Step aside 1080p, here’s something 16 times more superior than you!

Full HD is all over the place by now, so perhaps we should look into the future. Yes, there’s something even bigger and better then 1080p Full HD, and that’s called Super Hi-Vision. It’s something that NHK of Japan has been developing for years as a successor to HDTV. Super Hi-Vision has an insane resolution of 7,680 x 4,320, but we never actually see a functional prototype, until now.

Sharp has just shown off its latest prototype, which is an 85-inch Direct View LCD-compatible screen with support for Super Hi-Vision. Yes, it’s insanely big, and insanely beautiful, as the thing has 103 pixels per inch (ppi) density. Compared to current day’s 60-inch 1080p HDTV that has only 36ppi, it’s very superior, but there are actually prototypes that’s more superior to this baby from Sharp actually, but they all come in smaller size of course.

The display is said to be able to support 33-Megapixel video and 22.2 channel sound, and is said to arrive some time in 2020, commercially. However, Sharp is said to have interest in demonstrating this during the 2012 Olympics.

SOURCE via Sharp