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You are not missing anything. It's worth remembering that most films made in the past two decades have been mastered at 2K, most films are distributed to cinem
by sjwright 8y ago
You are not missing anything.
It's worth remembering that most films made in the past two decades have been mastered at 2K, most films are distributed to cinemas at 2K, and most cinema projectors are 2K. Yes, most films are mastered and distributed at a resolution barely superior to 1080p.
In most respects, for the purposes of media consumption on a rectangular screen of any practical size, 4K already exceeds useful detail levels. 8K is absurd. Technology and content innovation should focus on high frame rate and high dynamic range.
- coldseattle 8y agoThis hasn't been true for several years. Most films today are 4K (Cinema) http://gadgetflux.net/list-of-4k-mastered-hollywood-movies/ http://gadgetflux.net/list-of-4k-mastered-hollywood-movies/
- sjwright 8y agoCorrect, which is why I defined the two decade aperture, not a two year one. My point is that 2K is clearly sufficient because it has been satisfying moviegoers for a long time. And that the threshold of useful detail will be somewhere between 2K and 4K; exceeding 4K is pointless.