Sony’s 4K projector was first announced last year, but they have the thing on display at CES this year. After getting to zone out in a pitch black room where the projector blasted the new Spider-Man trailer at full resolution on a 182-inch screen, I’m sold on the idea.
What makes 4K exciting for the home is that it provides a sharp image for large display sizes. 1080p video is great on a 60-inch TV, but it’s not quite as amazing when you try to project a 100-inch image on a wall. But 4K is made for screens exceeding 100 inches. So how did it look? While watching the trailer, I swore I had just paid $US75 for a movie ticket and a small popcorn.
Colors were rich and bright. Nothing was washed out. Small details, like wrinkles on people’s faces or textures on a building were sharply defined. I go watch movies because I love the large screen experience. If I had one of these things, I probably wouldn’t go to the movies anymore.
Jacky Sit
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 5:27 PMI wonder if the name of the product reflects how much it will cost…
jordan
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 5:36 PMprobably 4k lol, maybe more
david
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 5:38 PMProbably 40k to begin with.
david
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 5:39 PMBut it’s good to know that in 10 years time I will be able to grab one for $1500.
That’s if someone doesn’t come out with programmable ‘pixel paint’
Ash
Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 10:41 AMIts worse to know that in 10 years time it will be outdated technology, and 32k will be the norm or at least upcoming.
Tristan
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 6:08 PMDoes it upscale 1080p video or do we have to find 4k resolution vids somewhere?
Sicarius123
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 6:13 PMYoutube?
attila
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 6:31 PMwhen announced they were quoting “under $25K”, which means $25K.
But I want one so bad!
Adam
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 6:45 PMQuestion is, do you have a wall big enough..
TSH
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 6:58 PMNo, the question is “Will it blend?”
Cam
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 8:59 PM+1
TSH
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 7:00 PMThe only way this will prevent you going to the cinema is if you have an actual home cinema complete with proper surround sound, popcorn machine and a few rows of seats with cupholders.
Still, great to see 4K trickling down into consumer gear.
Jim Smith
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 7:03 PMIf I was richer with a home cinema and 4k content and players were readily available, sure. 4k will take the same time to take off as HD did. There was HD in the 80′s and 90′s, but it cost so much and there was so little content that it took until the 360 and PS3 to surge consumer demand for it.
Craig
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 8:58 PMIf my BluRay collection is getting to ~12GB per 2 hour movie stored on my PC, I presume we’re going to start setting movies in excess of 100GB at 4K soon?
chris
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 10:46 PMpure awesome! but i read earlier today it is currently $25,000 so we may have to wait a while… :)
Peter
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 11:32 PMWhen he says he saw the new Spiderman trailer, does that mean there is a new trailer dropping soon that the rest of us can see?
John
Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 12:22 AMJust to clarify-blu ray’s 1920 * 1080 is actually just 6% shy of the 2K ciinema standard(2048 * 1080)—in effect they are one in the same and interchangable.
1080p images hold up just fine on screens projected larger than 100inches–proof is when you see 2k material in the cinema—and 2k offers better quality than the conventional 4th generation 35mm release priints that cinemas use to show.But 4K is still a welcome step above 2K and has already been proven to outshine Imax70mm(courtsey of Barco)
Steve
Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 1:09 PMFinally someone who has explain this to me! Thanks muchly.
Hate to nit-pick, but the phrase is “used to”, not “use to”.
Christian
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 8:34 PMare there any 4k movies?
What do I use to hook out up, hdmi it’s only 1080p max yeah?