Monday, May 23, 2011

Super Hi-Vision Display to Be Launched

Super Hi-Vision Display to Be Launched


Japanese Broadcasting Company, NHK and Sharp have put their efforts together in order to create a new 85-inch Super Hi-Vision display. It is really ‘super’, since it has 16 times the resolution of a current HDTV. Saying it more precisely, that’s 7680 by 4320 pixels, or 33 megapixels dense, which will offer life-like image´s reproduction.
The new LCD is anxiously expected to be shown to the public from May 26 to 29 in Tokyo at NHK’s Science & Technology Research Laboratories. According to experts, this 85-inch prototype screen finally creates a monitor that can present the jaw-dropping ultra-high definition of the Super Hi-Vision format, for which NHK has been working on since middle of 90ies.
The announcement from Sharp and NHK regarding the world’s first Super Hi-Vision display, points the way to the future, making high definition TV many times sharper than the currently HDTV. NHK is expected to begin trial broadcasts for the new format in 2020.
Specialists announce that Super Hi-Vision make possible ultra-detailed, super-high-quality images, thanks to the combination of NHK’s expertise and Sharp´s know-how, mainly the development of Sharp’s UV2A*2 LCD technology. It is expected that the detailed images on the giant screen will be able to make the viewer immerse in a virtual-reality-like experience.

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