Display Options For 4k Red-ray

[Peter Majtan]

Since this corner of the forum has died a little I decided to breathe in a little life. I have seen now and then scattered across the forum links and details about possible 4K monitoring options.

Anyone who cares to contribute - please post a link for a possible 4K monitoring options and I will try to keep it up-to-date in the bellow summary:

Category A1 (Pro 4K projectors):

Sony's SRX-R220
http://www.aboutprojectors.com/Sony-...projector.html
Price: unknown

Category A2 ("Accessible" - read tens of thousands, not
hundreds - 4K projectors):

Sony's SRX-R105
http://www.aboutprojectors.com/Sony-...projector.html
Price: about $66K

Barco FX-5
http://www.barco.com/corporate/en/pr...p?element=4068
Price: about $85K

Category B1 (Pro 4K monitors):

Any suggestions?

Category B2 ("Consumer" 4K Plasmas & LCD's):

Sony's 82" 4K plasma:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/06/v...ets-showcased/
Price: unknown

Panasonic's 150" 4K plasma:
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/televisions/...9294967,00.htm
Price: unknown

Sharp's 4K x 2K plasma:
http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/10/06...unveils-4k-tv/
Price: unknown

Toshiba's 56" 4xHD monitor:
http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/04/17...st-4k-monitor/
Price: unknown

Astro Systems' 56" LCD:
http://www.pclaunches.com/monitors/a...cd_monitor.php
Price: unknown

[Craig Ryan]

To me it doesn't seem unreasonable to ask for a 40-50" LCD with 4k resolution in the sub 5k$ price range; something like this should be available within the next year or so whether it be Apple or Dell. Plus we are still anticipating RED to officially announce their line of 4k displays/projector(s) they mentioned at NAB before. It would be nice for RED users to see their content 1:1 as opposed to the Quad HD format.

[Robin Balas]

How about this one? Should be a bit dim for large screens, but perfect for post work ;)
http://www.barco.com/corporate/en/pr...p?element=4068
Or one of the others from Barcos series of excellent projectors.

[Peter Majtan]

At $85K for the Barco I would prefer the 16:9 SX-R105 from Sony ($66K). But never the less - it is up there - thanks for the link...

[Craig Bowman]

... Plus we are still anticipating RED to officially announce their line of 4k displays/projector(s) they mentioned at NAB before. ...

Red has already announced this year they have scrapped plans for 4K displays and will let all the third party monitor companies battle that one out.

[Peter Majtan]

I can understand that. But there is still a space for an affordable and compact 4K projector (let's say bellow $10K). Let's hope they don't toss this one outta window...

[Craig Ryan]

Red has already announced this year they have scrapped plans for 4K displays and will let all the third party monitor companies battle that one out.

Aye that be true!

[Radoslav Karapetkov]

Yeah, what about RED 4K projectors?

Otherwise, what is RED RAY for?

[Peter Majtan]

My point exactly...

[CosmicUniversal]

Aye that be true!

Not only did they announce it, but I asked Jim at NAB and he said no, that at this time they are not doing it. They were shooting for sub 10k for their 4k monitors (correct me if I'm wrong), but that another company beat them to it and would be just a bit more (whatever that means) than 10k, so they decided not to venture that route. Although, everything is subject to change.