DocAndersen
T, the concepts of 4k and UHD are interesting. They speak to the quality of the image projected or shared via a television — most cell phones sold in 2018 offer a 4k camera. But the vast majority of content consumer isn’t always 4k. For example, I know that all of the YouTube videos I share. I share time-lapse weather videos most days of the week, none of them are 4k. They are fun, and the video doesn’t have to be 4k. In fact, for many years all of us lived in a world of standard definition video. Where the quality of the video was determined by the quality of the signal, not the original quality of the actual footage captured. Television stations had better quality requirement than we did at home!
The reason for all of this is I was watching a bit of the old Grinch Cartoon. The quality of the video is not good. By modern standards, it is truly quite poor. But I still love that video. Yes, it could be digitally remastered. It could be modernized and remade. But I like it the way it was when I was a kid. It’s funny because for me watching stuff that is SD now, isn’t as cool. There are however certain things that shouldn’t be redone IMHO. As we head into the world of tomorrow, where the information age actually can see, off in the distance I wondered does quality impact anything? Video surveillance cameras need to be of enough quality that you can make out faces.
Traffic cameras have to be able to see and photograph license plates. The reality of what is coming, the information age, makes the reality of what we have interesting. Remember the 4k video ads. They will seem funny in 10 years when the 8k video ads replace them. You see that TV you have on the wall is already out of date. So is your cell phone, computer and most likely that new camera you got. All are out of date the minute you open the box. What remains is what you do with the old hardware. If you know how to operate what exists today, tomorrows tech won’t be a huge learning curve. If your struggling with the tech of today, you may continue to fall further and further behind.
We are only as good as the last time we tried!
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Do you feel lost at times with the pace of technology?
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Do you use a cell phone more now than you did say 10 years ago?
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Do you have a smart phone?
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Your review of 4K and UHD enrich my knowledge.
And your question about mobile phones reminds me of the early times when people were so proud and showed off the use of such phones with their size and weight as bricks.
The original (pre-digital) cellular phones were huge. I remember those days. Digital phones were smaller and the quality of the signal was so much better.
The funny thing is that the signal is South East Asia is actually better than in the US. There was originally a huge reliance on landlines in the US.
Nothing can replace the old classic cartoons.
My all-time favorite was Clutch Cargo but I think that one was only out of a Chicago.