Re: [Avid-L2] Re: I read the news today, oh boy,..

>>>And as Terry mentioned today, what's the visual gain to the home viewer,
watching on a reasonably average size monitor (60" and smaller)? Are
viewers 6 inches from the monitor? Are they going to actually make monitors
so huge (for home viewing) that the difference between HD and 4K can even
be perceived?<<<

Unquestionably this is the key issue. It won't stop those that "just have
to have it" from buying a 4K set, but the reality is that for a typical
consumer viewing distance of 10' from the TV (and in many homes the WAF
means the distance is even greater) you need a 95" diagonal TV to even *
begin* to see the difference between 1080p and 4K (assuming 20/20 vision).
Not only is the cost of that large of a set beyond the range of the typical
consumer, the WAF is likely to make it impossible for the vast majority of
consumers.

-greg


On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 7:25 PM, Benjamin Hershleder <Ben@contactben.com>wrote:

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> I had the good fortune to talk with Terry Curren about this 4K stuff this
> afternoon. 4K+ makes perfect sense to me for acquisition and archiving so
> that content can be repurposed and/or reformatted in the future . . . but
> where's the bandwidth/throughput for 2K, 4K+ broadcast and DVDs (and the
> web) in the foreseeable future? I'm practically untethered from cable-tv
> now, getting the majority of my content over the web. That's the future.
> We'd need some pretty big pipes.
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> And as Terry mentioned today, what's the visual gain to the home viewer,
> watching on a reasonably average size monitor (60" and smaller)? Are
> viewers 6 inches from the monitor? Are they going to actually make monitors
> so huge (for home viewing) that the difference between HD and 4K can even
> be perceived?
>
> What say you, denizens of the L2?
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> B
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> On Jun 12, 2013, at 4:58 PM, johnrobmoore wrote:
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> > What Snookie is going to be in 4K? Oh wait you said snooker. But just
> think of the possibilities. Maybe they could re release Pauly Shore in 4K,
> "Hey Buuuuudy" in must see 4K TV!!!!!
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > 3D is dead again? Boy, I didn't see that coming.... ;-P
> > >
> > > PS: Now they are going to try to shove 4K down our throats. All in a
> vain attempt to snooker the consumer into ditching his perfectly good HD TV.
> > >
> > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Richard Tibbetts <huipro@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Today, ESPN announced they are ditching their 24hr/day 3D channel,
> after pouring $$$ into it for the last 3 years. At the same time, BestBuy
> debuts its exciting new line of 4K Ultra HDTV's, (for a mere $5,000-7,000
> each) using the brilliant tag line, "make.believe".
> > > >
> > > > I heard there was also some kinda news out of apple this week? ;-)
> > > >
> > > > Ho-hum. Just another day on the Avid-L.
> >
> >
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