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posted by martyb on Sunday April 08 2018, @11:31PM   Printer-friendly
from the progress++ dept.

Ultra HD group outlines next generation of 4K TV broadcasts

The concept of 4K TV broadcasting is only just getting off the ground, but its overseers are already planning for what comes next. The Ultra HD Forum has published its first "Phase B" guidelines detailing what companies should aim for with future 4K broadcast tech. Not surprisingly, high frame rates should play a major role -- the group is hoping for 100FPS and 120FPS video (depending on the region) with a fallback for 60FPS. It's also pushing for dynamic HDR video through formats like Dolby Vision and SL-HDR, while Dolby AC-4 and MPEG-H would provide audio that could adapt from elaborate 3D sound setups to a plain set of headphones.

PDF for Revision 1.0 of the Ultra HD Forum Phase B Guidelines:

The Phase B technologies were carefully selected to help service operators plan for next generation UHD services. In August 2017, the Ultra HD Forum conducted a Service Operator Survey with the goal of learning about up-and-coming UHD technologies that have captured the interest of service operators. The survey results served as a guide to the Ultra HD Forum in drafting this document.

This version of the UHD Phase B Guidelines is a preliminary look at these important UHD technologies. The goal of this version is to introduce and de-mystify the technologies and provide information to operators that are considering incorporating one or more of these advanced features into their UHD services.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 09 2018, @02:40AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 09 2018, @02:40AM (#664153)

    I too am coming up on 10 years.

    I turned it off because of the commercials. The endless commercials. The content was no longer there. Take for example a classic star trek episode. 53-54 minutes. Current 1 hour TV shows clock in at 47. Half Hour at 22. Then the sponsored bits buried inside.

    For example this scene from a blockbuster movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCFa0NR83H8 [youtube.com] watch the coke cans. Notice how they are always in frame and properly orientated to show the name. That sort of thing is common. They have people whos job it is to make that happen.

    I can still quote you the TV guide showtimes for shows for any year before 2010. I watched that much TV. Now I watch 0. I watch movies now. I am that 'guy' who still buys DVDs. Why? Because Netflix never has the shows I want to watch on streaming. So I just buy everything rip them and put them on a giant NAS. I can pick and choose what I watch with ease. For what cable was charging me I can buy a *large* amount of TV shows, movies, books, and music. I did just that. I also get the hindsight of buying 'the good stuff'. Because I know well after the fact what is junk and what is good. Because other people have filtered it out by the time I get to it now. I no longer have to sample everything. I can be choosy. It is most awesome.

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  • (Score: 2, Disagree) by FatPhil on Monday April 09 2018, @10:33AM

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Monday April 09 2018, @10:33AM (#664340) Homepage
    Whilst the coke product placement in ghostbusters may have been the intention, it was poorly executed. The left can has magically rotated itself by the time it gets itself in shot again right at the end of that clip, making the words illegible. However, the right can is completely in-your-face at all times, so they got that one right. What stood out more in that clip is how terrible the writing, directing, and acting is, to be honest. It hasn't aged well.
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  • (Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Monday April 09 2018, @04:14PM

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Monday April 09 2018, @04:14PM (#664523) Journal

    I remember watching the series Burn Notice (it was fun for the first few seasons then got old) and there was such a blatant product placement that left me dumbfounded. The character Sam played by Bruce Campbell is drinking a miller beer and puts it down. But as he does so, it cuts to a shot of the beer hitting the table with the label in full view like a typical beer commercial. But this was in the middle of a TV show episode. That was during the decline of the show and I stopped watching shortly after. The show also doubled as a big Dodge car commercial too.