In today’s production world the vast majority of content that is acquired, edited and distributed to broadcast television and the web is in Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixel resolution at a 16:9 aspect ratio). For broadcast television, and to a large degree the web, it’s today’s standard for delivered content. The “ecosystem” to support this is well established and Full HD will probably be the preferred resolution for content distribution and delivery, in these areas, for the short-term future. This is especially true in the living room where most of today’s televisions are optimized for this resolution and aspect ratio.
That said, an increasing amount of today’s content captured for feature films, episodics (for television and the web), sporting events, commercials and visual effects are being acquired with digital cinema cameras at resolutions higher than Full HD (2K & above). While some of this content like episodics, sporting events and commercials, is being delivered to broadcast and the web in HD resolutions, the actual “digital masters” for most of this content is usually finished, output and archived at much higher resolutions so as to “future proof” the [Keep reading…]
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