Fascinating blog on the history of 4k with film and digital media

That's an intriguing read. I often wondered about what we actually get to see as a delivered product vs what the final master actually looks like. That being said, I feel 4k and ultimate technical quality are things for people with better skills than myself to worry about...like Mr Holland there.
I won't get caught up in it....don't have the money, access, mathematical mind, or time to do that. The same is true for my studio and recording songs...I buy the best thing I can truly afford and get every ounce I can from it rather than over analyze if a new pre amp will give me ultimate fidelity. It's easy to get lost in numbers, even when dialing in an EQ on a board.

When it comes to technical micro analysis of sound and image IQ, to quote Seinfeld: "I choose not to run."
 
pulpfiction007 said:
That's an intriguing read. I often wondered about what we actually get to see as a delivered product vs what the final master actually looks like. That being said, I feel 4k and ultimate technical quality are things for people with better skills than myself to worry about...like Mr Holland there.
I won't get caught up in it....don't have the money, access, mathematical mind, or time to do that. The same is true for my studio and recording songs...I buy the best thing I can truly afford and get every ounce I can from it rather than over analyze if a new pre amp will give me ultimate fidelity. It's easy to get lost in numbers, even when dialing in an EQ on a board.

When it comes to technical micro analysis of sound and image IQ, to quote Seinfeld: "I choose not to run."
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The HD/2k compromise was developed to approximate the best performance one could expect from a projected 35mm release print. I have integrated and participated in the calibration of 35mm cinemascope projectors in a university setting for a film studies program. Based on the test chart reels we ran I would say that is an accurate assessment. 35 projection resolves about 850 lines vertical, the same range as the best HD cameras can do without significant aliasing artifacts.
The 35mm projectors were replaced with HD projectors when Blu Ray became common.
 
Razz16mm said:
The HD/2k compromise was developed to approximate the best performance one could expect from a projected 35mm release print. I have integrated and participated in the calibration of 35mm cinemascope projectors in a university setting for a film studies program. Based on the test chart reels we ran I would say that is an accurate assessment. 35 projection resolves about 850 lines vertical, the same range as the best HD cameras can do without significant aliasing artifacts.
The 35mm projectors were replaced with HD projectors when Blu Ray became common.
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There was some big test, where they found that in reality some cinemas has resolution way less than 850 lines, like under 600 or so, depends on cinema and on quality of 35mm copy they got.
Everybody tends to take maximum quality of 35mm print, but 99.9% of us was exposed to inferiror quality of film copies and projections in cinemas. I always hated bad unsharped projections with dimmed light, even well scanned DVD was fabulous against it. But still lot of Blu Ray releases was pretty horrendous for a long time - Blade Runner, Barraka, 5 element to name a few.

Now when can reach good quality were are still trap in 8bit world. Richer color space will bring us back to the film quality.
 
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