4K movies get a new format or add to BD?

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I’ll keep it in mind….if the ‘tour’ is during the summertime. As I think it gets a wee bit cold up there, where you folks live. You see I’ve been spoiled, having lived so long in SoCal.

We're used to the cold. We are a tough lot in the North East of England.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

We're used to the cold. We are a tough lot in the North East of England.

I believe it.

Not sure I could sit or stand still to watch anyone play football in that environment...unless it were the likes of Messi.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I believe it.

Not sure I could sit or stand still to watch anyone play football in that environment...unless it were the likes of Messi.

If we are buff enough, many of us take our tops off in winter at away games just to prove how tough we are.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

If we are buff enough, many of us take our tops off in winter at away games just to prove how tough we are.

Hey, on the previous page here, as to the venue, you were right (check out the horizontal lighting). http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2013/...rs-4k-options/

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Hey, on the previous page here, as to the venue, you were right (check out the horizontal lighting). http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2013/...rs-4k-options/

Yep, was pretty certain

[Penton-Man]

I can't visit the Prem thread for reading until I've watched yesterday's Arsenal match, tell the tob.

I hope the Arsenal are not tired after their glorious failure in Germany.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

“Fitting” 4K on some sort of Blu-ray disc is not a problem. More importantly, is the 'will' to do it, on the part of the BDA.

^ 3 days later, the interview from the CPO of Netflix...

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...4k#post7279305

[Brightstar]

Blu-ray looks ahead to 4K

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment even announced at CES that it will start selling Blu-ray Discs labeled as “Mastered in 4K.

http://www.techhive.com/article/2024...ead-to-4k.html

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by joliefan

Blu-ray looks ahead to 4K

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment even announced at CES that it will start selling Blu-ray Discs labeled as “Mastered in 4K.

http://www.techhive.com/article/2024...ead-to-4k.html

Been mentioned elsewhere, the 4k thread I think.

[blurayjunkie]

So what's the problem all they need to do it put 4k movies on bigger blu-ray discs, if we need new players to play them, we need to players. After all the studios need to make money do they not?

[Canada]

Maybe this

Sony and Panasonic Set to Develop Next-Generation Optical Disc, the two companies are planning to have a disc with recording capacity of at least 300GB but tops out at 1.5 TB by the end of 2015.

[Derb]

Originally Posted by Canada

Maybe this

Sony and Panasonic Set to Develop Next-Generation Optical Disc, the two companies are planning to have a disc with recording capacity of at least 300GB but tops out at 1.5 TB by the end of 2015.

Looks more like a studio archival format then a consumer level format.

Has there been new compression codecs in development for 4K yet?

Nobody panic lol, I do remember when VC-1 was being discussed "they" were asked what would be optimal for uncompressed video & "they" answered 2/3GB/s

[movie_mike2]

4k movies will be much bigger than 100g they are 500g at the theatre

[Canada]

Originally Posted by Derb

Looks more like a studio archival format then a consumer level format.

Has there been new compression codecs in development for 4K yet?

Nobody panic lol, I do remember when VC-1 was being discussed "they" were asked what would be optimal for uncompressed video & "they" answered 2/3GB/s

They will most likely use HEVC it is supposed to be twice as efficient as AVC.

[Derb]

Originally Posted by Canada

They will most likely use HEVC it is supposed to be twice as efficient as AVC.

Ok, then 1GB/1.5GB/s transfer rate. That's not too bad.

[Bluepeace]

Why are they even pushing for 4K??? it's not that better than 1080p
I say skip 4K and just go for 8K directly.

[oppopioneer]

I was in Best Buy last night and they had a Sony 4k tv on display which was amazing! The only movies that can be played on that now are Sony titles from Columbia/Tri-Star.

In order to watch it you have to have a special Sony hard drive device hooked up to it that you have to buy separately. The device is a big round device that looks like a frisbie.

But I can say my Pioneer Elite Kuro PRO-151FD when watching bluray is almost as good in PQ. The 4k did NOT blow my Pio out of the water in PQ and in fact could be compared side by side and be pretty close. Great thing about this 4k technology is you can watch the tv from the side off angle and it keeps it's black levels the same and doesn't wash out. Unlike LCD/LED which are just giant laptop screens which I can't stand. I have a Samsung LCD tv upstairs and it's no where near as good as a 4k tv or plasma.

The worker there told me in order to see real 4k on that new Sony you need a high end Monster HDMI cable. I just said to myself: "Oh hear we go again with this B.S.!"

If 4k tv's are the future them I'm happy. Everyone who never had a Pioneer Kuro plasma should be looking forward to 4k tv's.

[Nielsb90]

^^

I saw a 4K display for the first time yesterday. It was a 55" Sony. It looked good for sure but I had a really hard time telling it apart from a 1080p screen.

The difference is relatively small, the number of movies will be limited (few catalogue titles), and it will require new gear. I think 4k will have a hard time.

[RyanPom]

Wont a 4k TV make most TV programming look like crap since all the shows from the 70s to the 90s wil be stuck in a little window in the center of the screen??

[oppopioneer]

Originally Posted by RyanPom

Wont a 4k TV make most TV programming look like crap since all the shows from the 70s to the 90s wil be stuck in a little window in the center of the screen??

I'm not sure what you mean?