Super Hi-Vision gets tested, could be used to publicly display 2012 Olympics in Britain

2015? Nah, that's about three years too long to wait for Super Hi-Vision -- for Britons, at least. Reportedly, Japanese public broadcaster NHK is currently testing the Super Hi-Vision system, and the BBC has announced plans to use said technology in order to "broadcast the 2012 Olympics to large TV sets placed in public areas across Britain." For folks worried that their current HDTV is about to become obsolete, we're here to pass along the news that it's not. According to Masuru Kanazawa, a research engineer at NHK's Science and Technical Research Laboratory, "SHV requires at least a 60-inch screen" in order to even see the improvements in quality, and of course, it's not exactly being aimed at the consumer market right now, either. 'Course, all that could change when 150-inch sets become living room mainstays.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 12th 2008 10:50AM]

Isn't this the same technology that was making people puke their guts out a couple years ago during testing? Should make for interesting crowd shots haha

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 12th 2008 11:51AM]

Is that the logo for the London Olympics? Ugly...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 12th 2008 12:17PM]

No kidding.

It is practically screaming "Welcome to the 80's!"

[spin cycle Posted Mar 12th 2008 11:53AM]

Don't sweat this stuff. For comparison, the first Hi-Vision (HDTV) came around in Japan in 1988 or so. So if this goes similar your current HDTV is close to being obsolete, if by close you mean about 16 years away.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 12th 2008 12:21PM]

It's a lot farther than that. For it to have any chance of taking hold at the consumer level in any country, we'll have to go through another TV broadcast standard transition, and I'm certain that's at least 20 years away minimum. Probably more like 30-50 years here in the U.S.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 12th 2008 1:04PM]

Worst Olympic logo ever.

So a park, Auditorium or stuck in London traffic is going to be the best place to Watch the 2012 games huh? Sounds like fun