Sharp Seeks Patent for ‘Super-Resolution’ Physical Disc; Could Be Used for 8K Video
Sharp with Japan’s Memory-Tech sought Patent and Trademark Office OK earlier this month for a patent on “super-resolution” version of a 5-inch disc format that can store the “huge amounts of information” for feature-length 8K video, said a patent application…
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(20180226097) published earlier this month. Memory-Tech was a key developer of HD DVD, a now-defunct format supplanted by Blu-ray. Sharp, an avowed 8K champion, plans to use next week’s IFA to unveil its global 8K TV ambitions. It doesn't plan to exhibit a “super-resolution optical disc,” emailed Sascha Lange, vice president-marketing and sales, Europe.