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Red-Ray Players Give You the Mind-Blowing HD Experience

Written by IT News on 10:35 AM

By: Bogdan Botezatu, Hardware Editor

Format war may be over in the Toshiba HD-DVD, but it seems that the next goal in the list of victims will be victorious Blu-Ray. Those of you who are already ready to toss in the Blu-Ray movie titles and the transition to the new format in the bandwagon, it is advisable to wait a bit longer, as the new format was still in diapers.

Powerful Red-Ray format is a new standard, was able to deliver "Apart from the HD-quality video, films, namely the impressive 4096 x 2048 pixels screen.

Blu-ray players also sold as "extra-HD", but does this label, at the very least misleading, since high-definition specifications say that the standard is achieved at 720p HD (1280 x 720), 1080i (1920 x 1080i) and 1080p (1920 x 1080p) resolutions. In the Blu-Ray standard is only able to deliver 1080p, which is in the range of HD.

In "Over-HD" image quality is achieved by increasing the basic standard specifications, namely: to provide resolutions. The only format can support "Over-HD" is one of definitions supporting the Red. Her playback device can display video works on the blaring 4K resolutions (4096 x 2048), 2K (2048 x 1024) and the regular 16:9 4K (3996 × 2160).
However, the Red-Ray player can not work with Blu-Ray or HD-DVD discs, but instead, it allows users to playback video content from SD and Compact Flash memory media. The player is still under development and is expected to press the market in 2009, just in time to make the transition from Blu-Ray to another standard HD.

The device has some important disadvantages sports, such as his rather salty cost. The new players will come with the price of $ 1000, and it is almost futile, given the fact that the film does not have a name to offer 4K screen. In fact, such resolutions can be caught only in digital supported through the Red One camera, which is rather expensive ($ 25,000).

Provided that you have a device and the accompanying title of the movie, there is one question remained unanswered. Average HDTV screens can be operated with video content to 1080p resolutions, but only Quad-HD TV sets can be operated at maximum resolution 3840 x 2160 pixels. Such displays are not only difficult to find, but they are also expensive.

However, a lot can change before 2009. Let us not forget that when the Pentium 4 chips hit the market, they cost a fortune, and now they have power in the kitchen toaster.