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John Corn
12-02-02, 11:18 AM
If you think high-definition television offers a "wow" factor, get ready for "wow" times a factor of four.

But you’ll have to make plans to visit the 2005 World Expo in Aichi, Japan.

NHK will demonstrate "Ultra HD," with 4,000 lines of resolution (compared with today’s limit of 1080i [interlace]).

"The resolution is three or four times the resolution of 75mm [75-millimeter] film," said Katsuji Ebisawa, president of Japanese public broadcaster NHK, which is developing the technology. "Of course, it may take two decades or more to put it on the market, but at least we can put it on display at exhibitions."

razorbackfan
12-02-02, 11:20 AM
Oh boy, I can hardly wait. Of course I was hoping for holograms by then.

DarrellP
12-02-02, 02:09 PM
IBM has already developed a display for scientific purposes that has a resolution exceeding that of the eye.

Frank Z
12-02-02, 03:18 PM
Hopefully E* will have 1 more HD channel available by then...but I doubt it!

Richard King
12-02-02, 06:00 PM
Just what I needed, another reason to wait to buy an HDTV. :lol: