Redray 4K player with Odemax -Could this be the better than Bluray we have all been lloking for? - Page 8

I really want to try this unit out. I recently picked up the LG 84LM9600 4K set and I'd love to give this unit a shot. I called them earlier today and asked when they're shipping and I couldn't get a solid answer that sounded like anytime soon that could have just been that particular rep however.

When is not answerable at this time. In late December they encouraged pre orders and said the first batch would ship in January.

The reality is that there are things going on, things being worked on and who knows what else. But since they are the only game in town, they can take as long as they want and it really has no effect on you. You will get it whenever they ship it and you have no other alternative but to wait and enjoy your display upscaling content, Of course you coukd buy a computer with the right graphics card etc and output 4K. But you will need sources and even if redray ships this month or next, there are no essentially no 4K sources you can go out and buy or have delivered. Until something like Odemax actually becomes real and some content providers make source content available on it, the device for the consumer market is very limited.

The device will work and it will look good. Its basically just a server. Its for us about content and that is up to others, not Red.

I have preordered the Redray too. But if it showed up at my house today, what could I do with it? play a Bluray through it? Why?

I will start bitching to them when content is available if their Redray player isn't.
Edited by mark haflich - Yesterday at 12:58 pm

I would hope I could play some 4k content on my htpc when content becomes available. Just ordered a new gpu for it .

Does anyone know if this unit (RedRay) has expendable storage? Like through USB enclosures etc?

It has 1TB of internal storage. Some have said that will hold about 100 hours of 4K movies with .RED codec.
The content can be offloaded to an external server but has to be re-loaded to be played.
You can also play or load from USB drive and SD card.

Also i read somewhere that another 1T of storage can be added.

So Red shared some new information today, but it was all about images from a prototype of the new Camera sensor that has a resolution of 6144 x 3160 pixel.
All questions about Redray player and projector where answered with that they are coming along great and they are very sorry that things take longer than they anticipated.

Red seems quite happy with the Sony 84" 4K TV and showed a picture of the video from the new sensor playing from a Redray player at 9Mb/s in 4K.

How about a link?

If i were the drafter, which I wasn't, that would have been my answer knowing absolutely nothing. Things are coming along great and we are sorry for the delay. Sounds like the captain of the Titanic after it hit the ice berg. tNo clue as to why or when. Typical. Maybe Ted wrote it?

Not much to link to regarding Redray. It is barely mentioned in the Recon section on the Red forum in one of the three threads started by Jannard and Jarred today(yesterday?); http://www.reduser.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?31-Recon
Just click the Red Team buttons to surf past the usual noise.
Edited by coolscan - 2/8/13 at 1:29pm

May 1, 2013 article: "4K REDRAY Player Ready for Pre-order"

http://www.display-central.com/free-news/display-daily/4k-redray-player-ready-for-pre-order/

Looks sweet. I assume the downside is no / little studio support.

Hmmm! Is this a slip of the tongue/premature announcement? Not a official word or even a hint on this from RED.

Redray 4K player with Odemax -Could this be the better than Bluray we have all

I'd guess more of a journalist misinterpreting a quote.

English: a product with an efficient codec like this could even be used by a company like Netflix to launch a 4K VOD service.

"Journalist": Got it! Netflix is using this for 4K VOD!