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05-13-2008, 07:15 AM
PS: Don't forget that other major players (in the Projector field) are also introducing 4K models and are offering interesting upgrades to their current 2K customers. So as the 4K installations will grow in numbers - the 2K ones will actually decline - and so will 35mm. This will tip the scales...
With great quality HD projectors and flat TVs available at bargain prices cinemas needs to offer something little more then 128 pixels in horizontal resolution...
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Sxrd
05-13-2008, 07:18 AM
If this proves to be true, good for them.SONY will ship this year 15000+ of their 4K SXRD models - majority to go to EU and USA. And that is just 2008...
05-13-2008, 07:31 AM
I am not a big fan of SONY (even after working with their HQs in Tokyo for couple of years), but some things they do right...
Releasing 4K projector for $85K when 2K projectors were $150K+ was "almost" as revolutionary as what RED is doing with their cameras. They do deserve credit for that and I sincerely wish them to meet (and exceed) this target...
05-13-2008, 09:32 AM
That's an extremely huge "if."Originally Posted by Stuart English
05-15-2008, 04:23 AM
Why? It's middle of May and they have 6K+ orders already... Like it, or not, RED may be actually helping with these numbers as people in the business are realizing that 4K is becoming mainstream (thanks to RED!) and therefore it makes sense to outfit the new cinemas with "current" technology. With such an investment You wanna be future-proof. Another thing that helps is that SONY has priced their 4K projectors in line with (or bellow) competition's 2K offerings - now what You want to buy for the same money 2K or 4K?
05-15-2008, 04:57 AM
Source?
If they ship half of that - they sure as hell better hire an army of support technicians.
I STRONGLY doubt those numbers.
05-15-2008, 06:49 AM
Right. And you got that number from......... where?
05-15-2008, 08:24 AM
I'm sorry but these numbers make no sense at all. Source please.
05-16-2008, 06:53 AM
The source is directly from SONY HQ's in Tokyo. The guy is in the level 3 corporate hierarchy (meaning that his boss's boss is the president - read VVIP). Please remember that these projectors are not only for DC applications. I have personally helped to develop the 4xDVI input board that allows direct connection to a computer, which has broaden up the customer's base 10-fold...
Also note I have said that they have 6K+ "orders" - not shipped products...
06-18-2008, 07:28 PM
Ok,
just musing here,
if RED can playback at 1080p and our computers can barely....
then red is a solid basis for redcode-decoder.
if RED RAY can handle low(ish) bandwidth 4k transcode...
if you coupled them together, do you have a 4k on set playback device for real time?
Like a pimped out AJA?
This could of course be a RED HERRING.
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