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Ultra High-Definition Television Due in 2017 – 2022 Timeframe, Say Analysts.

Started by: uibo | Date 11/03/09 02:35:46 PM

Comments: 7 | Last Comment: 11/05/09 11:48:05 PM

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Is my apartment going to get bigger too?
At 1080p and my viewing distance of 8 feet I would need a 50'' TV to notice the full benefits of 1080p.
Clearly this is only for the richest.

0 [Posted by: uibo Rating 18

| Date: 11/03/09 02:35:46 PM]

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I'd bet against that. There are sharply diminishing returns. Resolution beyond 1080p is no longer an important limiting factor in video quality. And number of speakers beyond whatever that number is these days. Without a real improvement in quality, you rely on marketing and misinformation to sell products. That seems to be what In-Stat's study is rather than real research.

0 [Posted by: CSMR Rating 82.75

| Date: 11/03/09 02:37:16 PM]

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Please tell me that this is a super early April Fools joke!

Are In-Stat shares traded publicly? I'd like to short them. They're clueless!

0 [Posted by: guney Rating 1

| Date: 11/04/09 02:47:35 PM]

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UHD may improve audio dramatically and enable 22.2 multi-channel three-dimensional sound

You can't use the word dramatically to indicate improvement. Use the word "drastically". Dramatically by definition is change to the worse.

0 [Posted by: Mastrom Rating 1

| Date: 11/05/09 12:59:33 AM]

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You can't use the word dramatically to indicate improvement. Use the word "drastically". Dramatically by definition is change to the worse.

If there's one thing worse than pedants who have nothing better to do than correct people's grammar, it's pedants who correct people's grammar incorrectly! If you'd bothered to look up the word "dramatic" in a dictionary, you'd see something along the lines of:

"dra⋅mat⋅ic
/drəˈmætɪk/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [druh-mat-ik]

–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the drama.
2. employing the form or manner of the drama.
3. characteristic of or appropriate to the drama, esp. in involving conflict or contrast; vivid; moving: dramatic colors; a dramatic speech.
4. highly effective; striking: The silence following his impassioned speech was dramatic."

So to sum up - absolutely no mention of its use solely in a negative context. In short, get your facts straight next time before criticising other people!!

0 [Posted by: Jumbojim Rating 1

| Date: 11/05/09 05:49:54 AM]

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Well I can see their 2160p making some sense... There are quite a lot people that have huge screens even today. Not that I think one really needs them, but they are fun. On these huge screens I think a lille better res makes sense. Not a lot though - you're not sitting right in front of these screens, but at a fair bit of a distance, so there's a limit to what you can resolve.

I think they should up the frame rate first and make sure it's p not i.
At our local video store they show a national geographic Blue ray on a huge screen. It's a disaster! Yea, when the image is still it looks pretty cool, but when the camera moves the image jitters like hell.
But then again most people don't realize, they just see it's huge and HD so it gotta be great.
God blessed the stupid.
M.

0 [Posted by: mschira Rating 19

| Date: 11/05/09 02:50:06 AM]

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3-D and framerate up first, then you can think about UHD
like Philips system:
http://www.wired.com/scie...veries/news/2006/08/71627

0 [Posted by: CyberAngel Rating 1

| Date: 11/05/09 11:48:05 PM]

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