22.2 or Hamasaki 22.2 (named after Kimio Hamasaki, a senior research engineer at NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories in Japan) is the surround sound component of Super Hi-Vision (a new television standard with 16 times the pixel resolution (7680×4320) of HDTV (1920x1080). It has been developed by NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories. It uses 24 speakers (including two subwoofers) arranged in three layers.
Channels
The channel numbers and labels are:
Channel numbers up to 6 represent the same as those in a 5.1 channel system. There are then a further 5 listener-plane channels, 9 overhead channels, arranged in a square, and a row of 3 further channels at the bottom front, plus the additional LFE channel.
Demonstrations
- Expo 2005, Aichi, Japan
- NAB Show 2006, Las Vegas, US
- IBC 2006, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- IBC 2008, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- NAB Show 2009, Las Vegas, US
- IBC 2010, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- IBC 2011, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2012 Summer Olympics, Bradford/Glasgow/London, UK
Reviews
- Ultra HD draws crowds, interest at NAB2006 at Broadcast Engineering Magazine, May 2, 2006
See also
- Ultra-high-definition television
- Surround sound
- NHK BS8K
References
External links
- 22.2 Multichannel Sound System for Ultra High-Definition TV article at the Wayback Machine
- 22.2 Standardization of Multichannel Sound System Japanese article at the Wayback Machine
