I don't even own anything 4K yet...

[angrychair]

The term 8K derives from the letter “K,” which stands for 1,000 in the binary numeration system commonly used in the computer industry.

SHV technology boasts a resolution of 7,680 pixels horizontally by 4,320 pixels vertically, or 16 times as many pixels as the standard high-definition displays, which have a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels.

The higher the resolution, the sharper, deeper and smoother the moving images.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/24/reference/japan-backs-next-generation-8k-technology-ahead-of-2020-games/#.W6K1S-NlCaO

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. I do and it is cool, for sure.

Looking forward to 8K.

Why not, cool is cool.

Or is cool cool anymore? anyone use that word?

[angrychair]

3. It's totally cool

I’m in the IT industry too, I just rarely have the extra money...it’s still cool to cool 😎

I still say things like “that is one cool cat right there”.

[Moostache]

5. I'm sticking with "outtasight" and "groovy" myself, but its cool either way...(n/t)

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. So many songs come to mind

[MiniMe]

11. Me too, but I think it will be a while before I invest in an 8K

First of all, there won't be the programming in 8K for a while. And it will be expensive.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

2. 13 years ago when I was in film school, 4K was being talked about as the best digital archive for

35mm film. There was no digital camera (at the time) that shot that resolution, but as the industry was moving to non-linear editing systems (ie, editing on a computer) instead of manually splicing like in the old days, the film was scanned at 4k, and cut together digitally, then transferred back to film for the final prints (as theaters were still projecting film reels then).

With that said, I don't own anything 4k, either...

[angrychair]

4. When I was a very young man

I worked in a movie theater and one of my side jobs was splicing movie reels together and putting them onto a bigger reel also splicing in ads and images too...your story just made me think of that...

[3Hotdogs]

7. Shit. That ain't nuthin'. When I was a 'ute, I worked for the theater in Millburn, N.J.

50 cents an hour, and my job was to hump the cans of film up two flights of stairs. Every Wednesday and those fuckers were heavy.

I made more money cleaning the floor after the kid's Saturday matinee than I did on wages.

Oh, and I got to dip my hand into the 50 gallon popcorn bag as much as i wanted. I had to pay for the soda.

[angrychair]

10. Lol

Sounds like a blast. I worked in movie theaters a couple times, the second time was in a 25 screen place in Frisch, TX. Still say it was one of the most physically demanding jobs I’ve ever worked. One or two ushers and 25 screens is a lot of work.

[FiveGoodMen]

8. Blu ray disks have 1920 x 1080 and seem like they're being phased out in favor of DVDs

Modern Family
Archer
Fargo
etc.

No longer coming out in anything better than DVDs 480.

And now they want to sell us higher resolution that we won't be allowed to enjoy.

[ProudLib72]

9. I had a black and white TV with a seven inch screen growing up

I'm pretty sure it was a 1, no K in sight, just 1. But oh how that incandescent white blob in the middle of the screen brought me joy!

[3Hotdogs]

12. Ya beat me on that. We were the first family in our neighborhood to have a tv.

12" FADA. Hoody Doodie. Uncle Miltie.

But my ex beat both of us.

Her father graduated from the RCA Institute of Electronics. In 1946 he constructed a tv receiver that was projected onto a home movie screen. There were only one or two channels that didn't broadcast much of anything. To see the picture, the room had to be completely dark.

This apparatus, along with the screen, took up the living room. My M.I.L. didn't have a sense of humor or appreciation about it and made him take it down.

[ProudLib72]

13. Well, I was being a little hyperbolic

My family had a 32" color TV, but we also had a very tiny black and white TV that I appropriated and took into my "room" under the stairwell. I was about 11 at the time and thought that hiding in my little cave with a TV was cool. I have no idea where that tiny TV came from. I think it must have belonged to one of my grandparents. I was not, however, lying about its size or the fact that the tube would continue to glow for several minutes after it was turned off. Of course, in the total darkness under the stairwell, that glow was very pronounced.

[Petosky Stone]

14. I'm still using a $20 TV card

and a 17" monitor.

Really.

[hunter]

15. I probably don't see well enough to appreciate it.

Oh well. I don't find the difference between DVD and Blu-Ray compelling and "standard" definition Netflix is good enough.

If the Blu-Ray is checked out at the Redbox but the DVD is available I'm not disappointed.

I'm fascinated by the lossy compression technologies behind it all, however.