This is one of the most interesting peices of information I have sumbled across – Super HI-Vision
“‘Ultra High Definition (UHD), Ultra High Definition Video (UHDV), Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV), Extreme Definition Video and 8K is an experimental digital video format, currently proposed by NHK of Japan, the BBC, and RAI [RTE]
The new format has a resolution of 7680 × 4320 pixels, four times as wide and four times as high (for a total of 16 times the pixel resolution) as existing HDTV, which has a maximum resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels. According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will be starting a public-private partnership to develop technology for SHV in the hopes of setting an international standard for Super Hi-Vision in addition to broadcasting with it beginning in 2020.” – Wiki [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Hi-Vision]
Also imense surround sound!
“22.2 or Hamasaki 22.2 (named after Kimio Hamasaki, a Senior Research Engineer at NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories in Japan) is the surround sound component of Super Hi-Vision (a new television standard with 16 times the pixel resolution of HDTV), and has been developed by NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories. It uses 24 speakers (including two sub-woofers) arranged in three layers.” – Wiki [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22.2]
