Ultra High Definition Video · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by michael on Saturday June 5, 2004 @12:09AM from the haha-your-new-tv-is-already-obsolete dept.

hovermike writes "This story about UHDV (Ultra High Definition Video) comes from the NY Times. Here are a few specs from the article: 'picture size of 7,680 by 4,320 pixels'; 'UHDV's beefed-up refresh rate of 60 frames per second (twice that of conventional video), projected onto a 450-inch diagonal screen with more than 20 channels of audio'; '22.2 sound: 10 speakers at ear level, 9 above and 3 below, with another 2 for low frequency effects'; AND THE KICKER, 'All those sound channels and all those image pixels add up to a lot of data. In test, an 18-minute UHDV video gobbled up 3.5 terabytes of storage (equivalent to about 750 DVD's). The data was transmitted over 16 channels at a total rate of 24 gigabits per second.' Don't think I'll wait to buy regular 'old' HDTV..."

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Viewscreen by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-05 00:12 · Score: 5, Funny

So *that's* what powers the view screen on the Enterprise. Cool! :)
First Thought.... by ricky-road-flats · 2004-06-05 00:13 · Score: 5, Funny

The post-production touch-up jobs on porn acresses is going to have to get a *lot* better at that kind of resolution!

Please note: first thoughts != best thoughts
Is that the best you can come up with? by zbuffered · 2004-06-05 00:45 · Score: 5, Funny

What, only 2 dimensions?

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