True 4K Blu-ray - why I will mostly skip if released

[Cbeck]

Originally Posted by Tok

It was a miracle LaserDisc lasted as long as it did. I have my doubts that UHD will be successful even with a disc format. The reality is that the screen size needed to appreciate it is extremely large for most homes.

I would rather see a new spec for BD that supported higher bit color depth and support for higher frame rates. That is something that most 1080p displays could support without requiring all new displays.

I would think you would see more color depth with 4k on any size screen. Just like with blu ray you can see a difference even on a small screen, but the larger you go the better it gets.

I am not sure what the market would be for 4k discs. Even companies like Criterion are offering extensive streaming of films now. Discs may survive as a collector's market, but I am not sure that would be enough to support 4k discs.

[Tok]

Look how they were able to add 3D to BD. I think they could easily update the spec to support a larger bit depth for 2D discs at least. My point there are many installed 1080p sets that could support the expanded color information without having having to replace them all for UHD.

[r32]

Originally Posted by Tok

Look how they were able to add 3D to BD. I think they could easily update the spec to support a larger bit depth for 2D discs at least. My point there are many installed 1080p sets that could support the expanded color information without having having to replace them all for UHD.

At least Panasonic(JP) did that!

36 bit MGVC Blu Ray

Novelty, novelty involved! Panasonic Corp., (thanks to their Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory research center's work on Studio Ghibli's recent digital disc releases) has taken advantage of this upcoming launch to push for MGVC (MASTER GRADE VIDEO CODING) on specific Blu-ray Disc player models. This is their own implementation of the MVC codec standard that seems to be very cool; using the additional data stream to superpose (interpolate) color information that makes up for the compression loss when is used the normal 8-bit encoding for each of the three signal components, coming from the 36-bit color digital master tape. ( http://www.phileweb.com/news/d-av/201304/10/32810.html ) It could be my preferred advancement to come from the efforts of consumer electronics companies to promote stereoscopic 3D vision technology.

Achieving 60Mbps of data transmission unified for a single stream picture view!

Although most won't benefit from this color depth on common 24-bit (8-bit per channel) panel TV sets, this is kind of further future-proofing the editions! Also, My Neighbor Totoro, Grave of the Fireflies, Kiki's Delivery Service & Only Yesterday are listed as already compatible and waiting to be played on those models.

source : http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=53399040


More information about MGVC (Sony doesn' t like it) :

http://translate.googleusercontent.c...Rb9JbvEg1LwuVA


There is only one Panasonic BDP DMR-BZT9300 in Japan is MGVC compatible ( best price JP¥238,000 )

One more reson we should stick to Studio Ghibli Japan version.