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Topic: Sad: Youtube has more resolution than cinemas
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Julio Roberto
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 938
From: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2008
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posted 07-11-2010 08:53 AM
Sharp was selling some nice 5' wide 4096x2160 screens for about $50k.
But, of course, you would want a 4K projector to get a good sized screen, specially since they can be $20k cheaper, too, like the Sony SRX-S105.
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But the point is, if TODAY, when most movie theaters in the world aren't even 3D nor 4K (they may be film, but coming from a 2K intermediate ....) I can walk into any Best Buy/Mediamarkt store next door and walk out with a 65" 3D (basically 2K) screen or I can buy a $30k 4K projector and playback videos from ... of all things ... youtube (the "paramount" of low res videos ...)
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and I can do that TODAY!!!!! while theaters are still installing as we speak 2K Nec/Barco/Christie in an industry that is "ready" for 4K (i.e. servers, masters, standards ...)
Just imagine 10 years down the road what people can have in their homes.
First, they said that "3D was an experience you couldn't get at home". Then that "4K is a resolution you can't get at home". But the truth is that you can get both of them easily and not too expensively TODAY and we are STILL moving to ... 2K?
Needless to say there is little advantage to 3D or 4K at home and that that's better experienced in a large screen. But even the size of the screens are becoming an issue with larger-and-larger screens at home, brighter cheap home projectors, etc.
This industry needed to move from "film" to "Imax 3D" and instead moved from film to ... "2K"? (=basically same as HD).
Anyway ... I don't want to have to be the one defending the image on movie theaters as a lease for a Barco/Nec/Christie expires 10 years from now against the new stuff that will be out there ...
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100403005024&newsLang=en
quote:
Blu-ray Disc Association Announces Additional Format Enhancements
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 03, 2010 -
The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) today announced two new media specifications that use Blu-ray Disc technology to provide targeted functionality for commercial and consumer applications. The specifications for BDXL™ (High Capacity Recordable and Rewritable discs) and IH-BD (Intra-Hybrid discs) are expected in the next few months.
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Randy Stankey
Film God
Posts: 6539
From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 07-11-2010 01:33 PM
When are people going to realize that technology is not the answer?
Regardless of what technology we come up with today, there will be something 10 times better in just a few years. It'll be a never ending battle between innovation and obsolescence.
What is really important to the movie theater business is customer experience.
I'm not talking about "presentation" where theaters are made to look all spiffy and "modern" looking. I'm not talking about "customer service" where all the employees from the box office to the concession stand are supposed to be smiling and happy all the time. I'll even give you leeway on how well-tuned your projector and sound system are!
Important things are that customers don't have to wait in long lines and that they can easily find a seat in a theater that's not dirty with sticky floors. They should be able to buy a ticket, walk in, buy good tasting snacks, sit down in a clean seat and watch a movie that starts on time and stays in focus.
Most people couldn't tell the difference between a picture projected from a 2K digital, a 4K digital or 16mm film. It really makes no difference HOW they get their movie and their popcorn. All that matters is that they get what they paid for.
For a long time, I have said that buying the latest and greatest home theater system isn't worth the money.
A 42-inch flat screen cost how much? $1,000 to $1,500?
Add a home theater stereo system for $500.
The Blu-Ray is going to cost another $150
Right there, you've spent $1,500 to $2,000. We haven't even tallied up the cost of movie rentals and microwave popcorn.
If you went to the movies every Saturday night for a year, you could spend nearly $30 per week for the price you paid for that home theater.
You get to walk in, sit down, watch your movie and eat your popcorn. You don't have to turn on the TV or Start the DVD player. You don't have to pop your own popcorn. Cripes! You don't even have to clean up your empty popcorn bags! You can just leave them on the floor!
If movie theaters did what they are supposed to do, we wouldn't have this stupid technology race.
I don't care what technology people dream up. If they don't give the customer what they are paying for, no electronic whiz-bang gadget is going to save the movie industry.
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Paul Mayer
Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under!
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From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 07-11-2010 03:05 PM
But then there are lots of people like my brother, that will never see a movie in a theater again, because they don't like or want to sit still and quiet for two hours or so. They like being able to smoke, and to drink, and to put their feet up, and to talk back to the screen, and most importantly, pause so they can go pee whenever they want to. True, they don't notice the difference between VHS and HD, let alone the differences between the various sound formats or between any video format and 35 or 70mm film (and they don't care to either - that's for the AV geek/losers). Those people (and there are a lot of them) are lost to the theater business, probably forever.
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