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posted by martyb on Saturday June 13 2015, @02:27PM   Printer-friendly
from the 33,177,600-pixels-per-frame dept.

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 maxwell demon on Sunday June 14 2015, @04:32PM

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Sunday June 14 2015, @04:32PM (#196161) Journal

    Interestingly YouTube only offers me the video up to 2160p (not that I could display even that resolution on my monitor, so I don't really mind, but anyway, it's an interesting fact).

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