REDray Player...

[Brad Allen]

Yes it is the intent to be able to connect a standard DCP server as an input to the REDray laser projector.

Hi Stuart,

Just wondering if you guys would ever consider looking into allowing the Redray player to act as the DCP server? It would be exceptional if I could use the projector and player as a way of color proofing a DCP before distribution without needing to setup a seperate server for it - just an idea anyway :)

[Stuart English]

BTW... while we can upscale 1080P content to play, it looks just like you would expect.

Jim

Indeed. This is for legacy / compatibility only, there is no visual comparison to 4K content - even when viewed on a 1080p LCD or Plasma display, let alone projected.

[ericyoung]

RED PASS DRM?????? !!!!! This sounds interesting. Who else is supporting this? What does this mean for content distribution and theatrical applications?

Great stuff!!

Digital Rights Management understandable. Geographical zones like DVD/BluRay ... please no - SO stupid & retarded!

[Stuart English]

RED PASS DRM?????? !!!!! What does this mean for content distribution and theatrical applications?

More on this later, but:

- It's extremely robust

- It's very flexible

- It's designed to put the content owner in control.

- You don't have to use it if you don't want to.

[Stuart English]

Just wondering if you guys would ever consider looking into allowing the Redray player to act as the DCP server? It would be exceptional if I could use the projector and player as a way of color proofing a DCP before distribution without needing to setup a seperate server for it - just an idea anyway :)

As 2K DCP servers (either as a DCI certified standalone device or just a PC with video card) are pretty inexpensive, if you use one of those as the input to your REDray projector you should be good to go for your described application.

[Michael Stone]

Indeed. This is for legacy / compatibility only, there is no visual comparison to 4K content - even when viewed on a 1080p LCD or Plasma display, let alone projected.

I understand completely. There is only so far you can blow up a lower resolution signal before it starts to look blocky and ugly.

[Jeff Kilgroe]

...Sony just released 4K Blu-Ray to the masses and is now shipping players. Yes, they released early.

Really hoping that RED RAY can pull off a coup here.

[Richard Fox]

https://news.sel.sony.com/en/press_r...50614581982014

Press release states that Sony released a Blu-ray player with ability to upscale HD content to 4K. Remains to be seen if future firmware upgrade will enable playback of 4K Blu-ray content.

[Stacey Spears]

...Sony just released 4K Blu-Ray to the masses and is now shipping players.

That's misleading. They did not release a 4k Blu-ray player. They released a Blu-ray player that can scale to 4k. Big difference.At this point the scaling in their player and their 4k display looks about the same. Once someone implements the new smoothing algorithm from DVDO (ABT, now Silicon Image), then you will see a big improvement in HD scaled to 4k. Not the best name for the algorithm, but the results are great. It removes aliasing along diagonals. This is important when you scale an image up >2x. They also have a non-ringing scaling engine. Something the Sony does not have. I beta tested the algorithm a few of years ago. It would have been in a product by now, but that all changed when Silicon Image aquired ABT. Here are a couple sample images.

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Yeah, you're right. Oops. Got ahead of myself... Didn't realize that they're still talking about the S790 player. Which is interesting... Interesting because it's already been available in the channel since late February, so apparently it was released and then had an official release at a later date? WTF? Or was this the launch that made it officially available in N. America?

That will teach me to post before investigating.