For more than a century, the people of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, or SMPTE (pronounced "simp-tee"), have sorted out the details of many significant advances in media and entertainment technology, from the introduction of "talkies" and color television to HD and UHD (4K, 8K) TV.
Ngaphezulu kwekhulu leminyaka, abantu beNhlangano Yezinkampani Zomfanekiso Wezithombe NezeThelevishini, noma SMPTE (ebizwa ngokuthi "lula-tee"), ihlehlisile imininingwane yentuthuko eminingi ephawulekayo kwezobuchwepheshe nezokuzijabulisa, kusukela ekusungulweni kwe "talkies" nombala wethelevishini HD futhi UHD (4K, 8K) TV.