Posted on 10/31/2010 5:41:05 PM PDT by Las Vegas Dave
Japanese broadcaster NHK is planning public displays of its Ultra High-Definition TV system which supposedly offers a picture 16 times clearer than today's HDTVs.
That's according to an article by The Hollywood Reporter.
However, before you get too excited, the publication adds that it could be 2020 before you see UHDTV in anyone's living room.
Still, NHK says it will shoot some of the 2012 London Olympics in the format and then transmit the images to public displays in Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The Hollywood Reporter writes that the ultra-clear picture delivers detail so precise that it almost appears three-dimensional. The format offers 8K resolution; 7,680 horizontal pixels x 4,320 vertical pixels, says the publication. Today's HDTVs deliver about 2,000 horizontal pixels.
One obstacle in UHDTV's way: To display the ultra-clear image, sets should be in the 80-90 inch range.
Not to mention the fact that, as I recall, a 36 inch CRT weighed in the neighborhood of 300 lbs.
I did see a 36-inch JVC in a thrift store once. The thing was pretty enormous and I can’t imagine what a 40-inch set would look like.
In regards to CRT computer monitors, the biggest were 21 inches. Most of those were used by graphics professionals and rarely found in home use.
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