mvnyc Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 I saw a demo of this recently, but I don't see this (realistically) becoming a consumer format, unless you have a cinema room, but it looks like it will (likely) be replacing movie house players in the near future:http://www.red.com/products/redray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Ferrariman Posted December 4, 2012 Administrators Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Seriously?! I can barely see the difference with blu-ray and this is supposed to be 4 times better? Please. I think most people are sick of having to replace their stuff with a new format every few years. Let the "gotta have it" techno geeks throw away their money on this stuff. I predict it will go the way of digital audio tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny-Burnett Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Seriously?! I can barely see the difference with blu-ray and this is supposed to be 4 times better? Please. I think most people are sick of having to replace their stuff with a new format every few years. Let the "gotta have it" techno geeks throw away their money on this stuff. I predict it will go the way of digital audio tape.Ditto on that. Too many standard DVDs to replace with Blu-ray already and not cheap to do so. Although Blu-ray does give you more special features and behind the scenes stuff. Hard to imagine something 4 times better than Blu-ray but I'd be curious to see a demo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvnyc Posted December 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Seriously?! I can barely see the difference with blu-ray and this is supposed to be 4 times better? Please. I think most people are sick of having to replace their stuff with a new format every few years. Let the "gotta have it" techno geeks throw away their money on this stuff. I predict it will go the way of digital audio tape.Well' date=' like I said in my OP, this is really geared towards theater use. If someone (with deep pockets) has a digital cinema in their basement or living room and [i']must have the absolute best video and audio quality, than this is the next big thing. On the consumer level, like you said, this is more for the "gotta have it" gearheads who have nothing else to do with their money (10K) but ride on that constant upgrade "merry-go-round." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvnyc Posted December 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Ditto on that. Too many standard DVDs to replace with Blu-ray already and not cheap to do so. Although Blu-ray does give you more special features and behind the scenes stuff. Hard to imagine something 4 times better than Blu-ray but I'd be curious to see a demo.I saw it at a trade show, where they had a "shootout" between the redray player and another digital projector (a Christie Solaria One), the Redray had a slightly sharper picture, but that was about it. With a $10,000.00 price tag, it's an expensive upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Ferrariman Posted December 5, 2012 Administrators Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 I remember a TV commercial a few years back for a new television. In the commercial they stated "we won't show you the picture because it will only look as good as the TV you're watching it on" I thought that was pretty slick advertising at the time. Now it makes me think of the blu-ray craze (and now possibly red-ray?) and like that TV commercial I realize that the picture is only gonna look as good as these 57 year old eyes can see it! I do own a blu-ray player (because it was a gift) but that's as far as I go with upgrades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvnyc Posted December 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Sometimes this whole computer-driven era makes me want to just transport back to happier times, when a stereo store was a hifi store and nothing more. Here is a Christmas ad from 1980 from the very first company I worked for, Tech Hifi: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tekka Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 4k is about to become the standard resolution for films and television shows. Most movie theaters are upgrading to 4k digital projectors and the next generation of televisions are already here with 4k resolution. The reason is because 4k resolution more or less perfectly captures the full extent of what can be seen on 35mm film. The 1080p sources we have seen of 35mm films and TV shows looks good, but there is still a lot of detail which can't be seen unless the resolution is increased.I don't think Red's Red Ray will really take off much outside of professional settings. We're probably just going to see 4k blurays for the public consumption and 4k streams through netflix and the like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt5 Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Great info thankyou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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