OT – Filmmaker mode on UHD TVs

[Bob Zelin]

when does this go on sale at Walmart for $349 for the 65″ version ?

Bob Zelin

Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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[Doug Metz]

[Bob Zelin] “when does this go on sale at Walmart for $349 for the 65” version ? “

Given that they’re introducing this as a settings option next year, and 65s are almost down to that price already, I’d say… Christmas 2020.

Doug Metz

Dalton Agency

[Tim Wilson]

[Doug Metz] “Given that they’re introducing this as a settings option next year, and 65s are almost down to that price already, I’d say… Christmas 2020.

Indeed, we had a 7 year old 60″ LG meet its demise recently, so I picked up a 65″ LG , 4K HDR for just over $400.

And yeah, it’s the not same HDR that you get on a $2000 TV, but you know what? It’s freaking outstanding.

So I’m going to peg it at CES (Jan 2020) at the latest. LG is also pushing software updates once a week or so these days, so if it’s just a setting, it might show up even sooner for web-connected TVs.

[Mark Suszko]

I expect to see blow-out pricing this fall ahead of the prices going up after Christmas, due to the tariff tit-for-tat between China and the US.

[Shane Ross]

Odd…I can’t “QUOTE” anything. Tried the SHIFT-Q…nothing. Click on the QUOTE option…nothing. So…

TIM WILSON – “Indeed, we had a 7 year old 60″ LG meet its demise recently, so I picked up a 65″ LG , 4K HDR for just over $400.”

Are TVs not durable anymore? Or are people just replacing them with more frequency because, “this year’s TV is better!” Our old SD TV (Zenith) lasted us 15 years. Before that, it was a B&W TV (model forgotten). I currently am using a 42″ Panasonic Plasma TV…720p. Had it for 10 years, and it’s still great. NO plans to replace it…stuff looks great on it. Didn’t buy into the 3D TV market…didn’t get a 65″ HDTV…nor did I get a 64″ 4K TV…not getting a 64″ 4K HDR TV. Meanwhile, a friend of mine did just that…from 25″ SD TV to 720p Panasonic, to 55″ 1080p TV to 3D TV to 4K TV now to 4K HDR. I swear, he replaces his TV every 2-3 years.

Are they inexpensive? Sure…but not if you do this. What next? 8K HDR?

How much programming is 4K? 4K HDR? just HDR? He says “this youtube channel is…” and “Netflix has a handful of programming that is…” So…all of cable is still regular old HD, the vast majority of streaming shows on multiple streaming networks is HD. Guess I fail to see the point to 4K HDR or even HDR until at least 25-50% of programming is in that format. I love watching great looking content, but not enough of a videophile I guess to invest heavily in equipment that can only watch a few things in a certain format…especially when I’m not sure that format will turn out to just be a “fad,” such as 3D TVs. Until I myself am working on HDR or 4K content, or I see a HUGE leap in that content available to watch…(even rare in BluRay)…I’ll be sitting here with my 720p Plasma.

“GET OFF MY LAWN!”

🙂

Shane
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[Tom Sefton]

I’d predict that 8K tv’s that currently retail for around £3700 in the UK will be as low as £2400 by the start of the Olympics next year

Co-owner at Pollen Studio
http://www.pollenstudio.co.uk

[Greg Janza]

“I’d predict that 8K tv’s that currently retail for around £3700 in the UK will be as low as £2400 by the start of the Olympics next year”

If 8k tv’s take off it’ll be one of the greatest marketing scams of all-time.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tmprods
tallmanproductions.net

[Tom Sefton]

Ok, I’ll take one for the team, I’ll prod the bear.

No difference between 8 and 4K in your opinion?

Co-owner at Pollen Studio
http://www.pollenstudio.co.uk

[Mark Suszko]

8K is great for 4K 3-d. I suppose.

I’d love to shoot my typical projects in 8K: I could just capture everything as a wide shot on one camera and do all my multicam/ cropping and tighter shot framings in 4K in post.

(You and I know that’s not really the same thing as shooting multicam, the parallax being not quite right is one issue… but for a lot of clients, it’s a difference that makes little difference.)

[Oliver Peters]

“No difference between 8 and 4K in your opinion?”

I think it depends on distance from the screen and screen size. The first thing you need is a high-quality 8K stream to the TV. Otherwise, you are just seeing great interpolation in the set’s electronics.

6K cameras look best at 4K, so 6K scaled to 4K, scaled back up to 8K is probably going to look pretty good. Sony was showing stuff like that at NAB. Then, of course, lenses are a huge factor. But IMHO, I’ve looked at a lot of 4K at 1:1 and haven’t been too impressed.

In the end it’s going to depend on a lot of things; but I suspect, few people will see much difference between good 4K and good 8K sets with equivalent distances, pixel ratios, and screen sizes.

– Oliver

Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com