazy American that thinks showing up for work deserves a 6 figure salary.