Originally posted by: George Powell
Not in the near future.
The move to 720p and 1080i is enough at the moment.
A data rate of 20 - 32 Mbps is huge compared with what is used at the moment for television.
There are technological and economic reasons for not going any higher at the moment
Originally posted by: TSS
Successor of HDTV
no, i dont think we will see the successor anytime soon
besides, europe isnt even on HDTV. we still got PAL.
next step is really 1080p.
Originally posted by: TSS
Successor of HDTV
no, i dont think we will see the successor anytime soon
besides, europe isnt even on HDTV. we still got PAL.
Originally posted by: eastvillager
Won't see anything like that anytime soon. TV/Video, unlike computer stuff is driven by the resolution of the media, not the resolution of the hardware. Now what I mean by that is that your typical computer application and/or OS can easily take advantage of a higher resolution, even resolutions that weren't available when the app and/or OS were created. Media, on the other hand, can't.
With that in mind, there isn't any value add to be had by making TVs with significantly higher resolutions than what will comprise HDTV. Without the value add, there is no incentive on the manufacturers' part to create such a television. Furthermore, changing the spec like that would be a real good way to piss off the content providers after they spent time and money converting to the current HDTV standard.
Least that is the way I see it.![]()
1080p WIDELY available?
When Direct TV has to heavily compress their HD channels and turn off payperview on Sundays just to get enough bandwidth to show their sports in 1080i, I wouldn't count on 1080p arriving any time soon.
Originally posted by: SickBeast
I would have to see an example of this video quality to get excited about it. I can't imagine needing more than 1080P after seeing it on a 50" HDTV.
Originally posted by: BenSkywalker
1080p WIDELY available?
BestBuy carries the hardware now- I consider that widely. Making use of it will require next years tech devices of course.
When Direct TV has to heavily compress their HD channels and turn off payperview on Sundays just to get enough bandwidth to show their sports in 1080i, I wouldn't count on 1080p arriving any time soon.
1080p/30 has the same bandwidth requirements as 1080i/60.
Originally posted by: Sudheer Anne
1080p ain't coming any time soon. Bandwith requirements are too much right now, and the consumer demand for it is not very high. For most people, regular 1080i is good enough, thus there is no need to go for 1080p (which IMHO isn't as big a PQ increase as people think).
Originally posted by: TSS
Successor of HDTV
no, i dont think we will see the successor anytime soon
besides, europe isnt even on HDTV. we still got PAL.
Originally posted by: Keeir
furthermore, there really isn't a 1080p content provider beyond a few demos
