22.2

22.2 or Hamasaki 22.2 (named after Kimio Hamasaki, a Senior Research Engineer at NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories in Japan [cite web | url=http://www.cirmmt.mcgill.ca/activities/hamasaki2007 | title=Kimio Hamasaki: Development of Ultra High Definition Television] ) is the surround sound component of
Ultra High Definition Video (A new television standard being developed, which has 16 times the pixel resolution of HDTV), and has been developed by NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories. It uses 24 speakers arranged in three layers. [cite web
url=http://www.nhk.or.jp/digital/en/superhivision/index.html
title=Super Hivision
accessdate=2007-02-14
publisher=NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)]

Speaker positions

The speakers are arranged in three layers: [cite web
url=http://www.nhk.or.jp/digital/en/superhivision/img/fig05.gif
title=Audio system configuration
accessdate=2007-02-14
format=GIF image
work=Super Hivision
publisher=NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)]

Upper layer: Nine speakers above ear level

* Top-Front-Center
* Top-Front-Left
* Top-Side-Left
* Top-Back-Left
* Top-Center
* Top-Back-Center
* Top-Front-Right
* Top-Side-Right
* Top-Back-Right

Middle layer: Ten speakers at ear level

* Front-Center
* Front-Left-of-Center
* Front-Left
* Side-Left
* Back-Left
* Back-Center
* Front-Right-of-Center
* Front-Right
* Side-Right
* Back-Right

Lower layer: Five speakers below ear level

* Left sub-woofer
* Bottom-Front-Left
* Bottom-Front-Center
* Right sub-woofer
* Bottom-Front-Right

Demonstrations

* Expo 2005, Aichi, Japan
* NAB 2006 conference, Las Vegas
* IBC 2006, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* IBC 2008, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Reviews

* Citation
year=2006-05-02
title=Ultra HD draws crowds, interest at NAB2006
periodical=BroadcastEngineering HD Technology Update e-newsletter
url=http://broadcastengineering.com/newsletters/hd_tech/20060502/ultra-hd-interest-20060502/
access-date=2007-02-14

References

See also

* Surround sound
* Ultra High Definition Video