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Turn out the lights: first videos of Silent Hill V
Survival horror fans rejoice, for the first footage of Silent Hill V has emerged on GameVideos. Don't rejoice too much though, because the three videos available are very short, clocking in at just under thirty seconds each. But you can rejoice a little bit again, because GameVideos has also posted a seven minute video featuring interviews with The Collective, the developers that have taken over the series. Judging by what the folks at 1UP have to say, it looks like the game is in good hands. If you don't believe us, check out the three videos embedded in this post. The first video features the new real time transition between the real world and the dark world. We were skeptics before, but the fluidity of the effect really is a sight to behold. Check out the other two (somewhat less exciting) videos after the break, and hit the "read" link for the much longer video feature.
Super Hi-Vision creeps towards reality with latest breakthrough
Because 1080p and even Quad HD just aren't high-def enough, Japanese broadcaster NHK has announced new breakthoughs in it's Super Hi-Vision (formerly Ultra High Definition Video) technology. They've been showing it off periodically for the last several years, but the latest step towards living rooms is a single image sensor that for TV cameras that is capable of full SHV (7,680 x 4,320) resolution. Previous prototypes were limited to half that resolution, but now they're focusing on shrinking the equipment necessary to encode/decode the uncompressed 24Gbps SHV stream to 124Mbps from its current to fit in broadcaster headends and UHDTVs near you. While those pixels are nothing to sneeze at, we're still trying to figure out where to get speakers for the planned 22.2 channel audio.
