The Future? Dolby Atmos
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technobhatt
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Time to implement 64 speaker feeds in Home Theater systems ;-)
and prior to that...need to buy a new AVR which will support it. Let's see who takes the initiative; which AVR wins the race !!
ohh I forgot...do people have enough big houses to install such a huge system ?
I always thought...could there be more than 7.1/7.2 for Home Theater systems and these technology morons just did it !!
Another panic in mind is... what if there is something more above BluRay format. Companies are coming up with OLED with 4K resolution and then BluRay will be gone...they will say: you guys need "WaahRay" format with 4K to watch 4K movies on OLED !!
and prior to that...need to buy a new AVR which will support it. Let's see who takes the initiative; which AVR wins the race !!
ohh I forgot...do people have enough big houses to install such a huge system ?
I always thought...could there be more than 7.1/7.2 for Home Theater systems and these technology morons just did it !!
Another panic in mind is... what if there is something more above BluRay format. Companies are coming up with OLED with 4K resolution and then BluRay will be gone...they will say: you guys need "WaahRay" format with 4K to watch 4K movies on OLED !!
yeah I was going thru this the other day.. frankly 7.1/7.2 is pretty great for me.. bt I was happy with a 5.1 even.. the Atmos is somehow got me thinkin of cloud computing.. or like the Temporal motion capture (Like in Matrix/ Swordfish) this could be the beginning of temporal audio and sound tech
on with petite speakers non microscopic may be miniature sized FYI just my point of view
spirovious
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Well technology never ends.Same here,now new speaker will be placed on top of the head/ceiling.They we need movies recorded into that format to get that realism.
Companies like Dolby, DTS etc need to be innovative and bring out new products and technologies to be in business.
Real theaters should have some thing more to offer to attract audience. They will implement most of the new features to advertise and attract audience.
They introduced stereo, we adopted it to home
They introduced 5.1, we adopted to HT
They introduced 7.1, we adopted to HT
They released more and more 3D movies, we adopted to HT.
But 64 channels will be a tough one to adopt to home. We will have very less theaters having this implemented properly. If more theaters implement this, then content creators also will start recording in this format. Luckily they are bringing in a new feature which will help the creators to make the format playable in 7.1/5.1/2.1/2.0 systems
Real theaters should have some thing more to offer to attract audience. They will implement most of the new features to advertise and attract audience.
They introduced stereo, we adopted it to home
They introduced 5.1, we adopted to HT
They introduced 7.1, we adopted to HT
They released more and more 3D movies, we adopted to HT.
But 64 channels will be a tough one to adopt to home. We will have very less theaters having this implemented properly. If more theaters implement this, then content creators also will start recording in this format. Luckily they are bringing in a new feature which will help the creators to make the format playable in 7.1/5.1/2.1/2.0 systems
The Atmos format is built on modular speaker systems. Its object based. Meaning, the studio engineer will not place the sound in a particular channel like conventional 5.1/7.1 system. Rather, the recording engineer will place the sound in a 3d location, XYZ co-ordinates.
The audio processor/receiver will have the info about the room layout and speaker locations in 3D. Then it will look at the object, where its placed, map it to the current room + speaker layout and send it to the appropriate speaker/s in real time. The system has gone from dedicated 5.1/7.1 tracks to real time rendering of tracks.
It does not matter how many speakers the theater/room has and how they are placed. The processor will analyze it as part of setup and then use the audio info it has to render accordingly.
DTS also has similar system in development. Tha'ts why they acquired SRS recently.
Update:
To add more to this post - we will not be able to replicate the same sound effects with less no of speakers. Having more no of speakers in appropriate locations will help in rendering the sound more accurately and it will help the processor place those sounds at appropriate locations. In my opinion, the current 7.1 speaker layout does very good job in horizontal plane and meets most of the needs. So, to take care of vertical plane, I think addition of 2 or 4 more speakers on ceiling can take care of most of the home rooms. Although, most of this depends upon the room layout and size too. Most people will be able to do 5.1 + 2 for heights quite comfortably though.
The audio processor/receiver will have the info about the room layout and speaker locations in 3D. Then it will look at the object, where its placed, map it to the current room + speaker layout and send it to the appropriate speaker/s in real time. The system has gone from dedicated 5.1/7.1 tracks to real time rendering of tracks.
It does not matter how many speakers the theater/room has and how they are placed. The processor will analyze it as part of setup and then use the audio info it has to render accordingly.
DTS also has similar system in development. Tha'ts why they acquired SRS recently.
Update:
To add more to this post - we will not be able to replicate the same sound effects with less no of speakers. Having more no of speakers in appropriate locations will help in rendering the sound more accurately and it will help the processor place those sounds at appropriate locations. In my opinion, the current 7.1 speaker layout does very good job in horizontal plane and meets most of the needs. So, to take care of vertical plane, I think addition of 2 or 4 more speakers on ceiling can take care of most of the home rooms. Although, most of this depends upon the room layout and size too. Most people will be able to do 5.1 + 2 for heights quite comfortably though.
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Jay5150
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Bah! That is all old ancient stuff!
Peter Jackson is shooting The Hobbit in 5k resolution and @48fps.
We are doomed!
They will always keep on inventing new stuff, so that we have to keep buying new stuff "to get the best quality"
anm
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but will 4k resolution outdate BR?
I feel everything has a time.. ..ergo.. BR will be outdated... May be not by 4k res,...something else..... Holographic videos VR environments will get more detailed graphics with immense depth and perspective reproduction making it life like
technobhatt
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I don't assume BluRay will be outdated so soon, as far as Home Video is concerned. Current 1080p resolution seems to be far enough even for a 100 inch screen.
Companies have already marketed 1080p resolution as 'Full HD' and I wonder... How are these companies going to advertise for resolution above 1080p.
Hope we are not teased with words like "Dare to think beyond Full HD !"
How about 8k (Ultra High Definition)
Ultra High Definition Television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ultra High Definition Television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
World's First 8K Ultra High Definition Display #DigInfo - YouTube
technobhatt
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This is insane...look what they say:-
The final goal is for UHDTV to be available in domestic homes, though the timeframe for this happening varies between 2015 to 2020 but Japan and China may get it in the 2013-2014 time frame. BBC intends to trial UHDTV during the 2012 Summer Olympics, erecting 15 m display screens at three locations.
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anuragn
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UHD......Ultra High Defination !! ......now its time to update our ears and eyes to enjoy such quality........)
Haven't you seen the ads? Bausch & Lomb has already launched HD contact lenses :lol:
Audiodoc
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Whatever the resolution our eyes and ears will still remain supreme however the higher resolution will definitely help in larger displays. However the development of higher resolution formats will be dependent on the parallel development of cheap high performance storage.
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