BBC Considers Super-hd For 2012
The BBC is considering broadcasting the 100 metres final at next year’s London Olympic Games in 3D, and airing other events at the Games using ‘super hi-vision’ technology, which delivers picture quality that is 16 times better than HDTV, according to the corporation’s director of London 2012.
According to media reports, Mosey told reporters that 3D coverage for the showpiece competition at the Games and other events was on the agenda as part of a ‘limited experiment’.
Mosey said: ‘When you sit and watch it you really get the experience of being in seat D5 in the stadium’.
‘Super hi-vision might be a better long-term prospect than 3D in some ways as it gives you the feel of being in the stadium. People are knocked out by it’.
Super hi-vision screens could be built at the BBC’s Pacific Quay building in Glasgow, Broadcasting House in London and the National Media Museum in Bradford.
According to Mosey, Sharp is working on manufacturing an 85 inch TV set using super hi-vision technology that is unlikely to be widely available until 2022.
The BBC’s London 2012 chief added that the BBC’s first 3D Olympics would not be a ’24/7 service’.
