That Jannard is always right!

[Craig Meadows]

...about it becoming a 4K world.

Mitsubishi's upconverting technology takes 1080p to 4K x 2K, you to cloud nine

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/m...o-4k-x-2k-you/

[Tom Lowe]

Lol at upscaling.

[Jim Retar]

The sports world will dictate the mass take up of 4k TVs... not the cinema world.

I don't see 4k at home, for the masses, for at least 10 years.

4k cinema, on the other hand, will probably roll out alot quicker.

[NEIL ANDREW BATES]

A lot of cinemas here in the UK are still having trouble funding the upgrade to 2K digital projection. I'd imagine the advance of 4K projection technology is going to be hindered by the economics for some time.

[David Rasberry]

Except for high end tweeks and commercial presentation apps, trade shows, staging, etc, I don't think 4k will have much impact outside of theaters for at least 5-7 years. 1080p is just now getting penetration in the home markets.

[Ramesh Jai]

It's ironic. We are aiming for 4K yet we are willing to watch (increasingly so) web video on stamp size screens. Let's not even talk about the resolution of web content.

Please don't get me wrong, it's just a comment on how we are willing to watch whatever is available irrespective of its resolution.

[David Rasberry]

It's ironic. We are aiming for 4K yet we are willing to watch (increasingly so) web video on stamp size screens. Let's not even talk about the resolution of web content.

Please don't get me wrong, it's just a comment on how we are willing to watch whatever is available irrespective of its resolution.

Word.

But high quality 4k at 15mbps is definitely one of Red's most important developments going forward. Makes satellite or fiber based IP delivery a truly viable option for new art or coffee house cinema distribution circuits. Potentially a real boon to Indies for sure.

[Roberto Lequeux]

Which brings to mind... where is the thread about REDRAY becoming a broadcast distribution format? Shouldn't we at least be asking the question?

[Felix K.]

I think there might be a room for 4k screens at home when they reach a pricepoint that is affordable for the masses but not (yet) for 4k media as a comsumer standard. 4k of projected resolution onto a wall does not mean that you'd have to use the full huge screen for the movie. It could be windowed (in its native resolution) and there could be additional information surrounding it. But I don't see that the whole Hollywood canon will be remastered/rescanned at 4k.
...until proven otherwise.

[David Rasberry]

It has been something like 7 years since the new ATSC standard was implemented and the changeover to 100% digital for over the air broadcast was just completed last year. Cable companies are still running about half their available bandwidth in standard def, as are the satellite services. HD in any form so far only has about 25% market penetration in the home. It took about a decade of wrangling before that to settle on the ATSC standards. I don't see this delivery model changing anytime soon.