CES 2016 catch all -

Jim Ritscher said:
For TV's, is anything happening in the low-cost, true 4K front (as opposed to UHD)? I know that last year LG was selling a true 4K, but people weren't crazy about it.
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I doubdt 4K will be in low cost bracket. Sounds like an enthusiast thing. Though, i prefer the look and wish it were the standard. May have been movie politics that kept that away, may have just been a technical one. But movie theaters have been keeping their formats separate from consumer tv's since the earliest days. We probably wouldn't have anamorphic if it weren't for tv, right?

One thing you probably can count on... 5K+ OLED with very thin boarders. You'll get your sharpness, and your aspect without the glowing "black" letter box of LCD. Something to consider.

A cheap 4K tv just doesn't sound like it would have a big market, driving up the economies of scale. I would prefer a 16:9 5k OLED, to a true 4K LCD with color uniformity issues. Letter boxing doesn't bother me if: it is really black, and there is no loss of resolution. But, the big but, is if OLED prices come down much more. So, i am sorry to not answer your question at all. Just food for thought.
 
I assume that Samsung TV stack can be aligned in any ratio desired by its owner.

BTW, LG says they're putting that 98" 8K monster out on the market. No price given but, once again, I assume it will be higher than GH4.
 
Jim Ritscher said:
For TV's, is anything happening in the low-cost, true 4K front (as opposed to UHD)? I know that last year LG was selling a true 4K, but people weren't crazy about it.
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The reason I was asking, of course, is because if you’re shooting in true 4K, it will be nice to see an actual pixel by pixel representation (check for sharpness, etc.).
 
This has nothing to do with the image acquisition ... but, come on, isn't this TV just about the coolest thing ever?

(fun begins about 27 seconds in)

 
Invisage made an appearance at CES, with its quantum-dot-coated 13-megapixel image sensor, the Quantum13. Meant for phones and about the size of a 1/3 chip, it has global shutter and "3 additional stops of dynamic range compared to conventional CMOS image sensors."

I don't know when a phone will come out with it, but the Twitter post shows it demonstrated in a phone. More importantly I don't know when they'll make a larger sensor for a dedicated videocamera, but I hope they do!
 
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That DR improvement seems to be on a single-shot mode without alternating-line tricks or anything like that, so, it sounds like it's the real deal. At that size, current sensors usually have around 10 or 11 stops of DR, take one away because of global shutter, and 12-13 should be where this thing ends. Not bad at all.
 
DLD said:
And there's still life left in the CES related (barely but still) posts.

Amazon is taking pre-orders on 4K Blu-Ray discs. The "Martian" seems like the first big name out there. Recent hits will obviously be easier to market.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/amazon-first-4k-ultra-hd-blu-rays-preorder-the-martian/
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Too bad The Martian doesn't exist in 4k. Was shot on Red, but all the VFX and post were done at 2k.

Many recent UHD Bluray titles will be unconverted from 2k masters and won't actually be 4k. This is simply because many recent films shot digitally were not shot at 4k or above resolution but only 2k. Even many films that have been shot on true 4k or even film, only had visual effects and post production done at 2k. Fox Home Entertainment has already admitted that The Martian 4k release is being made from 2k assets.
 
Juiced Link little DARlings are now up on his site for purchase. Not quite CES, but the timing of it. Didn't feelnit needed a new thread here. Just an honorable mention.
 
Remnants of remnants from CES'16.

LG booth and its 8K, transparent and bendable displays. Those would be big in commercial/industrial use. Me thinks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_tXaS6rP4c

And Jim was wondering about "real" 4K displays. Dell announced one (it says 4K, not UHD ... are they fudging a few bits, since the actual res isn't given?) In any case, it's a 30" OLED model that retails for $5,000, 97% DCI color space.

http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/06/dell-ultrasharp-30-latitude-12-7000-latitude-13-7000/
 
Been hoping for a 10bit OLED monitor suitable for color grading in 4K. Could this be it?
 
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