What is 2k DCP?

I just happened to run across this while perusing the web. It seems to have been around for a few years. Is it the next thing after BD? Or something completely different, as far as to who its marketed to or for.

DCP = Digital Cinema Package, i.e. the format supplied to theatres to screen (usually on a hard drive).

While it’s theoretically very difficult indeed to use a DCP outside of a cinema, it’s quite possible to make one - one of the Negative1 35mm releases was derived from a DCP they had made. Supposedly.

Oh, OK. I used to deliver those to movie theatres when new movies and trailers came out. From one thread elsewhere I read, its kind of like a digital film projector in that it sort of projects individual images, like frames, at a fast pace. I ran across a HT thread where they were talking as if this tech wasas available at home, but for a price. It seems no one can ever be happy with the tech they have. To be honest, Im happy with 1080p. 4k looks nice, but whats the point? Ill take an educated guess and say 90% of people with a 4k TV sit too far away to discern between 4k and 1080p anyways. How much better can the 2kDCP be than a BD that it warrants rushing out and looking for one?

It’s not all about resolution. Increased bit depth, color space, brightness, and compression algorithm efficiency can also improve quality quite a lot. This is true even if you are not sitting at the distance needed to discern 4k from 1080.

I always wonder when we will hit the point of diminishing returns, but saw some impressive demos at CEDIA this year in these areas.