A good portion of Japanese broadcasting companies is setting high expectations on advanced television broadcasting formats. The Association for Promotion of Advanced Broadcasting Services(A-PAB) conducts tests on 4k and 8k, which are higher resolution broadcasting formats, through satellite channels.
Home electronic companies sign up to change their current airing formats to 4k and 8k. The 4k format is expected to deliver four times the number of pixels of the current high-definition format and 8k should be around sixteen times better. Although the technology is looked forward to, large sums should be invested to make the technology widely available.
Vocabulary:
format – the form, design or arrangement of the television
pixels – any of the small discrete elements that together constitute an image
expectations – a belief that something will happen or is likely to happen
invest – to put out money in order to gain profit
high-definition – a format for displaying high-resolution images on a wide-screen television
True or False:
- The article is about television sets having 3D screens.
- A good portion of Japanese broadcasting companies is setting high expectations on advanced television broadcasting formats.
- Home electronic companies sign up to change their current airing formats to 4k and 8k.
- The 4k format is expected to deliver four times the number of pixels of the current high-definition format and 8k should be around sixteen times better.
- Although the technology is looked forward to, large sums should be invested to make the technology widely available.
Defend your argument:
- High-definition TV is the best of all television formats ever invented.
- Big TV sets can change the way people think about television in general.
- Imagine that you are the only one in the neighborhood that has not purchased an HD TV Explain what you will do.
Express your opinion:
- Imagine a world that has not invented the device called “television.”
- If these formats would be available in the near future, would you buy them? Explain.
- Share your thoughts about this quote: “People are sheep. TV is the shepherd.” – Jess C. Scott