22.2 surround sound

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22.2 or Hamasaki 22.2 (named after Kimio Hamasaki, a senior research engineer at NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories in Japan) is the surround sound component of Super Hi-Vision (a new television standard with 16 times the pixel resolution of HDTV). It has been developed by NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories. It uses 24 speakers (including two subwoofers) arranged in three layers.

Video 22.2 surround sound

Channels

The channel numbers and labels are:

Channel numbers up to 6 represent the same as those in a 5.1 channel system. There are then a further 5 listener-plane channels, 9 overhead channels, arranged in a square, and a row of 3 further channels at the bottom front, plus the additional LFE channel.

Maps 22.2 surround sound

Demonstrations

• Expo 2005, Aichi, Japan
• NAB Show 2006, Las Vegas, US
• IBC 2006, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• IBC 2008, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• NAB Show 2009, Las Vegas, US
• IBC 2010, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• IBC 2011, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 2012 Summer Olympics, Bradford/Glasgow/London, UK

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Reviews

• Ultra HD draws crowds, interest at NAB2006 at Broadcast Engineering Magazine, May 2, 2006

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See also

• Ultra-high-definition television
• Surround sound

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References

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External links

• 22.2 Multichannel Sound System for Ultra High-Definition TV article at the Wayback Machine
• 22.2 Standardization of Multichannel Sound System Japanese article at the Wayback Machine

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