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Better Than HDTV
Posted by: Dr. Mercola
June 16 2004 | 1,301 views

While high-definition television remains at the introductory stages of its popularity, researchers have already put forth plans for its successor called Ultra High Definition Video (UHDV).

Features of the UHDV

  • Offers 16 times better resolution than HDTV
  • Has the picture size of 32 million pixels compared to HDTV, which has approximately 2 million pixels
  • Screen size is 450-inch diagonal
  • 20 channels of audio

Potential Problems With UHDV

  • The large screen size makes it impractical for most homes
  • The high number of sound channels and several image pixels uses up a great deal of terabyte storage
  • The realism component could create a possible motion sickness feeling among viewers due to the massive size of the screen combined with the on-screen motion

Marketers of UHDV are targeting museums, hospitals, shopping malls and other types of places where strong attention to detail would be needed and appreciated. Currently there are 15 million to 18 million HDTV sets in the United States with sales that have been growing at a modest pace.

New York Times June 3, 2003


Dr. Mercola''s Comments
Dr. Mercola's Comments:
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Many of you know that along with health, I also have a passion for technology. It’s amazing that plans are already in the works for a television that will be superior to the sound and quality of HDTV.

Now it looks like the petabyte drive that I talked about last year won't be big enough.

The features of this Ultra High Definition television sound exciting and will likely catch on as long as they can find a market for the enormous size and realistic resolution.

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