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nrobot80
join:2012-12-05
Union City, GA

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Re: Question about new 4x (a.k.a. UltraHD) TV signals.....

1080p is the next step in broadcasting. 4k broadcast is projected in 4-7 years. Movies filmed in 4k maybe 2-3 years. Save your money and sit tight for a while.

NathanO
join:2008-08-21
Seattle, WA
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Sony is launching a 4K download service this year. Most movies from the past 2-3 years have been filmed in either film or >4K digital (I could be wrong about this). Most movies upscaled from film and then released on Blu Ray have been mastered in 4K or even 8K. There should actually be quite a bit of 4K content available.

Even YouTube has some 4K content!

I'd guess a 4K movie would weigh in at around 50-70GB, almost small enough for a Blu Ray disk.

Mike Wolf
join:2009-05-24
Tuckerton, NJ

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4k and 8k will become more commonplace when or if Netflix ever does it, is what I'm hearing around the offices. Maybe their Super HD project they're all buzzing about could be it? »signup.netflix.com/superhd
Moffetts
join:2005-05-09
San Mateo, CA

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said by NathanO:

Sony is launching a 4K download service this year. Most movies from the past 2-3 years have been filmed in either film or >4K digital (I could be wrong about this). Most movies upscaled from film and then released on Blu Ray have been mastered in 4K or even 8K. There should actually be quite a bit of 4K content available.

Even YouTube has some 4K content!

I'd guess a 4K movie would weigh in at around 50-70GB, almost small enough for a Blu Ray disk.

Uncompressed 60 fps 4k from a RED camera clocks in at something like 1GBps. A 3 hour movie would weigh in at like 10 TB.

Youtube does indeed have 4k content... At 6 mbps. Little b.

Ultibeam
join:2008-05-27
USA

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said by Moffetts:

Youtube does indeed have 4k content... At 6 mbps. Little b.

YouTube downgraded all 4K content to 2K.

Edit: Looks like only the web player is locked at 2K. If you download the video you get full resolution.

SHoTTa35
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Movies from studios have been in 4K and higher (since Digital cinemas have been 4K for years already) 1080P on a 200" screen just doesn't work

I on the other hand not really feeling like I need 4K anytime soon. Give me some good (BluRay type) 1080p and i'll be happy for the next 5-10yrs. I hate this 7Mbps video being stated to be HD. Resolution alone is not the definition of HD. Hell I an make a 2KB image be HD by stretching it if I want to! LOL

Once 15-25Mbps becomes more common (for streaming anyways) then i'll be happy with that. For my household at least, 4K would be a waste.

Extide
join:2000-06-11
Salt Lake City, UT

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Oops, nevermind.