Past 1080p: When?

[MPoozy]

Originally Posted by J_UNTITLED

There is a nice little local theater near where I reside that is an all high definition theater, using Christie 2k Super High Definition Digital Projectors. The result is a pretty stunning 2048 lines of progressive scan resolution which is obviously much greater than what most (if any) home-based HD technology can provide. I was just wondering, how far into the future do you think it will take before we start seeing higher resolutions being available on a Blu-ray-type of disc or device?

Actually.....what you saw was nothing more then 1920x1080. I know because I work at a huge post-production facility in Hollywood. Any movie that is shown in theaters is no more then 1080p, which is usually a DCI release. We usually also give the studios HD-cam SR tape (which are 1080p, 4:4:4 color) or D5 (HD, but 4:2:2 color). Even when I work with the 2048x1556 frame from a 35mm film, the projectors can only display 1920 across, which is usually fine due the soundtrack being on the left side of the 35mm frame. We are starting to do movies at 4k (4096x3112), which looks amazing. Its just really expensive to do it right now. Eventually that will be the norm. I know that 4k projectors are just around the corner, cameras are already on the market. But first, we just have to work on getting all the theaters converted over to digital projectors first. Then we can worry about a higher resolution....