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A video with a 4320p (7680×4320) playback option has appeared on YouTube. According to the video description for "Ghost Towns in 8K", it was "Filmed on the RED Epic Dragon 6K in Portrait orientation and then stitched together in Adobe After Effects. Some shots simply scaled up by 125% from 6.1K to meet the 7.6K standard."
Very few people on the planet will be capable of playing the upscaled video in its full glory. The NHK and Panasonic plan to trial 8K broadcasting during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Perhaps YouTube should add an intermediate 5K (5120×2880) option for Apple and Dell users.
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(Score: 2) by novak on Sunday June 14 2015, @06:39AM
I have pretty bad internet speeds so I only rarely go for 1080p- usually sticking with 720p, or 480p for things I don't really care about. But I very much appreciate higher resolution monitors. While 4K monitors are still semi-expensive, I may actually get one in a couple years. Right now I'm using a panel made of four 1920x1200 17 inch laptop screens because about three years ago 4K was far too expensive to buy and PPI on desktop monitors suck. I'm really hoping things like high-res video drive some improvements.
I like having a lot of pixels as a desktop workspace. Nothing beats it for programming, CAD models, or anything where you need space to lay out data on a screen. Often, several of these at once. I like watching high-res video but honestly I would watch everything in 480p if I could have a 3840x2400 monitor in about a 26" to 28" size for work.
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