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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Ultra High Definition Video

Super Hi-Vision, also known as Ultra High Definition Video, UHDV, Ultra High Definition Television, UHDTV and UHD is an experimental digital video format, currently proposed by NHK of Japan.

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
    • 9 — above ear level
    • 10 — ear level
    • 3 — below ear level
    • 2 — low frequency effects
  • Bandwidth: 21 GHz frequency band
    • 600 MHz, 500~6600 Mbit/s bandwidth

The new format with a resolution of 7,680 × 4,320 pixels is four times as wide and four times as high (for a total of 16 times the pixel resolution) as existing HDTV, which has a maximum resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels. According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will be starting a public-private partnership to develop technology for UHDV in the hopes of setting an international standard for Super Hi-Vision in addition to broadcasting with it beginning in 2015.[1]

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

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