Sony Creates New Division in Support of 4k Technology

[Andrew Madu]

http://www.aboutprojectors.com/news...tes-new-division-in-support-of-4k-technology/

 

[G.A. Kokes]

I tell you what. I would be happy with 4K under $50K and would recommend Red for any serious video or TV commercial Production.

Cheers,
G

 

[Ketch Rossi]

4K technology is at the forefront of the new cinema experience and it will get bigger and bigger, as companies such as Sony and RED will take a stand to bring to market a projection system at a fair price so that Movie Theater owners all over the world can make the steps necessary to install 4K systems.

As now they are still of very high cost, but this is rapidly to come to a change, already multiple countries are embracing Digital cinema and 4K is the way to go to bring something new as to attract a much larger number of Cinema goers as well as been preparing for 3D imaging.

For all of us RED Shooters, this is a must, as not only will save us the cost of film out but will show our finished product as it was meant to be viewed in all its glory of 4K.

Ciao

 

[Craig Bowman]

If I was a theatre owner, I might be inclined to wait and see what Red will make available on the 4K projector front in terms of price point. I can already imagine Graeme working on a P3D format for playback only on their new line of Vermillionvista Projectors.

 

[DanWood]

Is Sony going to make a 4K camera to go with this?

 

[Robert P. Hogue]

I can see RED coming out with a complete delivery system. Perhaps one idea for theatres is to use the Holographic Versatile Disc - it would be spacious enough to fit hours of 4k footage, and it would be compact enough to easily ship to movie theaters. So rather than have massive data arrays as the current DCI spec proposes, along with high-bandwidth fiber connections, a simple projector, with stand-alone or integrated HVD player would suffice.

 

[M Most]

So rather than have massive data arrays as the current DCI spec proposes, along with high-bandwidth fiber connections,

The DCI spec neither requires, proposes, or recommeds anything of the sort. Digital Cinema Packages are delivered primarily on single Firewire or USB2 drives, are only about 250GB in size, and the image files in them are compressed using JPEG2000. The package is copied to a digital cinema server that is most commonly based on rather standard PC technology and put on standard SATA drives. There is no use of massive data arrays, high bandwidth fiber connections, or anything resembling what you're talking about.