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Japan Promises an Ultra-High-Tech 2020 Olympics
jfruh writes "When Japan first hosted the Olympics in 1964, it was a platform for the country to showcase that it was a first-rate technical nation, with brand new bullet trains for visitors and the games broadcast in color via satellite for the first time. Japan's tech industry is already preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Games, with Japanese companies promising ultra-high-def TV, super-fast cell phone networks, and autonomous self-driving cars on the roads."
I mean we all know that's why they create lifelike looking robots, instead of producing roomba's or drones.
Only $30-$50 a meg if you are roaming
NHK has promised 8k in time for the show. 8k resolution, 120fps. Hardly anyone outside Japan will have a tv capable of displaying it.
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All events will involve Wii-motes.
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As right now Dish and directv will be hard pressed to offer 4K with out putting a lot more birds up.
. . . last time one of my friends visited Tokyo, he spent two hours (jokingly) asking directions to the Godzilla Victims Memorial. ;-)
2020, wow! That's only 7 years away, can they get ready that fast?
Well, I suppose if Chinese gymnasts not yet born can get ready by then, they can, too.
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Athletes!
In 2020, I would expect nothing less than armed Mechs patrolling the streets. Not some American OCP ED-209 garbage either, no, only a sleek and shiny Gundam, Veritech, or some other type of mech will do.
Fifty watts per channel, baby cakes.
... will be self-heating and will glow in the dark.
That's what h.265 is for. Same bandwidth required but higher resolution. Or alternatively, same resolution, but a fraction of current speeds.
Are you happy with how the satellite companies molest the signal?
but i'd settle for non leaking tanks for radioactive water...
What NBC Channels will be in 4K / 8K??
Maybe NBCSN?? But likely not for CNBC / MSNBC / NBC OTA / ETC. Also it's 2013 and the comcast cable systems are still MPEG 2 HD.
I'd also settle for fewer goofs by judges. Maybe they can come up with robotic judges.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Also an high profile crash can lead to a long shutdown / court cases that may take years to work though the system.
I'll probably still need a cable subscription to watch live events on the web in the U.S. Sigh.
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I'm sure the fiber providers don't mind seeing the sat companies come up a bit short.
Depends if the government is behind it. Did the Apollo 1 disaster stop the US space race? The real question is how many rules are they willing to put aside to get it done in that time.
and the satellite systems have more covage also fios has the over compressed iN DEMAND feeds for out of market sports.
Also fios has hit the QAM wall and is now moving to MPEG 4.
In 2020, I would expect nothing less than armed Mechs patrolling the streets. Not some American OCP ED-209 garbage either, no, only a sleek and shiny Gundam, Veritech, or some other type of mech will do.
What, you got a problem with Robocop?
If he can keep a satirical future Detroit that's somehow WORSE than the one we have now safe, a little ol' Olympic village ought to be simple. :-)
But in the same time that Directv when from MPEG 2 HD to MPEG 4 HD most cable systems are still on MPEG 2 with loads of old HD boxes still in use.
Well, judging by the fact that my cable company routinely scales stuff down to 720p (or worse in some cases) and calls it high-def, I'm sure some marketing idiots will just come up with their own definition for UHD and claim they're delivering it.
To be honest, I figure 4k and 8k TV is many years away from widespread adoption. My current TV is only about 2 years old, and I have no interest in replacing my stuff because the movie companies think they can get even more money out of me.
I'd be more interested in higher resolutions for my computer monitor than my TV.
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That's covered by the Japanese.
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No terrorists will ever try to face a Macross Missile Massacre.
If SpaceX gets its way, getting satellites up there will be much less expensive.
Already exists. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAZNPfxuwXg
And get this, you fire the weapons, by Laughing. If this wasn't designed for someone from the league of super evil I don't know what was.
The Olympics have overshadowed the World's Fair as a forum and showcase for technology, art, social events, and efforts by each host country to create a "model society" if but for a brief period. Most host countries pour far more money in than they will recover because of the prestige and the opportunity to push their political ideology on the world's televisions.
Hopefully they bring back MXC overdubs, and they can have glowing air from the failing reactors.
I would be happy if they had a Vocaloid perform at the opening ceremony.
Glow-in-the-dark Athletes!
apollo 1 astronauts knew about the risks of space but the guy of the road who get's hit by a failing car?
also who will pay his bills while all the party are fighting over who will pick up the costs?
I'd settle for an ultra high tech nuclear disaster management, instead of morons pushing random buttons that shut off the cooling pumps.
It may come as no surprise when we discover all of the favorable positive reviews coming out to the media already are being promulgated by minions of homeless Fukushima residents trying to get whatever work they must to survive. How fitting it is that they can honestly cook up "glowing reviews".
only a sleek and shiny Gundam, Veritech, or some other type of mech will do.
Duh, the police use Patlabors.
I bet if we went back to 1964 and told the folks designing the Shikansen that they'd get double the Olympics out of them, they would dance with glee. I have to say the two hour train ride between Tokyo and Kyoto was clean, comfortable, and kicked the butt of any equivalent plane ride.
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You already predicted the shape of the stadium in Super Baseball 2020, now you just need robot baseball players and armor for the athletes.
Everybody knows that it takes five superlatives to make it worth. Call me when they promise Super-Mega-Ultra-Hyper-Jedi-High-Tech.
... is a Bob Costas-free Olympics.
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I find the comments about 8 and even 4K being unrealistic to be somewhat laughable. Do you remember you internet connection seven years ago? Mine is vastly superior today and if it progresses at half the rate it has been streaming 8K won't be an issue.
... have something to do with sweat and sneakers?
I'm positively radiant about the next Japanese Olympic Games. When news of the details leaks out, everybody is going to just melt down with excitement!
Thanks IOC!
the ED-209 was the mech that went crazy at the beginning of the movie. The one that looks like it was the model for some of the Mechwarrior mechs.
Fifty watts per channel, baby cakes.