). Since you cannot use Blu-Ray, in order to maintain the integrity of your wonderous 4096 x 2160 footage you will be limited to:
Every person who has ever walked in and seen my 4k not knowing it was 4k always comments on the incredible picture over there high end tv they have. but yea no one can tell the difference what a load lol.YES! - I have a lot of experience with 4k, both acquisition and display.
To be honest you'd be better off saving your money as at normal viewing distances you will not be able to tell the difference between HD and 4k.
The human eye is simply not capable of resolving that much resolution. At best, assuming you have 20/20 vision you will be able to resolve 1/60 of a degree of an arc. You would need to sit closer than 8 feet from a 60" screen to be able to perceive only a 10% improvement over HD !
I'm sure a lot of people that have purchased 4k panels will go "ohhh...ahhhh.... the picture is soooooo much better" but they are fooling themselves into believing they can see an improvement - they simply can't..... It's biology and physics. Unless you are projecting 4096 x 2160 onto a 10 foot screen you are wasting your money.
Also, do not forget that UHD (4k) does not even enter the Blu-Ray spec. In fact nor even does 1920x1080 50/60p! You will be watching 50i or 60i footage if you dump your 50p or 60p footage to Blu-Ray which means loosing circa 1/3 perceived resolution due to the Kell Factor.
4k as an aquisition brings it's own problems when it comes to post, editing and workflow although it does allow you to manipulate the footage somewhat.
OK - you asked the question as to what sort of player you could use to put 4k footage onto your TV (assuming you have decided to waste your money and buy one !
A solid state device (hugely expensive and will not allow large/long video files to be stored)
A dedicated 4k recorder like the AJA Ki or Atomos (more expensive that buying the DJI Inspire 1 !
Some sort of hard drive/SSD hybrid device which will of course re-compress the original footage from it's original MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format and may well not preserve a high enough bit rate (the Inspire peaks at 60Mbps) which will of course be is counter productive in shooting in 4k in the first place
It's not easy.... this 4k malarky !!!
so sony did test to prove that people should not buy there 4k tv ? hmmmm interesting logic. your right just like my 5k mac has the same picture as a non 5k oyeeeeee well don't know what else to tell ya. as to your last comment well you never know.I assume you are sitting circa 4 feet away from your 60" screen then!
Both Sony and THX laboratory tests seems to differ from your eyesight! I'm sorry but the difference simply cannot be perceived at normal viewing distances because of the limitations of the human eyeball. Human physiology does not extend to that resolution - FACT.
I work in the industry (my username is a clue) and we daily ingest HD and UHD footage. We have 4k monitors for reference purposes which are THX calibrated but these are for working on post production and not for viewing at distance. Additionally, we have done our own in-house testing in a screening room with carefully controlled light levels and uncompressed 4k material - We came to the same conclusion as Sony/THX and the rest of the industry...... There is no benefit for the consumer of 4k over HD at normal viewing distances. There is certainly an argument to be had for 4k acquisition and flexibility in post but not for 4k delivery for the end user.
Contrast ratio, colour saturation and colour accuracy are more important to picture quality than resolution when talking display panels/TV's. Unfortunately, like cameras, the marketing hype has brainwashed the public into thinking more pixels is better.
I'm not going to get into a drawn out debate on whether you and your friends can see the difference as it's well documented that you can't but if you are happy telling yourself that you have spent good money on your 4K panel then that's fine. I hope you enjoy it.
I suppose you could put your super human vision receptors to good use, join the army and become a sniper
