I kind of doubt we will get any successor to blu ray, by the time 4k tvs are affordable we should finally have broadband connections of sufficient speed to abandon physical media.
Really? I see a difference, as if the image is popping out the screen. It will work as 4K down scaling to 1080p which will be in fact 4x Supersampling in my case.
ultra ultra ultra hd. I'm betting it will be known as Ultra Definition, or Amazing definition. Or maybe Super Duper Definition.
Isn't it just a matter of youtube down scaling the video and sending it to me or all 4k of it being sent to me and my computer down scaling it. Either way the same thing happens just on different machines.
The problem will be; what kind of media can you store this on? If you want the new Hobbit movie in full cinema details, that is 4k, 48fps, you would need somewhere around 400 gigs of storage space. A normalt 24 fps, fullHD bluray is 50 gigs, 48 fps doubles the number of frames = 100 gigs, and 4k is four times fullHD which gives you 400 gigs worth of movie.
it looks stunning at 1440p for me. Can't begin to imagine what it looks like at a 1 to 1 pixel ratio.
a full blu ray is 50GB but I don't think a 2 hour film would use all 50GB. It would be closer to 10 or 20GB, I would think.
It's not 50gb, but you'd be looking at 40gb I reckon. Full BR rips tend to be 40gb+ but that includes the various extras.
4k is 2020 for most of us that's how long the tech will take to hit mainstream, at which point it will probably still cost a lot for a monitor with the tech. 1080p has only in the last 2 years become the default resolution in tvs even then not every tv has that resolution. All 3 game consoles can't hack 1080p, the next gen finally will. How long will it take them to support a 4k resolution. Would also question the wisdom of a 4k display on a 30inch screen, text is going to be tiny. Personally don't see 4k as the future of pc gaming or pc work in general. Not many people have the space in there bedrooms/ work areas for a 50-60inch monitor the minimum I'd expect this Rez to be on. Cost will hold the tech back for years yet at any rate 20k is 10 to 15 times what a top end tv would cost you at the moment, and its 20x the price of a top end dell. Not to mension the cost of powering a 4k display graphics wise. Quad SLI( 4 680s + water blocks is £2k)would most likely struggle. Just all seems like a distant dream, further away perhaps than anyone could really imagine.
It's all just a bit meh, the cycle will start when the next format of media hits town, my bet is UltraV-Ray, or maybe a streamed service.. lol data rates would be comical. I just wish video wasn't capped at 1080p on blu-ray and that they pushed 4K then, so pixel density's could then scale with screen size and not stretch 1080p res over a 60in panel. That being said if you know what the human eye can resolve at a set distance then 1080p is perfectly fine in a "tuned" living room.
