When are we getting 4K video?

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I’d love me some 4K, but it’s not just the cameras that would need an upgrade. If you’re a YouTuber, yeah - one 4K camera and you’re good to go.

But for a live-streamed multi-cam production there’s a huge pipeline: cameras, video hub, video switcher, monitors, video encoder for the live stream, video recorder for editing, storage space (physical & cloud), etc. And then there is cost of the extra time needed in post-production to encode a 2-hour show in 4K and other versions.

There is some room for a bump in quality in our existing infrastructure. Could take it to 1080p with a camera upgrades. Also newer cameras with larger sensors would give a the video a boost in other ways outside of resolution like depth of field and color accuracy.

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In the late 90s I was using a modem that bonded both channels of the ISDN connection to give me 128kbps, a real luxury, comparef to the, at best, 56K of the modems on an analogue line.

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I could live with 128kbps if web pages were still compressed. VoIP would even work fine at that bitrate.

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That could be usable for certain shows only where there show and play with many gadgets. Otherwise it’s a horrible waste of bandwidth and space everywhere :wink:

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Just curious, do you have a television set?

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I listen to TWiT on my crank powered radio

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Thank you for sharing your (informed) viewpoint. I was thinking along those lines, but that is more complicated that even I thought it was. I wish you luck if/when you upgrade!

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All I want is good enough quality to see what’s going on. It’s much easier for me to comprehend what I see and hear versus what I hear. 720p is good enough for me, even on a large 4k capable television.

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I have a 40" 4K TV which I use as a PC monitor (I was one of the pioneers with this solution :wink: But I have to say I don’t use it to watch TWiT, because this is what I do almost solely using Podcast Addict on my phone when commuting, doing some work at home, walking, doing sports and such. I use 90% of my time on computer to write on forums or watch some youtube (while writing on the forums :slight_smile: Sometimes I play games at 4K, make screenshots and study every pixel :smiley:

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When video viewing is more than audio viewing. Otherwise it does not make sense to invest in all new 4k cameras when most users are listening to the shows. I listen to the shows more than watch the shows because I listen while traveling to/from work. There are a handful or less of shows that you really need to watch. Ie: the CES segment shows and the like. Even the iot podcast show does not show products very often.