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The 22.2 Multichannel Sounds and its Reproduction at Home and Personal Enviroment

Authors: Hamasaki, Kimio; Matsui, Kentaro; Sawaya, Ikuko; Okubo, Hiroyuki

AES Conference: 43rd International Conference: Audio for Wirelessly Networked Personal Devices · Paper 3-1 · September 2011

Abstract

22.2 multichannel sound system has been developed for a sound system of Super Hi-Vision (SHV) by Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK). SHV comprises 7680 x 4320 pixels (16 times the total number of pixels of a HDTV) and 60 Hz frame rate with progressive scanning. SHV also employs the 22.2 multichannel sound system consists of vertical three-layers-layout channels including 9 channels at top layer, 10 channels at middle layer and 3 channels at bottom layers with 2 Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channels. 22.2 multichannel sound system provides three-dimensional sound which enables viewers or listeners feel as they were in a realistic world of three-dimensional sound. SHV has been currently developed to be aimed for a next-generation TV for home and personal viewing environment. This paper reviews the 22.2 multichannel sound system and proposes various sound reproduction systems for home and personal hearing environment..

Details

Published in
AES Conference: 43rd International Conference: Audio for Wirelessly Networked Personal Devices
Paper number
3-1
Publication date
September 6, 2011
Session subject
Immersive Audio
Affiliation
NHK, Tokyo, Japan (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Conference Paper