June 1st, 2011

Video: NHK's Super Hi-Vision Camera With 33-Megapixel Sensor

The Super Hi-Vision TV Japanese national TV broadcaster NHK and Sharp recently showed isn’t the only impressive piece of technology NHK is working on. Take their Super Hi-Vision camera, for example, which boasts a 33-megapixel image sensor. → Read More

May 19th, 2011

"Super Hi-Vision": Sharp Prototypes 85-Inch TV With Insane Resolution [Update: Video]

Can you imagine owning a TV with 16 times the resolution of HDTV (or, in other words, about the same resolution as IMAX)? That’s 7,680×4,320 pixels, and today Sharp (in cooperation with Japanese national TV broadcaster NHK) showed a 85-inch LCD TV boasting that spec, also known as Ultra HDTV or Super Hi-Vision. → Read More

March 1st, 2011

Japan Successfully Tests International Transmission Of Super-Hi-Vision Video

Japanese telecommunications powerhouse NTT and public broadcaster NHK have been working on the so-called Super Hi-Vision standard for years, and now the companies announced [JP] they succeeded in testing international transmission of video in this format over the Internet. → Read More

June 4th, 2010

7,680 x 4,320 pixels: NHK shows "super-HD" camera and display (video)

If you ever thought full HD delivers pictures in awesome resolution (1,920×1080), think again. Because Japanese national TV broadcaster NHK is working on a camera and display system that boasts 16 times the resolution of full HD, namely 7,680×4,320 pixels. In other words, the format makes it possible to produce pictures four times as wide and four times as high as full HD. → Read More