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ITU approves NHK’s Super Hi-Vision as 8K standard, sets the UHDTV ball rolling very slowly
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We’d heard that the International Telecommunication Union was close to approving Super Hi-Vision as an Ultra High Definition TV standard, and the UN agency hasn’t waited long to confirm the rumors. The recommendation to use NHK’s 7,680 x 4,320 format has gone unopposed and should define the parameters for incredibly detailed 8K video worldwide. This shouldn’t lead anyone to return that 4K TV just yet — once again, it’s important to remember that NHK still won’t start any kind of wider testing until 2020. That’s also assuming that the first 8K sets are down to Earth instead of the incredibly expensive 145-inch variety.
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ITU approves NHK’s Super Hi-Vision as 8K standard, sets the UHDTV ball rolling very slowly originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 25 Aug 2012 05:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nikkei: ITU near recommending NHK’s Super Hi-Vision as official TV standard
Author: Markus Smith
We have actually seen NHK preparing its Super Hi-Vision 8K video since time immemorial. Would not it be good if the TELEVISION broadcast innovation was better than simply a continuous research project? If sources for Japan’s Nikkei aren’t dreaming, the International Telecommunication Union is now “most likely” to proclaim the style an official standard for broadcasters and TV makers. Must it go ahead, the UN telecom body would certainly ask the world to depend on Super Hi-Vision as an ultimate successor to HDTV and lessen the balkanization of TV standards that we have actually seen in the past. Neither the ITU nor NHK is known to have commented on the claim up until now, but NHK isn’t precisely in a rush to obtain a seal of approval from anyone– widescale examination broadcasts aren’t coming until 2020, and production Televisions themselves are only simply entering a 4K cosmos.
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NHK’s new Super Hi-Vision sensor captures 8K at 120fps, fast enough for Usain Bolt?
Author: Tristan Richards
As amazing as Super Hi-Vision televisions are, most of the footage we’ve seen is of slow-moving cityscapes, nature and portraits. We may get more action sequences soon, thanks to a new CMOS sensor capable of picking up 8K (33MP) footage at 120 frames per second. The joint project between NHK, Shizuoka University and the Research Institute of Electronics is being shown off on the 27th at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference The chip is developed on a .18 micrometer process, with an enhanced analog to digital converter that enables the faster frame rates. That cut down data processing time and power consumption, all key to getting some sweet super high res televisions (16x more pixels than your current HDTV) in our living room sooner rather than later. Our only question? If they can build a new camera around it in time to catch the world’s fastest human being do his thing at the 2012 London Olympics.
NHK’s new Super Hi-Vision sensor captures 8K at 120fps, fast enough for Usain Bolt? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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NHK’s automated, animated sign language translator adds gestures to subtitles (video)
Author: Nancy Kennedy
We’ve seen quite a few devices designed to help hearing impaired users communicate via phone or computer, but Japan’s NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories has just announced a new animated translation system to help get important news to deaf viewers . While televised subtitles may work for those who understand the language, people who were born deaf and learned sign language from an early age can have significantly more difficulty. NHK’s system, unveiled at Technology Open House 2011, bypasses this problem by automatically comparing Japanese text to sign language, converting equivalent words into animated onscreen gestures, and replacing differing words with appropriate synonyms. There are, however, a few kinks to work out. While comprehensible, the translations aren’t exactly fluent and researchers have been forced to manually adjust some awkward transitions between words. The ultimate goal is to create a system that could be used during emergencies or natural disasters, allowing deaf citizens to receive urgent broadcasts as instantly as their hearing compatriots. You can see it in action, after the break.
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NHK’s flexible OLED is both literally and figuratively green (video)
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When it’s not pushing Super Hi-Vision, the hopeful 7,680 x 4,320 successor to HD, NHK also dabbles in small, flexible OLED panels. The Japanese public broadcaster recently showed off a 5-inch prototype display that, while bearing a heavy green tint and very noticeable rows of dead pixels, was still a significant improvement over a similar screen it demoed in 2009. Sure, it’s not quite as flexible or vibrant as Sony’s rollable OLED from last year, but it does seem to suffer from fewer bad pixels — an important step towards maturation. Don’t miss the video after the break which offers some pretty nifty glimpses at a number of bendable OLEDs. It’s clear the tech is still a little wet behind the ears, but we’re definitely getting closer to a future populated with TVs that roll up for storage and e-readers that fold like a paperback.
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NHK’s flexible OLED is both literally and figuratively green (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 May 2011 19:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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