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Ultra HDTV on Display for the First Time

fdiskne1 writes "According to a story by the BBC, the successor to HDTV is already out there. The resolution? 7680 x 4320 pixels. Despite the 'wow' factor, the only screens capable of using Ultra High Definition Television are large movie screens, and no television channel has the bandwidth needed for this image. Some experts, in fact, say the technology is only a novelty. Until the rest of the necessary technology catches up, the only foreseen use for Ultra HDTV is in movie theatres and museum video archives." From the article: "Dr. Masaru Kanazawa, one of NHK's senior research engineers, helped develop the technology. He told the BBC News website: 'When we designed HDTV 40 years ago our target was to make people feel like they were watching the real object. Our target now is to make people feel that they are in the scene.' As well as the higher picture resolution, the Ultra HD standard incorporates an advanced version of surround sound that uses 24 loudspeakers. "

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  1. Jimmy Buffett had something to say about this by thisnow1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Legal problems gettin' thick and hazy
    Look at the people gettin' rich and crazy
    Locked up in mansions on the top of the hill
    Someone needs to tell them 'bout overkill

    Overkill, overkill
    Such a megalo modern problematic ill
    Climb too fast and shove too hard
    You'll be pushin' up the daisies in the old boneyard

    Ah uh
    Ah uh
    Ah uh
    Ah uh

    I went to find the truth in the himalayas
    Bundled up half-frozen munchin' milky way-uhs
    Found a shaman in a diaper with a poppy pot
    When I asked if he was cold he said I just think hot

    Overkill, overkill
    Such a megalo modern problematic ill
    Climb too fast and shove too hard
    You'll be pushin' up the daisies in some old boneyard

    Ah uh
    Ah uh

    Wmr:
    Out in hollywood the paper money rolls
    They feed their egos instead of their souls
    A million here, a million there
    A mindless corporate dance
    Gettin' paid for fuckin' off in the south of france

    They don't do the shows
    But they act like the stars
    They fly around in g-4's and suck on big cigars
    It ain't about the talent
    It ain't about the skill
    It's all about the silly stupid horseshit deal!

    Overkill, overkill
    Such a megalo modern problematic ill
    Climb too fast and shove too hard
    You'll be pushin' up the daisies in the old boneyard

    [ horn/pan break ]

    I got no corporate gig
    I got no guru (ah uh)
    I don't own ocean front in honolulu (ah uh)
    You write the big checks
    But I pay your bills
    Now someone's got to tell you 'bout overkill

    Overkill, overkill
    Such a megalo modern problematic ill
    Climb too fast and shove too hard
    You'll be pushin' up the daisies in some old boneyard

    Overkill, overkill
    Such a megalo modern problematic ill
    Climb too fast and shove too hard
    You'll be pushin' up the daisies in some old boneyard

  2. Re:Ahead of their time by Malc · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Oh gosh: that means 25 years of dup stories.