2012: The Year of 4K

[J.D. Frey]

I get what you are saying. And 8k and above for stills is great, but I just saw my first 4k footage ever. To say it was amazing is an understatement. To say that the world will change when the public sees what they have been missing with current digital cinema technology is a statement of fact. If the cameras stay ahead of the curve and the projectors follow a few years after we will get to 8k eventually. However to sit around and wait for it to happen is a little silly.

Whatever you do- if you have not seen a 4k projection you need to go to a screening. You will be pissed you ever bought a ticket to a 2k movie.

[Tom Lowe]

I have released trailers in 4K H264. We are releasing my film "TimeScapes" next Wednesday as a 4K 14GB H264 MOV file. It's 45 mins long.

I believe that Sony 4K Blurays may start getting into the wild this year, or early next. And obviously Red is cooking something up.

[J.D. Frey]

I have released trailers in 4K H264. We are releasing my film "TimeScapes" next Wednesday as a 4K 14GB H264 MOV file. It's 45 mins long.

Cool Tom. I'll be looking out for the release next week. Good luck!

[Steven Veldkamp]

4K won't go mainstream until either the ps4 or the next xbox become available... but even then, most folks will still opt for 1080p simply due to the cost of 4k displays. I predict 2014 (late 2013?) will be the year of 4K.

[Brian Merlen]

I really hope apple ships some 4k displays on the 11th of this month when all the new models are out. Since Ivy Bridge supports it, I am hoping they can get it out to the consumers... I mean the Imac if given more PPI will reach that 4k mark...

[Ravi Kiran]

Are there any websites listing 4K theaters and movies with 4K DCPs?

[Patrick Tresch]

I have released trailers in 4K H264. We are releasing my film "TimeScapes" next Wednesday as a 4K 14GB H264 MOV file. It's 45 mins long.

I believe that Sony 4K Blurays may start getting into the wild this year, or early next. And obviously Red is cooking something up.

Hello Tom Lowe,

I've seen, in a newspaper here in Switzerland the most popular one "Le Matin", an article about your film beeing the first 4k film to be released. They Just missed the point on internet release but I think if you are even reaching "Le Matin" your are becoming a world phenomenom!!!

;-)

Keep on the good work.

Patrick

[Blair S. Paulsen]

I have released trailers in 4K H264. We are releasing my film "TimeScapes" next Wednesday as a 4K 14GB H264 MOV file. It's 45 mins long.(snip)

Perhaps there's a separate thread that delves deeper into your mastering specs? IF not, I would love to know a bit more about the pipeline. Did you at some point make 4K DPX stacks that you then made into Cineform files that you turned into H264 MOVs in AME, Compressor, Sorensen, ???

Download only? Blu-ray data disc? 16GB flash drive?

Do tell...

Cheers - #19

[Jarred Land]

Are there any websites listing 4K theaters and movies with 4K DCPs?

Someone really needs to do this. Sony has a microsite that has theaters, but just for their projectors.

[Detlev Eller]

... let me think ... :-)