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Philips: 'Ultra HD probably as early as 2011'

Ultra HD, the next generation of high definition video and audio, which has been in development for several years, could be in production as soon as the year 2011 or 2012, according to Philips...

wetowel5823d ago

But is 7680 x 4320 really necessary? I mean 1080P is more then enough for me.

VigorousApathy5823d ago (Edited 5823d ago )

People thought that every generation all the way back to the very first televisions in the 40's. They thought that tiny little blue picture was all they needed and they couldn't imagine wanting anything better.

It won't stop even when the picture on the television is no longer distinguishable from real life, because you'll still need a higher definition to increase the size of the screen without losing image quality.

With Ultra-high definition your TV can be the size of a wall. And if you think people don't need a TV as one of their walls then you haven't been watching the natural progress of television size.

Close_Second5823d ago

...but not at a consumer level for some time after 2011. I dare say retailers would prefer its kept on the quiet also as the current flat panels (and variations of them) will be a cash cow for at least another 6 or 10 years.

1080p is fine for now but give it a few years when 100" displays become the norm consumers will be demanding higer resolutions. Big problem is, will other technologies (i.e. cable/satellite netwroks, etc) other than PCs be ready to support them?

masterg5822d ago

People are having trouble seeing the difference between 720p and 1080p.
This is so much over kill.

KidMakeshift5822d ago

The human eye won't be able to recognize it

DARKKNIGHT5822d ago

damn, it gets better than a 52xbr5 at 1080p?

dan-boy5822d ago

sony will be creating a console with a resolution of 7680 x 4320, 240fps, 5D graphics, quadruple hdmi outputs, and a flux capacitor to enable owners to go back in time to play ps1,2,and 3 games.

unbiased5822d ago

Will my PS4 be able to display true 7680 x 4320? Or will they need to upscale it?

Halo 5 and Haze 3 wont be TRUE 7680 x 4320, they will run only in 5680 X 3320P

what a RIP!

MicroDeath SoftStar5822d ago

it means your gonna have to sit 10 inches away from a 40 inch screen to tell the diffrence. Anyone here considering?

DeadlyFire5822d ago

I am with you. 1080 is more than enough. I don't want a TV that is larger than my entire living room. I like the better quality they are going for, but why do they keep getting bigger. I am happy with what is out there now. I haven't even gotten a TV with support for 1080 or 720 yet. I understand that picture and stuff will be better, but can't you just update the TV's and not scale them to be more massive? I mean we will only see one TV on a wall in the store eventually if we keep upping the scale of them.

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St05823d ago

What's the point in going above 1080p when nothing supports it, Blu-ray, PS3 & Xbox 360 are the only HD sources and they only go upto 1080p.

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solidt125823d ago (Edited 5823d ago )

I would want a TV with that high a resolution. If they make it then people will make Video to support the resolution. The next version of Blu-Ray maybe.

EDIT: Disregard last comment he has already been banned before I saw the avatar.

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Cartesian3D5823d ago (Edited 5823d ago )

right now there is some limitations :

1-even HD display technology isnt perfect (PURE black,178' REAL view angle,full RGB ..)
2-OLED displays are near perfect but their price isnt affordable
3-storage media (perhaps Blu-ray 100 or 200 will be enough )
4-players and Computers boundwidth ( BD players have 55 Mb/s BW , for that resolution GOD knows how many Mb/s will be needed )

I think its impossible to have Ultra HD displays and players in 2011 with reasonable price..

all I want is a 60" OLED HD display (EDIT :for under 3000$ price) :D

DG5822d ago (Edited 5822d ago )

Amen to that!

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Alexander Roy5823d ago

Well, since the trend naturally is to go bigger and better, I think external upscalers will see a rise in sales in the future. Although those will be a challenge on their own, upscaling a normal DVD to Ultra HD in realtime will take a lot of processing power.

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It's good SLI is dead and buried - and my wallet agrees

Kevin writes: "Multi-GPU gaming was one of those things that seemed like a good idea for as long as it lasted. I mean honestly, the idea of a modular approach to graphics upgrades – be that SLI or CrossFire – was brilliant. I repeat, the idea was brilliant."

darthv721d 19h ago

Im old school... when i hear the term SLI, I immediately think of 3dfx. I still have a pair of 12mb Monster V2's in an old rig. I never tried out the more modern take on SLI or Crossfire for that matter.

Vits1d 19h ago

I mean, it was mostly for bragging rights. It was a very temperamental tech that improved with newer iterations, for sure. But folks like myself, who have used it, probably recall that troubleshooting was an integral part of the experience and the value that you got out of the setup was really low.

However, none of that mattered because it looked sick as hell on a well-built PC.

Wretchedstain1d 7h ago

I remember doing my research at the time 😂 I got 2 GTX 460's, as they in SLI were meant to be better than the 480 at the time. Not all games were optimised at the time, which meant some games meant setting them up for 1 card alone. Never forget the time I came home from night shift, turned on my computer like normal, went and made a cuppa, come back and it was still off. Tried to turn on again, and one of the 460's caught fire... good times.

shaenoide1d 6h ago

Why ? For the price of two SLI cards you only get one RqtX card now...

OpenGL1d 2h ago

Exactly what I was thinking. When SLI was around an Nvidia flagship card was $700, less than half the price of their current flagship.

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Keoken Interactive lays off majority of team after failing to find funding at GDC

Deliver Us Mars developer Keoken Interactive has laid off the majority of its staff after struggling to secure funding …

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mastershredder3d ago

The industry model and standards and who's in place to approve/disapprove have changed ^ what Keoken is feeling now is much like the Mobile burst 15 years ago. Expect more to come out of your own finances. Investors are treating games like movies and now (thank$ a lot for involving yourself hollywood) only the big (and money blind) investors get involved, effectively killing a lot of content that would come out with proper non-gate-kept and/or with incentivized funding.

Markdn3d ago

And when you only make a fraction of your games worth on gamepass you suffer

Tacoboto3d ago

Palworld and Manor Lords are so suffering.

RiseNShine3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Sorry but i couldn't care less, Deliver us Mars was as woke game as they come, climate change disaster, all female cast plus only a comic relief indian guy (it takes only 5 minutes into the game for the main female character to say how smart she is compared to the guy), evil white guys, ugly females, then add generic gameplay and puzzles (how many times do you have to cut things with a laser for gods sake), you can't change anything in how the events develop so 0 agency in the story, sub par graphics even while using UE4. So well, go woke go broke, that's how it works.

Miacosa3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

That stinks but with a 68 average critic rating on their games probably made it difficult for people to invest considering there is a bloat of games getting made these days.

ROCKY282d ago

You guys will be back with team strength and funding !