Toward the realization of broadcasting systems with a high sense of reality
STRL commenced research on a 4000 scanning line image system in 1998. In March 2002, it completed a prototype 4000 scanning line camera and a display system, and exhibited these prototype systems at the completion ceremony for the new STRL research complex on March 6 of this year. Development of the 4000 scanning line system is reminiscent of the time when HDTV research and development began in 1964. Starting from nothing, it developed into imaging devices, cameras, and display systems. The ultimate television system remains the central theme for STRL, even after all the changes that time has brought.

Fusion with network systems, PRS
Along with research on an ‘ultimate’ TV system, other advances being made at STRL include a service that integrally connects broadcasting and network systems, called Program Request Service (PRS). In the future, it is expected that TV programs will be stored in a home server immediately after the broadcast, then later in a program server and in archives on a network. A combination of these means will make ‘anytime’ viewing of any program feasible.

Content production technology and next-generation broadcasting station system
A new avenue of content production technology and broadcasting station system research and development is being pursued. To keep pace in an era that demands a large volume of content, implementation is planned for a multi-output content production technology to automatically generate content for data broadcasting and the Internet, simultaneously with TV program production. Research is also progressing on a next-generation broadcasting system that allows multiple broadcasting stations to function as one, by creating a network of production equipment and transmitting systems located at broadcasting stations nationwide and overseas.