This morning I received a newsletter from Circuit City called City Life. What drew my attention was an article about 1080p and the newest of new, called 4K. You gotta be kidding. 1080p is already old technology? In the article it even states that 1080p is so 2008! Give me a break.

If I understand the article correctly, 4K is beneficial when you have a huge screen like the Panasonic 150″ that the company introduced this year. 4K according to the newsletter will eliminate graininess that 1080p resolution would have on that large of a screen. The article also states:

So…why is this better?
A 4K display comes in at 4096 x 2160 pixels, almost four times the resolution of a 1080p display. When people first started talking about HDTV, they often used the visual of a basketball court. With a standard-definition set, you could see the basketball and the wooden court floor. An HDTV, proponents said, would allow you to see the grain of the wood and the texture on the basketball. Imagine what you’ll see on a display with four times the resolution: molecules, atoms, quarks…

OK, so maybe that’s an overstatement. For now, 4K action is largely confined to the realm of high-end digital projectors. You’ll find these used in museums and movie theaters, or in medical applications where the extra resolution can mean the difference between catching a problem and missing one.

Only a handful of companies are even manufacturing cameras capable of capturing video at that resolution, so don’t go looking for 4K broadcasts from TV networks any time soon. But there’s some evidence that TV manufacturers are already thinking about 4K in the consumer market.

There is always one silver lining about new technology. This should lower the prices of 1080p sets and even 720p sets. With the economy is the crapper, prices should be heading for an all time low this up coming holiday season. Stay tuned that Black Friday. You may be able to find yourself a super deal.

What do you think?

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