Beyond HD
Ultra HD 4K 5K 8K
Ultra HD is on its way. Most of the major players in this field have monitors and TVs that can display UHD.
What is UltraHD ? 4K HD is a display which has 3840 x 2160 pixels. This is 4 times as many pixels as we had with HD (8.3 megapixels)
The industry standard for 4K is 4096 x 2160 (at a 19:10 or 1.9:1 aspect ratio)
1080p is 1920×1080p
2,073,600 pixels.
2160p or 4K UHD is 3840×2160
8.3 megapixels in the 16:9 aspect ratio
4K Ultra HD Monitor
4K Ultra HD Monitor
4K images and video content are 8.3 megapixels in size per frame so will require a fast media delivery mechanism. At present only few sources are available.
In order to cut down on the size of the transmitions, compression and de-compression is used (called CODECS) to deliver and rebuild the images. HEVC and VP9 are two such CODECS. You will need approx 25mB/s to receive these type of transmissions.
So it seems the best way to get content is down your network....too slow? The solution is on the way. 43 terabits per second over a single optical fiber with just one laser transmitter
Check out this report.
