NAB: NHK Plans To Demo 8K Video Transmission Over A Single TV Channel

[dfergie]

Japanese public broadcaster NHK will present the latest iteration of its 'Super Hi-Vision' 8K system—a flavor of Ultra HD that contains a whopping 16 times more resolution than HD—at the NAB Show, April 5-10 in Las Vegas.

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[navychop]

I think we can take this with a huge block of salt. HEVC is supposed to be twice as efficient, roughly speaking, than MPEG-4. Sixteen times the resolution? Sounds like trying to put 16 pounds of "stuff" into a 4 pound sack.

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[mike123abc]

Well with MPEG-4 you can get 1080p in 5mbit or about 1/4 the TV bitrate. So, if HVEC could get 1080p in 2.5mbit perhaps they could pull it off.