And of course it makes no difference to those folk viewng on their pads, pods and droid devices.
I wonder (apart from archive) what the point is?
On 13 Jun 2013, at 15:37, Greg Staten wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>
>> 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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>> On Jun 12, 2013, at 4:58 PM, johnrobmoore wrote:
>>
>>> 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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