4K Blu-ray content on the horizon?

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by khris1

To see a significant difference between 4K and 1080p will require a big screen and being close to it...

Well, I wish you would have told Curtis Clark, the longtime head of the ASC Technology Committee (http://www.theasc.com/ac_society/ind...Tech_Committee)
that pearl of wisdom at this recent Symposium –
http://www.hpaonline.com/mc/page.do?sitePageId=129261

for, in considering the need for a D.P. to set an accurate look on-set which can then journey through the post production pipeline, he publically queried the Senior Product Manager of Sony as to when a practical 4k monitor would be available for use on-set and perhaps your intervention would have enlightened Curtis and prevented him from asking for such a needless display.

P.S.
By ‘practical’ 4K monitor, he meant something on the order of the size of which would fit on the cart here - http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/video/chann...behind_scenes/

or around…desktop size. Sure a 1080p flat panel will be ‘just fine’ for most consumers. A 720p flat panel is ‘just fine’ for many consumers, esp. if they sit back far enough.

In recent years, various prototype 4K flat panel displays have been shown as technology demos at industry trade shows such as IBC. Anecdotal reports from firsthand viewers indicated that they could appreciate a “significant” difference…from 1080p. I guess it depends on how discerning a viewer you are and what your expectations may be.