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Ultra High Definition Video

Posted by michael on 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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  1. Viewscreen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So *that's* what powers the view screen on the Enterprise. Cool! :)

  2. First Thought.... by ricky-road-flats · · 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

  3. At least we have some good news by Phoenixhunter · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We're about a decade away from reaching the point where there increasing the resolution of the screen will not be detectable to the human eye, at which point, one could go about collecting a collection of Ultra-High Def DVD's without worrying about a 'better' version coming out soon. So you can get all of your 20th century and early 21st century media and know that your great grandkids will view it exactly the same.

    1. Re:At least we have some good news by kfg · · Score: 5, Insightful

      There will always, however, be people who claim to be able to detect the undetctable and spend ungodly amounts of money not to detect it.

      KFG

  4. Is that the best you can come up with? by zbuffered · · Score: 5, Funny

    What, only 2 dimensions?

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