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I’ll see your HDTV and raise you 4K!!! — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:31:02 +0000

[...] gene wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptDon’t shoot the messenger but your 1080p display is already playing second fiddle to a new superior technology and we’re not talking about a moderate improvement we’re talking revolutionary. This new standard makes HDTV look like your trusty old console TV of antiquity. This phenomenon is known as 4K, a rather unassuming and modest moniker wouldn’t you say. What is 4K? Well for starters it boasts a display resolution of 4,096 x 2,160 or for all those pixel counters out there try 8.8 million. Don’t believe me, go ahead and count them! That’s equivalent to four times the resolution of the highest res display currently available which is 1,920 x 1,080. For those veterans of the Blu-Ray vs. HDDVD war in which Blu-Ray prevailed you’ll be thrilled to know that not only will 4K render the players useless but there isn’t currently an optical medium […] [...]

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I’ll see your HDTV and raise you 4K!!! — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:08:49 +0000

[...] unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptDon’t shoot the messenger but your 1080p display is already playing second fiddle to a new superior technology and we’re not talking about a moderate improvement we’re talking revolutionary. This new standard makes HDTV look like your trusty old console TV of antiquity. This phenomenon is known as 4K, a rather unassuming and modest moniker wouldn’t you say. What is 4K? Well for starters it boasts a display resolution of 4,096 x 2,160 or for all those pixel counters out there try 8.8 million. Don’t believe me, go ahead and count them! That’s equivalent to four times the resolution of the highest res display currently available which is 1,920 x 1,080. For those veterans of the Blu-Ray vs. HDDVD war in which Blu-Ray prevailed you’ll be thrilled to know that not only will 4K render the players useless but there isn’t currently an optical medium […] [...]