| NiKKoM said: Well there is a simple reason for that.. There is almost no 4K content.. No tv show is shot in 4K.. The max old movies can do with converting film is 3.6K but you would have to find a very good percerved copy of the film.. Most would get to 3K.. New films arent shot 4K except some Red one and IMAX films.. But i do have to say.. i have seen 4K shot footage on 4K screens and its beautiful.. The amount of details is amazing and makes it more lifelike.. That said it will take some time before enough 4K content is created to justify a 4K TV |
Sure the average 35mm movie might only go up to 3K but that's full color 3K.
Current 1080p formats only support 4:2:0 chroma subsampling, which means that while brightness is stored for every pixel, color info is only stored for 960x540. (Every other horizontal pixel and every other line's color is stored resulting in avg 12 bits per pixel)
A 4K version with 1920x1080 color sampling is going to look better for those old movies.
Plus there is the thing about 35mm anamorphic movies, presented in 2.35:1 They have the full height on the original frame but you only get 1920x817 on blu-ray. Sure would look better in 3840x1634, considering 3K is 3072x1620 quite a good fit.
I would love to see movies originally shot in Todd-AO 65mm in 4K. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_70_mm_films
Baraka and Samsara both already have been scanned in 8k and are mastered in 4K, they look stunning in 1080p, yet that's still only 1/4 of what they're capable of.
It's just been the start of digital cinema that has seen a drop in image quality. Too bad for LOTR for example, made in 2K. You might get better color out of a 4K release, but it will pale in comparison to a well preserved 35m movie.
That's passed, 5K RED camera's are now used for movies, 8K video cameras already exist for a year. http://gizmodo.com/5914262/first-ultra-high-def-shoulder-mount-camera-brings-8k-ridiculousness-closer-to-reality
Finally digital catches up to analog from 1955, but a lot more manageable and affordable now, and capable of 120 fps.
