ESPN: "Get ready for 4K Sports"

[Anthony Luca]

prescient Jannard correct again --

http://engt.co/nWyL84

4K will be ubiquitous

[paulherrin]

nice

[michaelk@RED]

thanks for sharing, great first post.

[Michael Olsen]

And so it begins...

[Alexander Ibrahim]

Encouraging to see.

I've argued with Jim a lot about whether or not 4K will take off in the home. He sees it as inevitable.

I want it, but I think there will be serious consumer pushback. Times are rough economically, people just got these HDTV's and I'm not convinced ordinary folks tell the difference in a home entertainment environment.

As a result I think most won't buy 4K until their 1080p TVs break and 4K TVs are available at the "magic" under $1000 price point. This could be the technology of the 2020's.

[paulherrin]

well, alex... at least you got your argument into a few sentences this time. :)

btw, projectors are next...

[Alexander Ibrahim]

well, alex... at least you got your argument into a few sentences this time. :)

btw, projectors are next...

Heh ... well maybe people won't get so exercised about it in that form.

Projectors ... I want something I can drop in the studio and drive with a Decklink 4K or HDMI sources. (I think its cool that HDMI supports 4K)

What I am really hopeful for is just finally getting some computer monitors with higher resolution than 1920x1200 as the norm.

[paulherrin]

i'll second.

[Ben Holmes]

Not to be Contrary about this, but I'd have to question where you can put RED into this equation. They have shown no interest in the quick-turnaround TV market, like sports or other live events, and do not produce rackable cameras suitable for live TX. Higher resolution systems have been trialled for many years in the form of the 8k SHDTV Japanese system, and it seems unlikely that with even RED moving past 4 K, that it would become the next HD format of choice. Even iPads will be 2K soon.

Sorry - but I have to chuckle when people put these things together. Whatever drives this adoption for live broadcast and transmission, it won't, on current form, be RED.

[Tom Lowe]

But I thought the experts at Cinematography.com told us it was going to be 20 years before 4K got to the home?