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

Thursday, June 13, 2013

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

I can think of one interesting use for 4K - anamorphic capture with a
fisheye lens, and wrap-around projection in the home, again with a
fisheye lens.

About twenty years ago I tried my hand at Microsoft Flight Simulator,
but I could never master a standard approach to a landing. That's
because (as a real-world pilot) I normally approach parallel to the
runway, then turn 180 degrees to arrive at the runway threshold. To
judge the turn, I always look down and out the side window as the
runway passes behind, but of course that isn't possible unless the
display wraps around.

So yeah, I'd be interested in 4K for an immersive display. Betcha
there's a market of gamers who would pay for this.

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Terence Curren <tcurren@aol.com> wrote:
> With the original IMAX (70MM film not the current upconverted stuff), The screen was huge and you were really close to it. SO you could see tiny details, but you couldn't watch everything on the screen at once. Lots of neck craning to try to catch everything. So yes it was a great spectacle, but not conducive to watching dramatic storytelling.
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Mikeparsons.tv" <mikeparsons.tv@...> wrote:
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> > Titanic was 1k.
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> > I've done IMAX at 8k and IMAX at 4k - looked the damn same watching it in IMAX...
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> > Pixel count is the least of our issues with image quality these days.
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> > Mike
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> > On 13 Jun, 2013, at 11:47 PM, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@...> wrote:
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> > > Wow, Greg is still the voice of reason even though he works for a monitor manufacturer.
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> > > PS: The same factor applies to 4K in a theater. Once you get enough rows back (where most would sit) you won't be able to see the difference between 4K and 2K.
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> > > There is a great chart here to illustrate what we are talking about:
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> > > <<http://www.avsforum.com/t/1416475/viewing-distance-chart-720p-vs-1080p-vs-4k-vs-8k-and-beyond>>
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> > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Greg Staten <gregstaten@> wrote:
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> > > "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)."
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