5K Red Rocket ?

[Nils Ruinet]

I'm on the verge of ordering a Red Rocket, but I was wondering if there were any plans on making a new version designed for Epic's 5K format ?

I guess I won't get an answer from Red on this, but I thought I still should ask...

I would hate to order one, just to find out a couple of months later that it's being replaced by a new version...

 

[Eric Santiago]

Speculation...

Speculation...

I'm on the verge of ordering a Red Rocket, but I was wondering if there were any plans on making a new version designed for Epic's 5K format ?

I guess I won't get an answer from Red on this, but I thought I still should ask...

I would hate to order one, just to find out a couple of months later that it's being replaced by a new version...

Im thinking itll be a driver/firmware upgrade. Just my thoughts of course

 

[Nils Ruinet]

Yes, but I'm not sure the hardware is capable of decoding 5K RAW in realtime. Last time I heard it was realtime at 1/2 res. Did that change ?

 

[Rainer Fritz]

possibly will need a second card to get realtime performance. This is essential for me too, that I can see the footage in realtime on set of the backuped data. Using dual-link hdsdi 10bit 4:4:4 rgb to my monitor at least up to 25fps.
deanan could you give us an update on this please ?

 

[Anson Fogel]

Half res sounds worse than it practically is - in reality, half res even at 4K now is perfectly fine, given that the display is not going to be 4 or 5K, for most of us using larger LCD displays for monitoring.

I use my rocket at 1/2 res now, displaying on an Apple 23" cinema, and on a calibrated Plasma (1920) - full res won't play in real time, but even if it did, its not particularly useful for me.

I could see larger post stages with 4K projection wanting true 4K/5K playback, and for them, the data we have suggests they already are or will need to use 2 cards.

 

[Arnaud Paris]

It's not just about resolution. Getting full rez playback influences the noise level in the blacks. I don't think Red is about to release a new Red Rocket, more like releasing tons of firmware upgrades to support multiple Red Rockets in the same system, which you will most likely need for an Epic realtime playback.

 

[Rainer Fritz]

Half res sounds worse than it practically is - in reality, half res even at 4K now is perfectly fine, given that the display is not going to be 4 or 5K, for most of us using larger LCD displays for monitoring.

I use my rocket at 1/2 res now, displaying on an Apple 23" cinema, and on a calibrated Plasma (1920) - full res won't play in real time, but even if it did, its not particularly useful for me.

I could see larger post stages with 4K projection wanting true 4K/5K playback, and for them, the data we have suggests they already are or will need to use 2 cards.

Buy a HD-SDI to DVI converter or to HDMI and go in realtime playback on your monitor.... then you see the truth....