Springtime on the Strasburg Rail Road in 4K

What is 4K ?

Kent Loudon posted:

What is 4K ?

 

4000?

Hot Water posted:

Kent Loudon posted:

What is 4K ?

 

4000?

Newest high resolution system available for consumer led televisions. Amazing picture clarity. Unfortunately, you won't be able to view all its magnificent splendor and detail on a laptop, tablet, or desktop computer since most computer hardware doesn't presently process and allow for it.

ogaugeguy posted:

Hot Water posted:

Kent Loudon posted:

What is 4K ?

 

4000?

Newest high resolution system available for consumer led televisions. Amazing picture clarity. Unfortunately, you won't be able to view all its magnificent splendor and detail on a laptop, tablet, or desktop computer since most computer hardware doesn't presently process and allow for it.

OK then, here is my stupid question of the day:

How would anybody view this VERY NICE video in 4K "high resolution" on their HDTV, when the video in question is from YouTube? Only a direct download from the person's digital camera to one's HDTV would work, right? Or maybe the original could be downloaded to a disc, and then viewed with a BluRay DVD player?

Nice video !!   Nothing like a steamer-the stack talk, the whistle, nice smoke , the rods clanking !!

4K or not, it shows beautifully in HD full screen on my I Mac.  Well done!

Hot Water posted:

How would anybody view this VERY NICE video in 4K "high resolution" on their HDTV, when the video in question is from YouTube? Only a direct download from the person's digital camera to one's HDTV would work, right? Or maybe the original could be downloaded to a disc, and then viewed with a BluRay DVD player?

Some (most?) TVs sold today can connect directly to streaming services like Netflix (i.e. they have a wired or wireless Ethernet connection).

Many (most?) TVs also have multiple HDMI ports, allowing you to connect multiple sources. Our (several years-old, pretty mid-range) TV is connected to a media PC and a Chromecast streaming device, both of which would support 4K if our TV did. We watch TV and movies via iTunes and the web browser (Amazon, etc.) running on the PC, and stream movies from the Chromecast.

 Edit: just glanced at bestbuy.com and Sony is offering a 4K TV running on Android that supports Google video (including YouTube) natively, and voice search.

Looks really nice on my laptop too.

Nice. Just visited last Wednesday - fantastic weather.

Thanks fellas for the compliments! Youtube does a pretty good job at loading 4K video to match the quality on a non 4K laptop to that of a 4K HD TV.

Also, this resolution is called 4K since the frame rate is ~3600x2100 thus about 4000 and at 30 frames per second.

On a funny note, this was all filmed with my Samsung S6 edge plus cell phone mounted on a tripod. The camera on this cell phone never ceases to amaze me. 16 mega pixels in a cell phone! (Just as good as most digital cameras!)

Hot Water posted:

ogaugeguy posted:

Hot Water posted:

Kent Loudon posted:

What is 4K ?

 

4000?

Newest high resolution system available for consumer led televisions. Amazing picture clarity. Unfortunately, you won't be able to view all its magnificent splendor and detail on a laptop, tablet, or desktop computer since most computer hardware doesn't presently process and allow for it.

OK then, here is my stupid question of the day:

How would anybody view this VERY NICE video in 4K "high resolution" on their HDTV, when the video in question is from YouTube? Only a direct download from the person's digital camera to one's HDTV would work, right? Or maybe the original could be downloaded to a disc, and then viewed with a BluRay DVD player?

Jack,

I would be more than happy to send you the file over email for your own use to view it on a better format of your liking. I will say though for only a 5 minute video the file size is 5 GB which is huge considering most videos made in 1080p HD are about 1 GB.

Additionally, I have viewed this video on TVs in my house and depending on the make of the TV the video looks very good still. Most HD TVs can go to 1440p HD nowadays (one step up from 1080p). 

Thanks for the compliment!

Thanks for the offer Mike, but you video sure looked excellent on my iMac good sized computer screen anyway.

You're very welcome!