RED RAY announced at NAB 2008

[sean90291]

This sounds really interesting (as posted at ProVideoCoalition (http://http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/nab08)):

A full on “hat trick” for Red this morning with 3 major announcements.

Welcom to the RED Ray.
• Optical disk drive
• Play back 4K video from the RED ONE
• 3K video from Scarlet
• HD formats from RED Disc and RED Express media
• R3D RAW files from CompactFlash
• 5K video from the new EPIC isn’t supported, yet(?).

Bye bye Blu-Ray?

[krestofre]

I don't get it. The one thing I really expected from RED this year was a 4K Display. Instead we get a 4K DVD player? What good does that do? I'm all for the RED Revolution, but that seems like cart before horse to me.

[sean90291]

Good point. Hm.

Is this drive targeted at regular consumers as well? Or is it just a Red "post" tool? I mean, will we be watching Pirate of the Carribean 7 on Red Ray?

[ecking]

I don't get it. The one thing I really expected from RED this year was a 4K Display. Instead we get a 4K DVD player? What good does that do? I'm all for the RED Revolution, but that seems like cart before horse to me.

But would that even make a difference? Think about how big a 4k display would have to be to be effective and how close you've have to sit near it to really see the benefits of 4k.

Having a device that can take it and scale it makes more sense to me.

[AuditoryVisuals]

A projector that can project a 120" image from 6 feet away seems like the soloution.

[Jarek Zabczynski]

Anone know the specs on this thing? What optical technology is it using?

[William_Robinette]

It is expected to come it at under $1k If nothing is new by tomorrow I'll get more info on the media. The Red booth was packed at 9am so getting info was hit or miss.

[Matty_g]

The 4K RED-RAY uses standard "red" laser DVD media. The delivery codec is so efficient we can provide more than 2 hours of 4K plus audio on one dual layer single sided DVD.

check it.

[krestofre]

That information makes things interesting. Perhaps there is use for RED RAY afterall.

Edit to add: http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/mcurtis/story/red_ray_2_hour_4k_playback_for_under_1000from_a_bu rnable_dvd/