If you want the ultimate TV set it has to have at least the same level of definition as the eye can determine.

For smaller screens - some companies claim they are already there - but what about the big screen?

Dan Simmons reports from Tokyo where several of Japan's leading tech brands are working together on an 8,000 pixel wide display which is being called Super Hi-vision.

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