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Topic: Claim of the first 8K Projector at NAB
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Frank Angel
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From: Brooklyn NY USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 04-07-2018 12:32 PM
These guys (Digital Projection) are not in the commercial cinema (exhibtion) market are they? So this 8K projector is not DCI compliant, right? And if not, is there a market for an 8K projector in the non-theatrical sector where there is no 8K content available?
Digital Projection's INSIGHT 8K Projector
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Digital Projection presents another breakthrough in display technology with a product producing large-format 8K imagery that you must see to believe.
Digital Projection International, A Delta Associate company, invites you to experience the remarkable at NAB.
Please join us April 9th thru the 12th in the Las Vegas Convention Center, South Hall, Lower Level, Booth # 12718 and be among the first to see the astonishing resolution produced by our new INSIGHT LASER 8K, with imaging by Astro.
Armed with 33 million pixels and laser phosphor illumination creating 25,000 lumens of accurate and saturated color, the breathtaking power of this remarkable display needs to be seen to be appreciated. The INSIGHT 8K is capable of displaying uncompressed 8K resolution, or up to (4) 4K sources, or up to (16) HD sources!
We will demonstrate not only the INSIGHT 8K but also our budget-oriented 1-chip E-Vision LASER 4K & stunning 3-chip HIGHlite LASER 4K projectors, as well as our ultra-bright Radiance Fine-Pitch LED display!
April 9-12, 2018
NAB Show
Las Vegas Convention Center
3150 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 89109
www.nabshow.com
Digital Projection Presentation Location
LVCC South Hall, Lower Level, Booth # 12718
www.digitalprojection.com"
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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."
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From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 04-07-2018 06:32 PM
Didn't the projector imaging chip companies (TI, Sony, etc) have all sorts of issues just with the jump from 2K to 4K? I've seen plenty of complaints on this forum about a lack of contrast and color fidelity with the 4K systems. Have those problems been solved?
An 8K DLP chip would make all those "pixels" even more microscopic, which might hurt contrast and color fidelity even worse. What are the projector manufacturers going to do to make this idea work? I imagine they have to be feeling some pressure to do something, now that companies like Samsung and Daktronics are showing off UHD resolution LED jumbotron screens as possible movie theater screen solutions.
quote: Frank Angel
And if not, is there a market for an 8K projector in the non-theatrical sector where there is no 8K content available?
There might be more of a market for it once 8K TV displays and computer monitors are commerically released to the mainstream general public. But there's a big IF with that situation.
As it stands, the movie industry is doing a very shitty job at supporting true 4K movie production. That's bad for sales of 3.8K UDTV sets and UHD Blu-ray players. Physical media formats (like Blu-ray & UHD Blu-ray) are the best outlet for emerging higher resolution audio-video playback standards. But physical media formats seem to be mortally threatened from multiple directions. The brick and mortar retail video rental store has been rapidly dying off. Video rental/sales stores have been vanishing along with many hundreds of book stores and music stores. The news that Oppo is going to quit the video player business just adds to an already grim situation.
Residential Internet speeds have been improving. Still, how many Americans have Internet connections truly fast enough to stream anything in real 4K resolution? I'm guessing one needs a download speed of at least 75Mb/s for a 4K HEVC stream of acceptably good quality. One probably needs at least a 200Mb/s sustained download speed for anything with a hint of real 8K quality.
It's looking like the computing industry will have to go through at least another generation or two of improvements before movie studios finally leave behind the old, tired 2K standard and do everything in at least 4K resolution.
Unless a movie project has a director, producer or other "decider" who insists on spending extra for a real 8K production work flow then the 8K thing just isn't going to happen. Perhaps if we have more 65mm/70mm vanity projects then 8K would have a chance for support. Unfortunately we have 4K DI bottlenecks taking place on some of these projects lately; few people are raising a fuss about that.
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