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4 K   U L T R A   H I G H   D E F I N I T I O N

R E S O L U T I O N

4K HDTV relative sizes graphic
CONSUMER CONTENT
FHD
1920 x 1080
2,073,600 PIXELS
UHD
3840 x 2160
8,294,400 PIXELS
DIGITAL CINEMA CONTENT
2K
2048 x 1080
2,211,840 PIXELS
4K
4096 x 2160
8,847,360 PIXELS
3D Balls in Rainbow Background
Smoke

C O L O R   B I T   D E P T H

CONSUMER CONTENT
8bit 10bit 12bit comparison graphic
8 BIT
10 BIT
16.8 Million Colors
1.073 Billion Colors
DIGITAL CINEMA CONTENT
10 BIT
12 BIT
1.073 Billion Colors
68.71 Billion Colors

C O L O R   S P A C E

CONSUMER CONTENT
REC2020
REC709
90% of Color Space
100% of Color Space
DIGITAL CINEMA CONTENT
REC2020
DCI-P3
90% of Color Space
100% of Color Space
Wider Color Gamut graphic
Gradient Background

C H R O M A   S U B S A M P L I N G

CONSUMER CONTENT
Y
Cb
Luminance/ Brightness
Blue Color Difference
Cr
Red Color Difference
DIGITAL CINEMA CONTENT
RGB 4:4:4
No Color Subsampling
Chroma Color Subsampling graphic
Violet Stars
H.264 vs HEVC graphic
H.264 vs HEVC graphic

C O D E C   C O M P R E S S I O N

AVC H.264
Block Oriented Motion Compression 16x16 Pixel Grid
Implemented on Standard BluRay and Broadcast
HEVC H.265
Doube the Data Compression Rate 64 x 64 Pixel Grid
Implemented on Ultra HD BluRay
JPEG2000
Visually Lossless Compression Full Frame
No Motion Judder and Macro Blocking
Implemented on Commercial Digital Cinema DCPs
HDMR 4 Example image
HDR10
Open Standard without Dynamic Metadata
Content Masted at 1,000 Nits at 10 Bit Color
Currently Implemented on Ultra HD BluRay
DOLBY VISION
Hardware Specific with Dynamic Metadata
Content Mastered up to 10,000 Nits at 12 Bit Color
HDR DV example image
Currently Implemented on VUDU UHD Streaming

H I G H   D Y N A M I C   R A N G E

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