4K Blu-ray Confirmed, Coming in

[spectre08]

Originally Posted by Shin sam

This is all very nice etc, but has anyone seen any film's in motion on a 4K pannel? I did at I.B.C and it was shocking to say the least. Picture break up all over the shop, and this was on major company stands!

odd. I've watched a ton of 4K content on Netflix and Amazon Prime, and also streamed Youtube 4K content from my PC and never noticed anything like that.

Maybe you have keener eyes than me?

[reanimator]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

And labelling something as 4K when it's not could have an equally negative impact.

I'm not sure why you would think that. Plenty of movie theaters in the US advertise 4K projection, yet many of the movies are being played from 2K DCPs. No one complains about it.

... except for a handful of malcontents on the web.

[42041]

Originally Posted by reanimator

I'm not sure why you would think that. Plenty of movie theaters in the US advertise 4K projection, yet many of the movies are being played from 2K DCPs. No one complains about it.

... except for a handful of malcontents on the web.

4K is not usually offered as a premium format at movie theaters. Nor is anything claimed implictly or explicitly about the resolution for a given film.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by 42041

4K is not usually offered as a premium format at movie theaters. Nor is anything claimed implictly or explicitly about the resolution for a given film.

It is in the UK, I have seen both 4in projection and 4k on a set and both look great

[reanimator]

Originally Posted by 42041

4K is not usually offered as a premium format at movie theaters.

it is in Los Angeles

[42041]

Originally Posted by reanimator

it is in Los Angeles

I'm surprised... The only premium exhibition formats in my area are Cinemark XD, AMC ETX, and IMAX (soon to be laser). None of those says anything about 4K specifically in their marketing materials.

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by 42041

I'm surprised... The only premium exhibition formats in my area are Cinemark XD, AMC ETX, and IMAX (soon to be laser). None of those says anything about 4K specifically in their marketing materials.

AMC ETX uses 4K projection and Dolby Atmos sound. Recently they've been upgrading them to Dolby Cinema with 4K Laser.


I believe Cinemark XD has similar specs.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Yes, the interview went up yesterday: https://www.avforums.com/article/ult...levision.11916

“The criteria mainly are peak brightness, contrast, 10-bit depth and the colour gamut but if you combine these parameters you’re also basically addressing a much bigger concern which is called 'colour volume'……So it’s a three dimensional thing combining a two-dimensional colour gamut and the third dimension which is brightness and contrast.”

For new readers to the concept mentioned above ^ by Hanno, and those with a greater than 8 sec. attention span, this was first explained (by ‘first’, I mean before any other consumer audio video forum/website on the internet) and illustrated here

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Yes, the interview went up yesterday: https://www.avforums.com/article/ult...levision.11916

.....“There’s a number of questions that are open right now, so we’re talking to a number of broadcasters in Europe as well as in the US and elsewhere, to invite them in to start that discussion.”

With the leading answer , so far at this point in time, being summed up with a new acronym

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

.....“There’s a number of questions that are open right now, so we’re talking to a number of broadcasters in Europe as well as in the US and elsewhere, to invite them in to start that discussion.”

With the leading answer , so far at this point in time, being summed up with a new acronym

But what does it meeeeeeeeeeean?

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by 42041

I'm surprised... The only premium exhibition formats in my area are Cinemark XD, AMC ETX, and IMAX (soon to be laser). None of those says anything about 4K specifically in their marketing materials.

Showcase deluxe in the UK have a Sony 4k projection splash screen before every film

[spectre08]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

Showcase deluxe in the UK have a Sony 4k projection splash screen before every film

same here. I've taken to asking the Alamo Drafthouse on twitter if a movie is using the 4K DCP.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by spectre08

same here. I've taken to asking the Alamo Drafthouse on twitter if a movie is using the 4K DCP.

Showcase are really proud of it
http://www.showcasecinemas.co.uk/loc...ital-cinema-4k

[spectre08]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

Showcase are really proud of it
http://www.showcasecinemas.co.uk/loc...ital-cinema-4k

do they note which movies they get that come in 4K DCPs? Drafthouse doesn't specifically advertise this and you have to ask directly.

I'm actually working with an acquaintance of mine who runs the site The Projection List to see about adding an icon next to films that are getting a 4K DCP.

right now it's damned hard to sort out which movies have true 4K sent to the theater.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by spectre08

do they note which movies they get that come in 4K DCPs? Drafthouse doesn't specifically advertise this and you have to ask directly.

I'm actually working with an acquaintance of mine who runs the site The Projection List to see about adding an icon next to films that are getting a 4K DCP.

right now it's damned hard to sort out which movies have true 4K sent to the theater.

Nope, but I know what movies have a 4k dcp normally

[2themax]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

I believe Cinemark XD has similar specs.

I can confirm that Cinemark XD auditoriums use 4K Barco projectors.

[2themax]

Originally Posted by bailey1987

It will have been streamed, from what I have heard no one had actual content on a Ultra HD Blu-Ray disc playing.

There was one TV I saw 4K on years ago or was it 8K at gadget show Christmas 2013 I think it was at London's Excel centre, that TV had a weird effect going, pixels seemed to dissipate.

Samsung had an actual disc playing in their UHD player at IBC.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by 2themax

Samsung had an actual disc playing in their UHD player at IBC.

Are we sure that was not faked

[Geoff D]

Perhaps it was just a basic transport stream burned onto a disc rather than a properly authored platter?

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

But what does it meeeeeeeeeeean?

That be a discussion for another day…..on down the HDR highway.

For the time being, sort of think of it like this….OETF+ EOTF = OOTF in trying to deliver the best live HDR from acquisition to home display.