Thursday 23 February 2012

Sharp Ultra HDTV prototype

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On May 19th 2011, Sharp unveiled its 85-inch Ultra HDTV prototype, which sports a 33 MegaPixel (7,680 x 4,320) screen at 103 pixels-per-inch. This screen is over 16 times sharper than traditional 1920×1080 HDTV’s.

Sharp’s new Ultra HDTV utilizes UV2A technology – Ultraviolet induced multi-domain Vertical Alignment, which precisely manipulates the alignment of liquid crystal molecules in the LCD panel.

  • NHK is continuing to develop the Super Hi-Vision broadcast format; however, it is not expected to reach the market until 2020, when NHK starts trial broadcasts.
  • There is some speculation that an Ultra HDTV demonstration will occur during the 2012 Olympic Games.
  • There is no information on how much this Sharp prototype costs.
  • This Sharp Ultra HDTV prototype is going to demo at NHK’s Science & Technology Research Laboratories in Tokyo from May 26th to 29th, 2011.