Any reason why Disco isn't 4K?

[Reyman]

It's not in 4K, but the picture quality on Netflix for the second season looks noticeably better.

 

[Red Panda]

They'll pull a Game of Thrones and release the 4K version at a later date.

 

[Tuskin38]

They'll pull a Game of Thrones and release the 4K version at a later date.

Nah, it wasn't formatted in 4k.

 

[Red Panda]

Nah, it wasn't formatted in 4k.

It is though.

 

[BillJ]

It is though.

If it was shot in 2.8k and the effects are done in 2k, then it really isn't 4k.

 

[JoeP]

If it was shot in 2.8k and the effects are done in 2k, then it really isn't 4k.

It's 4.8K.

 

[BillJ]

It's 4.8K.

 

[Campe]

I heard it was shot in 1.21 gigawatts.

 

[Tuskin38]

It is though.

Not the final product.

 

[BillJ]

I imagine the show itself was mastered in 2K. They could release it in 4K, but there wouldn't be any more detail. You'd just be buying a box with "4K" on it.

 

[ITDUDE]

Not the final product.

But Panda says so, so it must be so. He'll also put it in spoiler tags because he'll say it's a spoiler

 

[Red Panda]

I imagine the show itself was mastered in 2K. They could release it in 4K, but there wouldn't be any more detail. You'd just be buying a box with "4K" on it.

Well even 2K (2.8K in Season 1's case) is better than 1080p.

 

[BillJ]

Well even 2K (2.8K in Season 1's case) is better than 1080p.

It really isn't, as you'd have to squish the horizontal resolution to get all the information on screen.

• 1080p = 1920 x 1080 - is usually known as FHD or "Full HD" resolution
• 2K = 2048 x 1080 - this refers to displays that have a horizontal resolution of approximately 2000 pixels. Although it is close to 1080p, it is considered as a different resolution standard.

https://www.digitalcitizen.life/what-screen-resolution-or-aspect-ratio-what-do-720p-1080i-1080p-mean

 

[Reyman]

Has anyone seen the latest ai upscaling on the new 8K TVs? The pixel count may be overkill for most home set ups, but the upscaling is a huge leap forward than we've had with 4K sets.

1080 sources upscaled look as good, if not better than 4k content on most current 4k Tvs.