Future television — Super Hi-Vision and beyond

NHK is conducting research on two future television themes: Super Hi-Vision and Integral 3DTV. In the talk, these two television systems will be introduced and their impacts on the semiconductor industry will be discussed. We consider Super Hi-Vision as the ultimate 2-dimensional television system. It is designed to be viewed with 100 degrees of visual angle to provide viewers with a sensation of reality and immersion as if they were present at the site of the video scene. This super-realistic television system requires sixteen times more resolution than the current Hi-Vision system. In the talk, the specifications of Super Hi-Vision are explained and a roadmap toward the introduction of Super Hi-Vision for the home will be shown. Research on Integral 3DTV will also be introduced as a post-Super-Hi-Vision candidate system. In the talk, the capabilities of this system and current status of research will be discussed along with expected breakthroughs.