Re: [Debconf-video] Report from last week-end's single-user single-day DebConf Video sprint

[Peter 'p2' De Schrijver <p2@psychaos.be>]

On 2017-06-27 19:02:39 (+0300), Peter 'p2' De Schrijver <p2@psychaos.be> wrote:
> On 2017-06-27 14:01:25 (+0200), Wouter Verhelst <w@uter.be> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 11:43:55AM +0000, Holger Levsen wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 01:26:37PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> > > > Right, but I doubt we'll ever want to do more than 1080p (if even that),
> > > 
> > > I used to say the same about DV ("thats all we need") but after having seen several
> > > cccongress videos in 1080p I must say, higher resolution *is* better. 
> > > 
> > > Both for videos with many small details as well as for "boring videos" where you
> > > only see the speaker???
> > > 
> > > So I can imagine doing DebConf videos in 4k by now :)
> > 
> > Oh, yeah, sure. I can *imagine*, that's not the problem. Perhaps I
> > should clarify:
> > 
> > - I doubt voctomix can deal with 4K on today's hardware;
> 
> Nageru might, although I should still try it on a more modern GPU (it runs
> out of VRAM on my ancient GTX560ti with only 1GB VRAM with a 4k signal, it
> does 1080p just fine)
> 
> > - Most people will not want to download a one-hour 2160p stream (which will be
> >   around 35G if done right) if a 1080p one (about 5G) will suffice;
> 
> unlimited broadband internet exists for a reason :)
> 
> > - While 4K screens do exist, I don't know how many DDs have such screens today
> >   (as opposed to FullHD ones);
> 

4K screens can be had for 300 euro now.. (https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/499457/aoc-u2879vf-zwart.html)

Peter.