8K Themes to Dominate at SMPTE Conference
Though mainstreaming of 4K is barely underway, papers scheduled to be presented at the next SMPTE technical conference will delve into viability of 8K for displays and broadcasts, said the just-released conference program. The technical conference opens Oct. 24 in…
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Hollywood for three days. With demos showcasing the future of 8K already prevalent at “major industry conferences and shows,” the “value of 8K as a storytelling tool deserves further consideration,” said an abstract of a paper by advanced-imaging specialist Pierre Routhier, former Technicolor vice president-global 3D strategy. Routhier thinks progress in bandwidth and compression could be “more effectively leveraged” in delivery of "better" pixels. With NHK poised to launch 8K broadcasting services next year as a prelude to 8K Super Hi-Vision coverage of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a paper from NHK research engineer Tomohiro Nakamura will describe “multi-format” 8K camera system NHK developed for portability and to address the motion-blur problem, his abstract said.