Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-11-15 (Friday)

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

. . .

So, then I turned on Tubi, and was blown away!!:

Tubi was offering the stream of Houston vs. Arizona football game last
night (which aired on FS1?), and the magic words "*available in 4k*"
were shown on my Apple TV box! And, indeed - looking at the game it
probably was showing in 4k (though I suspect this was 1080p "upscaled"
to 4k on Fox's end, rather than true "4k")... Still, I never expected a
simple college football game to be available in 4k, and certainly not
from Tubi of all places!!

I wonder if this is a sign that the streaming of more sporting events in
4k is about to become more commonplace...

Live sports were a major reason for video development. Apparently, 4K
cameras are ubiquitous.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/vivitar-4k-digital-camcorder-black/6574116.p

I'm guessing the raw video feed should be 8K to get something to
broadcast as 4K but I have no idea.

And maybe streaming really is set up to change the bandwidth the stream
requires on a case-by-case basis. Also, I wonder if they do something
evil, like broadcast the start of the game in significantly higher
resolution, then switch to 480p knowing that the viewer won't miss the
end of the game.

. . .