Reality TV

A prototype digital video system producing images of such high quality that the human eye struggles to distinguish them from reality has been developed by Japanese engineers.
The system, called ultra high definition video (UHDV), achieves image resolution 16 times greater than even the most advanced video broadcasting technologies now available.
Its developers at the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) said the system could be used to provide an ultra realistic 'immersive' viewing experience when, for example, showing sporting events.

UHDV displays images with 4,000 horizontal scanning lines, compared to the 1,000 offered by the current state-of-the-art high definition television (HDTV) technology and just 625 for standard TV broadcasts. When horizontal and vertical scanning are both taken into account a UHDV picture contains 16 times the number of pixels of HDTV.
NHK, which unveiled details of UHDV for the first time at broadcast technology conference IBC in Amsterdam, said its engineers had to custom-design a video camera, data-storage device and projection system, as no standard broadcasting equipment could cope with their extreme demands.

NHK researcher Dr. Kohji Mitani said the project team had shot a three-minute demonstration video by attaching the camera to the front of a vehicle and driving it around the streets.
The footage was then shown to members of the public on a 4x7m wide-angle screen provoking, according to Mitani, gasps of astonishment. Some viewers even experienced nausea because of the ultra realistic visual effect of speed without the usual physical sensation of movement.
Mitani said the system was still at a basic stage of development, but he claimed it had proved that image qualities so realistic that they approximated to actually being at the recorded event were possible.

The untold sardarji joke :

A man enters a Bar in Jalandhar, INDIA. He finds his way to a bar stool and orders a drink.
After sitting there for a while, he yells to the gathering, " Hey, you want to hear a Sardarji joke?"
The whole bar immediately falls absolutely silent.

In a very deep, husky voice, the man next to him says, "Before you tell that joke,you should know five things.....
1 -- The bartender is a Sardarji.
2 -- The Security man outside is a Sardarji.
3 -- I'm a 6 feet tall, 200-pound Sardarji with a black belt in karate.
4 -- The man sitting next to me is Sardarji and is a professional weight lifter.
5 -- The man to your right is a Sardarji and is a professional wrestler.

Now think about it seriously, Mister. Do you still want to tell that joke?"

The man thinks for a second, shakes his head, and declares, "Nah...Not if I am having to explain it five times..."