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Author Topic: Olympics may be available in very-high-def video.  (Read 1560 times)

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Olympics may be available in very-high-def video.
« on: December 20, 2013, 07:51:47 PM »
A company called Elemental will be involved.

http://www.dbstalk.com/topic/209409-elemental-gears-for-4k-olympics-and-ultra-hd-programming-tiers/?hl=%2Bolympics

I don't know anything else.

4K resolution is a fair bit more than HD.

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Re: Olympics may be available in very-high-def video.
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2013, 10:59:31 PM »
By the way, the higher resolution mode is called "Ultra HD TV".

You won't see the improvement if your display device is on a 720 or 1080 line HDTV.