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NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories (STRL, ), headquartered in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, is responsible for technical research at NHK, Japan's public broadcaster.
Work done by the STRL includes research on direct-broadcast satellite (BS), Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting, high-definition television, and ultra-high-definition television.
On May 9, 2013, NHK and Mitsubishi Electric announced that they had jointly developed the first High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) encoder for 8K Ultra HD TV, which is also called Super Hi-Vision (SHV). The HEVC encoder supports the Main 10 profile at Level 6.1 allowing it to encode 10-bit video with a resolution of 7680 × 4320 at 60 fps.
See also
- NHK
- NHK Twinscam
- Ultra-high-definition television (UHDTV)
- High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) – Video codec that supports resolutions up to 8K UHDTV (7680 × 4320)
References
External links
- STRL - Japanese
- STRL - English
- NHK Open House 2013 - English