"Anon" (tjsielsistneb)
12/23/2013 at 23:50 • Filed to: None
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"Anon" (tjsielsistneb)
12/23/2013 at 23:50 • Filed to: None | 3
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I just started building my Blu-Ray collection, now there's going to be something new out!
JGrabowMSt
> Anon
12/24/2013 at 00:00 |
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As someone in the broadcast industry, trust me, it needed to chill when 1080 became "the big thing." If you think being the consumer is expensive to keep up, you should see what those cameras, switchers, studio monitors or even just the cabling for them costs...heck, even a 1080i studio with "cheap" cameras will have tether cables that are upwards of $2000-3000.
Don't even get me started on the tower antennas......
Ilike_cougars
> Anon
12/24/2013 at 00:00 |
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4k has been out for some time now.
Reigntastic
> Anon
12/24/2013 at 00:02 |
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Physical media? That's definitely a dying trend as well.
The Transporter
> Anon
12/24/2013 at 00:03 |
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There are a few manufacturers making 4k TV sets, but they're expensive as hell and you can't really see much of a quality increase over 1080p. I don't expect it to advance much beyond a theatrical projection standard.
Agrajag
> Anon
12/24/2013 at 00:15 |
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As far as I know the max resolution for a 35mm film is about 4k. So we shouldn't expect re-releases after that point for classics and the like. 65mm film or IMAX though has enough information for 8k resolution I believe. I'm excited to see the likes of Ben-Hur and Lawrence of Arabia, or 2001 at that resolution. Since I'll never get to see them on a cinerama screen.
Victorious Secret
> JGrabowMSt
12/24/2013 at 00:17 |
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4K is nice in theory, I've seen 4K TVs, I've even sold them; but I'd never buy one. Ever. The content is sparse, the TVs are too pricey, nothing makes sense.
Even for games, the rig I need to push 4K games would run as much as the TV itself.
Also, LOL YOUTUBE. They couldn't possibly compress the hell out of the footage anymore, yet they somehow manage to.
Ferrero1911
> Agrajag
12/24/2013 at 00:46 |
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I've seen Lawrence of Arabia projected on 70mm. I highly recommend the experience if you ever have the chance.
Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment
> Anon
12/24/2013 at 01:01 |
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1440 is kind of a half way between 1080p and 4k. YouTube uses it to take advantage of a lot of LCDs that have this resolution. I just can't wait till everything is 4k.
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Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment
> Ferrero1911
12/24/2013 at 01:01 |
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Really? Damn, that must have been quite impressive. A watershed moment for cinema, most definitely. I have to figure out how to do that.
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Agrajag
> Ferrero1911
12/24/2013 at 01:09 |
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Looks like Seattle is the place to go. Found a site with lists of theaters. Clicked on link for closest one to me, and........ http://cinerama.topcities.com/cttranslux.htm
Razed.
MtrRider Just Wants Doritos
> Ilike_cougars
12/24/2013 at 01:15 |
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Yeah, but now you can experiance Youtube like you're on dial-up.
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Ferrero1911
> Agrajag
12/24/2013 at 01:42 |
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That's sad. I saw it at a museum in Houston.
Saracen
> Anon
12/24/2013 at 01:46 |
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iirc, from your typical viewing distance the human eye can not discern 720p from 1080p on a 42" screen. I don't really think 4k will do any good unless you own a 60+ inch television.
Krieger (@FSKrieger22)
> MtrRider Just Wants Doritos
12/24/2013 at 04:25 |
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A good deal of 4K "Smart TV" Youtube apps will downgrade to 360p or even 240p in the name of "playback smoothness". I didn't exactly agree with my family getting one of those...
PS9
> Anon
12/24/2013 at 05:50 |
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Youtube doesn't need 4k, it needs better compression technology. Even at 1080p, everything still looks like shit.
Jordan Clifford
> Anon
12/24/2013 at 07:55 |
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This is what it is made for, man. Plug into your 30 inch IPS monitor, light up a jeffrey, stroke the furry wall and get lost in the magic window.
Eric the RC guy
> Saracen
12/24/2013 at 09:20 |
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... and sit about three feet away from it. I can see the horrified look in my mother's eye if she saw me sitting three feet away from a 60-inch TV. There was a chart posted somewhere, at some time, that shows the viewing distances needed to discern these various resolutions, but it's 9 A.M. and the last work day of the week so there's no way I'm doing something like researching, it sounds like too much work.
Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
> Anon
12/24/2013 at 11:21 |
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And yet my VAIO is struggling to runs 4k, despite just released few months ago. Oh wel..
NaturallyAspirated
> Anon
12/24/2013 at 12:05 |
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Next time I'm due for a PC monitor upgrade, I'm gonna try one of those Korean 1440p units that sell for around $300 shipped on eBay. I really don't understand people who "must have" a 720p or 1080p display ON THEIR SMARTPHONE but think the same resolution is fine for their desktop.
(For the record, I find anything better than VGA to be pretty indistinguishable on a screen 4" or smaller. My Nexus 4's 1080p screen just seems silly.)