not sure if this 4K stuff is gonna take off

[HookersandIceCream]

The resolution of a 1080p 16:9 image is 1920 x 1080. The resolution of a 2K 16:9 image is 2048 x 1152. That's not a noticeable difference. Television resolutions such as 480p, 720p, & 1080p are measured vertically. Cinematic resolutions like 2K, 4K, & 8K are measured horizontally.

And yes most movies ARE NOT being mastered or shot in 4K. You can just go to IMDB & look up the technical specs for each movie. For example "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." that just came out this past weekend was shot digitally in 2.8K.

2.8K is closer to 4K than 1080p
2K is still double the resolution and pixels of 1080p. Double is a pretty big differnce


What you are saying makes no sense

You just admitted most films are shot higher than 1080p. And the bigger films have been shooting at 4K or higher

So what's the next step?
We are going straight to 8K?
We are going to stay at 1080p

HD didn't happen overnight
1080p is still going on
4K is logically the next step and will happen

 

[satam55]

The resolution of a 1080p 16:9 image is 1920 x 1080. The resolution of a 2K 16:9 image is 2048 x 1152. That's not a noticeable difference. Television resolutions such as 480p, 720p, & 1080p are measured vertically. Cinematic resolutions like 2K, 4K, & 8K are measured horizontally.

And yes most movies ARE NOT being mastered or shot in 4K. You can just go to IMDB & look up the technical specs for each movie. For example "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." that just came out this past weekend was shot digitally in 2.8K.

2.8K is closer to 4K than 1080p
2K is still double the resolution and pixels of 1080p. Double is a pretty big differnce


What you are saying makes no sense

You just admitted most films are shot higher than 1080p. And the bigger films have been shooting at 4K or higher

Did you just ignore the part where I mentioned Television resolutions are measured vertically, while Cinematic resolutions are measured horizontally?? There is NO WAY 16:9 2K is twice the size of 16:9 1080p.

 

[-DMP-]

Ill adopt when OLED becomes the standard tv tech.

otherwise, im good with my Samsung

 

[JLova]

I don't get the point in paying more now for the hardware when the software is not ready.

 

[STAN JONES]

i copped my first HDTV almost 15 years ago and 1080p still isnt been broadcasted by any tv station

most video games still arent 1080p(upscales dont count)

it took until around 08 before you could consistently find 1080p rips for any movie on the net and 1080p tv show rips just became the norm last year

i dont see 4k becoming the norm anytime soon if ever

 

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

The resolution of a 1080p 16:9 image is 1920 x 1080. The resolution of a 2K 16:9 image is 2048 x 1152. That's not a noticeable difference. Television resolutions such as 480p, 720p, & 1080p are measured vertically. Cinematic resolutions like 2K, 4K, & 8K are measured horizontally.

And yes most movies ARE NOT being mastered or shot in 4K. You can just go to IMDB & look up the technical specs for each movie. For example "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." that just came out this past weekend was shot digitally in 2.8K.

fax

 

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

I don't get the point in paying more now for the hardware when the software is not ready.

and this is the point I'm making my brother

at least with 3d the software was there, games, tv, movies, bluray etc.

 

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

2.8K is closer to 4K than 1080p
2K is still double the resolution and pixels of 1080p. Double is a pretty big differnce


What you are saying makes no sense

You just admitted most films are shot higher than 1080p. And the bigger films have been shooting at 4K or higher

So what's the next step?
We are going straight to 8K?
We are going to stay at 1080p

HD didn't happen overnight
1080p is still going on
4K is logically the next step and will happen

but when hdtv dropped there was a lot of HD content ready

 

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

i copped my first HDTV almost 15 years ago and 1080p still isnt been broadcasted by any tv station

most video games still arent 1080p(upscales dont count)

it took until around 08 before you could consistently find 1080p rips for any movie on the net and 1080p tv show rips just became the norm last year

i dont see 4k becoming the norm anytime soon if ever

n this is my point, 1080p isn't even really 'THE STANDARD' so how people think 4k is feasible now? lol big multi million dollar movies not even shot in 4k.

 

[Liquid]

To be honest 1080p is more than good enough for the general public for now. TV is isn't 1080p, plus people watch stuff on their phones and tablet and stream stuff on the Internet. The requirement for that being 4k is next to zero.

4K and above probably won't become standard until 3D or the next innovation of watching TV becomes the next big thing and it's needed to keep the immersion.

I predict that standard OTA TV might NEVER reach full 1080P across all the stations. With Sling TV and now Apple coming out with their solution, OTA/Cable TV is going to stop pushing as more and more people abandon it. It's archaic and obsolete, it's time to stop looking at "TV" as the measuring stick as to what is standard. Almost everything else is already past it.

4K WILL be the standard, its inevitable...but it will take a long time to get there.

 

[Liquid]

1080i
Most HDTV channels are broadcast in 1080i resolution. Programs broadcast in 1080i are sent at a ratio of 30 frames per second. Each frame has 1,808 vertical pixels interlaced with 1,920 horizontal pixels to create a continuous picture on your TV screen. Because 1080i is broadcast in an interlaced image, images such as a speeding car can blur when they move fast. The lines of the image are not rendered contiguously, which can cause a "messy" or blurred picture. It can also cause image skipping, where it looks like the image is delivered in stop-motion photography.

1080p
1080p HDTV resolution has the same number of pixels -- 1080i per frame -- but the image is sent at 60 frames per second instead of 30. The higher rate of frames per second in the progressive scanning of 1080p means that it takes up to twice the bandwidth as 1080i. Subsequently, many TV cable companies transmit or broadcast data in 1080i to prevent lag in the cable feed. This results in a lower resolution picture, but without the inconvenience of having your TV picture freeze or skip ahead without showing all of the program you are watching.

@winb83 is right

 

[The Mad Titan]

4k or whatever surpasses that wont be something we can really enjoy until 2020ish at the earliest.

 

[beenz]

youtube and netflix can already stream 4K content.

however there is still a lack of 4K content overall, so there's no way for me to justify that kinda TV purchase currently.

especially in an era where 1080p still isn't the standard when it comes to HD content from most cable providers (which I have mentioned on here countless times).

 

[beenz]

its not doing better than 3D,

3d has TV CHANNELS, console video games, and a shyt load of movies you can buy legally and illegally. 4k does not have this.

how would we get quicker to 4k if the TV NETWORKS DONT EVEN HAVE ENOUGH BANDWITH FOR 1080P????

3D has what channels???? there used to be a few carried on comcast, but those have been abandoned. hell, even ESPN tossed their 3D channel in the :bushess: years ago.

 

[Da King]

4k is just another way for the electronic and entertainment industry to get people to re buy shyt they already have

Yeah 4k is clear, but I wasn't having any issues with 1080p and I'm sure as fukk not getting a 4k tv till my current one breaks down