From High Hopes to High Deficit and Back: A Historic Overview of Europe’s HDTV Policy and Reflections Towards the Future of HDTV
Telematics and Informatics, 28, 4 (November), Elsevier Publishing, pp. 283-294, ISBN-ISSN: 0736-5853
17 Pages Posted: 27 Jun 2012
Date Written: November 1, 2011
Abstract
This paper describes the standardisation process and introduction timeline of high definition television. The development of the standard is a process that goes back over forty years, but HDTV is only today slowly finding its place in the home entertainment market. This paper explores why the European standard for analogue HDTV was not widely adopted, what Europe’s relation to HDTV means today, and proposes some general lessons that can be learned for the benefit of the development of HDTV’s successor, Ultra HDTV aka Super Hi-Vision.
Keywords: HDTV, High Definition, European policy, standardisation processes, Blu Ray, HD DVD, Super Hi-Vision, Ultra High Definition Television
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