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The fast and the framerate: Why Sky's Ultra HD F1 season is its biggest challenge yet
Keep an eye on every scrap of rubber
By Jon Porter | Mar 10, 2017, 06.19 PM IST
The technology world often jokes that the aim of bigger, better and brighter screens is to be able to produce an image that’s ‘better than real life’ but the truth is that we still have a long way to go before TV even catches up to what real life looks like.
Sky’s upcoming broadcast of this year’s F1 season is a big step in the right direction. For the first time the championship will be broadcast in Ultra HD , up from the HD broadcasts of previous seasons.
But perhaps more importantly, this season will be the first to broadcast in full 50 frames per second, which is double that of the previous 25 frame broadcasts.
The development means that not only will the races be viewable in much more detail than ever before, but this clarity will also be maintained when things get fast - which when you’re talking about F1’s 185mph monsters is pretty much all the time.
Action replay
But it’s the sport’s replays that saw the most surprising boost in picture quality according to Sky’s Head of Operations James Clements
Read more about "Sky isn’t done with the technological improvements. The television industry’s other exciting new technology, HDR , isn’t ready for Skybroadcast just yet", here.
Keep an eye on every scrap of rubber
By Jon Porter | Mar 10, 2017, 06.19 PM IST
The technology world often jokes that the aim of bigger, better and brighter screens is to be able to produce an image that’s ‘better than real life’ but the truth is that we still have a long way to go before TV even catches up to what real life looks like.
Sky’s upcoming broadcast of this year’s F1 season is a big step in the right direction. For the first time the championship will be broadcast in Ultra HD , up from the HD broadcasts of previous seasons.
But perhaps more importantly, this season will be the first to broadcast in full 50 frames per second, which is double that of the previous 25 frame broadcasts.
The development means that not only will the races be viewable in much more detail than ever before, but this clarity will also be maintained when things get fast - which when you’re talking about F1’s 185mph monsters is pretty much all the time.
Action replay
But it’s the sport’s replays that saw the most surprising boost in picture quality according to Sky’s Head of Operations James Clements
Read more about "Sky isn’t done with the technological improvements. The television industry’s other exciting new technology, HDR , isn’t ready for Skybroadcast just yet", here.