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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 09 2018, @04:08AM (3 children)
Right now when royalty free standards like AV1 are trying to get a foothold. Guess who's gonna win this one?
(Score: 1) by anubi on Monday April 09 2018, @07:19AM (2 children)
Are .mp3 and .mp4 royalty free by now?
I still have not fully accepted the paradigm that a format can become private property. To me a format was just a set of specifications for interoperability, and trying to patent one just about as ridiculous as trying to patent the construction of a 1/4 inch hex nut.
( I always wondered why Microsoft put DoubleSpace into DOS 6.22.... If he was gonna do that for "compression", why did he not just make the .ZIP suffix work and look just like a folder, but move/copy like a file? There was a later add-on for WIN 95 that did just that... ZipFolders. But why didn't Microsoft do that with DOS? I got into more trouble with doublespace and filesystem corruption than I can shake a stick at. I mean if he is going to shoehorn someone else's code into his thing, at least shoehorn in something useful. )
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 09 2018, @01:49PM (1 child)
(Score: 1) by anubi on Tuesday April 10 2018, @01:43AM
Thanks!
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]