1st Screening with Sony 4k digital projector at DVinfo.net

Dennis Hingsberg · December 28th, 2004, 09:45 AM

In January Sony pictures is projecting an uncompressed version of Spider Man 2 in Hollywood, California. They use shared storage solutions from SGI.. pretty exciting stuff and clearly the wave of the future.

http://videosystems.com/pressreleases/4K_Sony_Screening

Chris Rubin · December 28th, 2004, 12:53 PM

Spider-Man 2 was not post-produced in 4K. The plates were scanned @4K and recorded at 2K. Nearly 60% of the film is visual effects shots - which were all done at 2K with the final master being 2K uprezzed to 4K before printing back to film. So this movie will look pretty much the same on both 2k and 4k projection systems.

I don't see what the fuss is about...

Jason Rodriguez · December 28th, 2004, 02:12 PM

There is the possibility that while you won't get more resolution per-se, you will not notice any pixel or grid "patterns" on a very large screen like you will with lower resolution systems. In other words, you could probably sit in the first couple rows and not get the objectionable pixel patterns that many see with the 1K and even sometimes the 2K solutions.

Andre De Clercq · December 28th, 2004, 02:41 PM

The "screendoor" patterns will be better with 4K only if the fill factor on the 4K chips are comparable with the 2K chip's fill factor (~92%)

December 28th, 2004, 09:45 AM	#1
Dennis Hingsberg Trustee Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,055	1st Screening with Sony 4k digital projector In January Sony pictures is projecting an uncompressed version of Spider Man 2 in Hollywood, California. They use shared storage solutions from SGI.. pretty exciting stuff and clearly the wave of the future. http://videosystems.com/pressreleases/4K_Sony_Screening __________________ Blog: www.hingsberg.com Ultimate Exposure Guides for FS5/F7S/F5/F55

December 28th, 2004, 12:53 PM	#2
Chris Rubin Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 38	Spider-Man 2 was not post-produced in 4K. The plates were scanned @4K and recorded at 2K. Nearly 60% of the film is visual effects shots - which were all done at 2K with the final master being 2K uprezzed to 4K before printing back to film. So this movie will look pretty much the same on both 2k and 4k projection systems. I don't see what the fuss is about...

December 28th, 2004, 02:12 PM	#3
Jason Rodriguez Trustee Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 1,095	There is the possibility that while you won't get more resolution per-se, you will not notice any pixel or grid "patterns" on a very large screen like you will with lower resolution systems. In other words, you could probably sit in the first couple rows and not get the objectionable pixel patterns that many see with the 1K and even sometimes the 2K solutions.

December 28th, 2004, 02:41 PM	#4
Andre De Clercq Major Player Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Belgium Posts: 804	The "screendoor" patterns will be better with 4K only if the fill factor on the 4K chips are comparable with the 2K chip's fill factor (~92%)