Enter The 2160p HDTV

Dr. Eggman writes "The Consumer Electronics Show is kicking it in high gear as Westinghouse shows off its 2160p or "Quad" HDTV. While enthusiasts pine for new 1080p monitors Westinghouse has stated that the Quad HDTVs, like the 52" on display, "does not really target the consumer market, but high-end industrial applications.""

Comments

How about

[DJ.Flecktarn]

High end industrial pr0n?

I believe

[maroberts]

I shall make a case for my living room viewing to be a "high end industrial application" :-)

Re:I believe

[Jugalator]

Save your money for a UHDV living room. :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UHDV

Super Hi-Vision's main specifications:

        * Resolution: 7,680 × 4,320 pixels (16:9) (approximately 33 megapixels)
        * Frame rate: 60 frame/s.
        * Audio: 22.2 channels
                    o 9 -- above ear level
                    o 10 -- ear level
                    o 3 -- below ear level
                    o 2 -- low frequency effects
        * Bandwidth: 21 GHz frequency band
                    o 600 MHz, 500~6600 Mbit/s bandwidth

Hot damn!

Re:I believe

[Anonymous Coward]

Bring me an edit window of at least 30 secs

I give you....the Preview button

How to feed it ?

[Rastignac]

What can one use to feed this beast ? Where to find very-very-HD contents ? (And what about the huge bandwidth and the huge storage needed ?).

Re:How to feed it ?

[AxminsterLeuven]

What can one use to feed this beast ? Where to find very-very-HD contents ? Hook up four DVD players, with each disc containing a quarter of the movie's image. Then lign up your remotes on the coffee table and use the index and middle fingers of both your hands to press play.

PS3 drivable?

[mgabrys_sf]

There was a lot made of the early specs of the PS3, one of them being it was capable of driving not one - but two 1080p displays in tandem. The potential of this being used in real-life led to it being dropped (so the story goes). If the PS3 was truely capable of driving two 1080p's wouldn't it be possible to drive a single 2160?

I recall that many early 30 inch progessive display cards used two cards in tandem to spit the screen into two vertical halves. If the PS3 video system has the omph, could it be similarly done?

Don't know how BIG the display would have to be to be ideal either. I recall that 1080p is barely perceptible with anything under 37-40 inches. I can only imagine the optimal size you'd need to see the advantages of Quad HDTV.

Re:PS3 drivable?

[joshetc]

No, 2160p is essentially four 1080p displays. Hence them calling it "Quad HDTV"

Re:What he really means to say

[Kjella]

But even with that, DirecTV cripples their HD by dropping the 1920x1080 picture down to 1440x1080 so they can fit more content.

Check out the following WP quotes:

"HDV 1080i uses a pixel resolution of 1440×1080, but when displayed is scaled to an aspect ratio of 1920×1080 = (1440 × 1.33)×1080."

"HDCAM, introduced in 1997, is a HD version of Digital Betacam, using an 8-bit DCT compressed 3:1:1 recording, in 1080i-compatible downsampled resolution of 1440x1080, and adding 24p and 23.976 PsF modes."

"DVCPRO HD downsamples native 720p/1080i signals to a lower resolution. 720p is downsampled from 1280x720 to 960x720, and 1080i is downsampled from 1920x1080 to 1280x1080 for 59.94i and 1440x1080 for 50i."

Unless you have some extremely fancy gear, you're not doing more than 1440x1080 anyway. But hey, it's nice to think you're getting 1920x1080 footage.

Four shows at once?

[adenied]

I know this is anathema to the Slashdot crowd, but I wonder if one could use this to watch four sporting events at once like sports bars do with big projection screens. There's enough HD feeds on most systems to make this look pretty nice. ESPN, ESPNHD, the various broadcast networks, FSNHD, NFL Network HD, INHD special events, etc. Just switch the audio feed around as needed.

Also would be cool when they do ESPN Full Circle where you get the same game but with different camera priorities on ESPNHD, ESPN2HD, ESPNEWS, and ESPNU. That's a sports geek's dream! Talk about sensory overload.

Re:Great!!

[Schemat1c]

I know of only 3 in the 60 some homes that I am friends with... I have never had a home as a friend and you have 60. How does one become friends with a home?