14 DAY TRIAL // With Full High-Definition video as the current standard for the ultimate enjoyment of video files, companies are doing their best to release display and video solutions that are as cost-effective as they are capable. Still, it seems that special graphics cards and Full-HD monitors and television sets are not the only things being developed by IT companies, as Mitsubishi has recently shown. The company has reportedly announced that it has developed a technology that can radically upscale Full-HD media content for an optimum quality on larger screens.
Known as the 4K2K upscaling technology, Mitsubishi's invention claims to be capable of taking Full-HD videos and increasing the resolution to 4K by 2K without any impact on image quality and detail. The technology uses a new kind of upscaling algorithm and software to achieve this feat, allowing even wall-sized displays to boast crisp, high-quality video. Unfortunately, as it is usually the case with a breakthrough of any kind, this technology has not yet been perfected and, as such, still has a couple of disadvantages.
The main, big problem that the technology has not yet managed to surmount is one that will likely put off its purchase by end-users until it is resolved. More specifically, for reasons so far still unclear, the 4K2K cannot upscale Blu-ray content. This will definitely prove to be a large issue, considering that Blu-ray is the main medium by which Full-HD media is encoded and distributed to the masses. Furthermore, the second major drawback is that most consumers will find that they do not have the financial means to acquire a 4K Full HDTV or projector.
Mitsubishi aims to equip future 4K2K TVs with this technology in order to encourage the transition to the new resolution, although it will likely have to somehow reduce the price of both such TVs and the technology itself for it to appeal to the budget-conscious masses.