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Author Topic: Digital Storage Space Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 12-24-2004 08:17 AM                    May we presume that Spiderman 2 was chosen because it already existed in 4K form from its DI stage?  |  IP: Logged Mattias Ohlson Expert Film Handler Posts: 180 From: Falun, Sweden Registered: Mar 2003 posted 12-24-2004 09:58 AM                     Steve K. and others There is a long thread at avsforum about Spiderman 2 screening at 4k. It is in the over 3.5k$ forum. Where did the 9.6TB figure come from?  |  IP: Logged Mark Ogden Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 943 From: Little Falls, N.J. Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-24-2004 11:09 AM                     quote: Mattias Ohlson Where did the 9.6TB figure come from? From this article: Sony to Unveil 4K Digital Projection Technology 2004-12-23 11:42:21 CRIENGLISH.com For the first time, an entire feature film will be projected digitally in 4K resolution when Sony Electronics debuts its next generation digital projector with a screening of Spider-Man 2. Set to take place January 13th at the Hollywood Pacific Theater, the ground-breaking d-cinema exhibition offers two different divisions of Sony -- Sony Electronics and Sony Pictures Digital, along with its Sony Pictures Imageworks and sound mixing units -- the opportunity to come together to display their most advanced technologies. Fortuitously, the screening also will permit Sony to show off a pristine digital print of Spider-Man 2 to an important cross-section of industry cognoscente in the midst of awards season. The new d-cinema projector displays 4K (4096 x 2160) resolution, and Spider-Man 2 is one of the first films mastered at 4K resolution, execs said. As a result, the screening will be the first to demonstrate a closed-loop of 4K digital technology from master to display.All the original camera negative was scanned to 4K, said Al Barton, vp digital cinema technology at Sony Pictures Entertainment. He said that about 43% of the film is unadulterated 4K camera negative, which does not contain visual effects shots.The Spider-Man 2 d-cinema master is 9.6 terabytes, pulled from a working total of 40-50 TBs of footage created during the filmmaking process. The film will be projected uncompressed from a master server -- in this case, the Silicon Graphics Onyx advanced visualization and SGI InfiniteStorage RM660 storage systems.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 12-25-2004 12:22 AM                        Ok, I am a bit clueless when it comes to the multiple formats of video in relationship to projection, so this may sound rudimentary, but can someone explain what is meant by 2K and 4K? 4K what? -- pixels? Is it referring to the nano-mirror module....the video signal....the file size for each frame? And again, whatever it is, why isn't it part of a full spec statement like 1Khz for audio or 256Mb RAM, etc., as most other specs are stated? And how does the 1K, 2K, 4K relate to HDTV or home video projection equipment? How come you don't see that "K" measurement in the myriad of home video projectors and other equipment, like DVDs? Like, "This InFocus DLP projector has a resolution of .7K." Thanks  |  IP: Logged David Buckley Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 525 From: Oxford, N. Canterbury, New Zealand Registered: Aug 2004 posted 12-25-2004 06:56 AM                        quote: ... will permit Sony to show off a pristine digital print of Spider-Man 2 As opposed to a knackered digital print thats been shown too often off dodgy old disks perhaps? Marketing hyperbole, a/k/a  |  IP: Logged Paul Konen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 981 From: Frisco, TX. (North of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-31-2004 03:21 AM                     Phantom Of The Opera Runtime - Approx 2' 20" Image - 57.9 GB Audio - 7.2 GB  |  IP: Logged

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