Ultra High Definition Video

Existing high definition television (HDTV) parameters have a maximum resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. The latest trends and developments in ultra high definition video are working toward creating formats that are four times as wide and four times as high as current technology and equipment is capable of handling. This newest format of HDTV, known as Super-Hi-Vision, is presently being developed and is expected to be available for general use beginning in 2015.

Because this technology is currently only in an experimental process, sampling this high quality ultra high definition video is not possible. If you can only imagine the highest definition broadcast that you can find today, and picture the resolution four times as deep and refined, then you may be on the right track. Chances are it will be even more spectacular and defined than you can imagine.

Other than what can be found in some experimental technology labs in Japan, there is no video equipment that is capable of handling the signal for ultra high definition video at this time. But, given the rate at which technology seems to advance, it will probably seem like no time at all before this level of technology is widely available.