Talk about getting around. Auntie Beeb has jumped from
Freeview to
FreeSat to
Sky HD to
iPlayer to who knows where else in no particular order, and while the vast majority of Europe is
still struggling to adopt vanilla HD, the network is already dipping its toes in the next best thing. Reportedly, the BBC is all set to participate in a transmission trial using the Super Hi-Vision (
SHV) system developed by Japan's NHK. The series of demonstrations will combine content from Japan and London, and the actual screenings are supposed to take place in the NHK Theater using an 8k x 4k projector. We'll admit, this isn't the very first time
we've heard that The Beeb may be interested in this stuff, but with the UK-based 2012 Olympics growing ever closer, it looks like the dedication may be ratcheting up.
[Via
TechRadar, thank L. Rawlins]
posted Jun 2nd 2008 8:01AM
The reason why Europe is struggling to adopt HD is because there is very little or no free over the air HD broadcasts. It's as simple as that. I don't want to have to shell out hundreds for an extra box under the tv or another dish on my house and another monthly subscription just to get HD.
The BBC has been broadcasting a digital HD channel for some time in the UK (at least a year or so, I think). Admittedly, it's the only one so far, although ITV are to follow soon.
I can receive the BBC HD tv channel through Virgin Media but I rarely watch HD tv. There are lots of HD videos, programmes and Movies available on demand with Virgin Media cable.
This is the same company that were trying to emotionaly bribe us by saying they were going to repeat programmes instead of making great ones like ashes to ashes, life on mars ( the better brit version not the crappy american remake) and doctor who ( cant really seee the beeb stopping making this).
Cnt see super hi coming before 2012, more like 2020.Look how long its taken for high def begin transmission in the uk.
Thats another 20 english pounds on the licence fee then.
I'm all for hi-def, but this resolution is twice as big as RED ONE can record.
I'd rather stick to native to 720p than to upscaled and blurry 8k
Well obviously they are not going to be using a RED ONE camera to record video, nor for that matter any mass produced equipment. I'm sure they have a custom built multi-CCD franken-camcorder or something.
Oh and btw, this Super Hi-Vision/Ultra HD resolution is not 2x as big, but FOUR TIMES as big as Digital Cinema 4K, which is the max resolution of the RED ONE. I'm sure someone could rig up four RED ONE cameras and combine the footage into an UHD stream. Too bad we don't have monitors to view it on yet.. We don't even have Quad-HD screens widely for sale yet
hierdie is 'n toets
Cool, I visited NHK while I was in Japan and their Super Hi-Vision rig is positively awesome. I wouldn't count on it being available to us mere mortals any time soon though, because this baby requires some pretty serious hardware to do its business :)
Why are there comments lamenting progress? The article isn't damning vanilla HD, its lifeline or its merits. Isn't it encouraging to read that the Beeb are actively pursuing new distribution models and formats?
I find it refreshing.
Just wanted to throw this out there-
It's interesting that both networks have similar business practices (collecting license fees from people, for instance)...
This story is wrong and poorly researched. The real story isn't that there is a trial of any sort, because there isn't. This is about the BBC, NHK and RAI doing a little trial at a broadcast trade show.
It's not a trial of Super Hi-vision, it's little more than an engineering test.
Not that it's not impressive that they are playing around with this stuff.
Proper story here: http://crave.cnet.co.uk/televisions/0,39029474,49297036,00.htm
I can't wait to see this used in porn. I'll be able to see every single ounce of big bouncing norks in all their HD glory.
DO NOT tell your girlfriend.