4k TV

bigfreddiel

Btw please check out my "too black" thread

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almillar

Inner Zone - I though that all UK HDTV broadcasts were broadcast at 1080i - can you give some examples of 1080p broadcasts?
4KTV - anyone actually seen the picture? It's amazing, and it's certainly better than full HD. It enables screen sizes to keep getting bigger. 4K isn't for people who buy 32 inch screens!
Bandwidth/storage - It's too big for broadcast at the moment. But the same thing happened with HD. Channels kept making the compression better, and squeezing the bandwidth down and down, to enable more channels (and more adverts). The compression/decompression on a BD player is far better than that on a DVD player, and these are basically similar to an HD set top box versus an SD one. We have the 4K screen technology, we have some options in the pipeline for physical storage (BD can do it, but optical discs still have more to give), and what's really lagging is the broadcasting and codecs. Once these are standardised and agreed upon, you can expect manufacturers to start actually ploughing money into devices, and broadcasters to start thinking about 4K channels. Give it a few years...

No point in the 4K at all...

Still enjoying your cassettes VHS since there's no point in CDs or DVDs?

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almillar wrote: »

We have the 4K screen technology, we have some options in the pipeline for physical storage (BD can do it, but optical discs still have more to give), and what's really lagging is the broadcasting and codecs. Once these are standardised and agreed upon, you can expect manufacturers to start actually ploughing money into devices, and broadcasters to start thinking about 4K channels. Give it a few years...

I agree……..

superbigal36

Some great deals in the US (Unfortunately) on this technology.


http://www.amazon.com/Seiki-SE50UY04-50-Inch-120Hz-HDTV/dp/B00BXF7I9M/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1403087922&sr=8-2&keywords=seiki+4k

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superbigal36 wrote: »

Some great deals in the US (Unfortunately) on this technology.

Hardly a "great deal" if there is nothing to watch on it! There is nothing being broadcast in 4K even in the States!

This also looks to be a "budget" brand..

InsideInsurance

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

Hardly a "great deal" if there is nothing to watch on it! There is nothing being broadcast in 4K even in the States!

A lot of people are interested in films via disk/download/HardDisc and not simply broadcast

There are many budget brands coming to the US with good 4K screens and the advantage of them is that they will pull down the price of the mainstream brands that cannot create enough of a justification for their products being 2-3x the price

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InsideInsurance wrote: »

A lot of people are interested in films via disk/download/HardDisc and not simply broadcast

The choice via this media is tiny too.
Only "early adopters" with too much money purchase at this early stage of development.

Gratis

Surely, the question primarily relevant to purchase of a 4K television for domestic use at the moment is how much (if any) improvement they make to a 68” picture when fed a 1080p or 1080i broadcast signal that has been upscaled to 4K by a decent AV receiver or the television itself.

What’s the answer to that one? (From somebody who’s actually seen it.)

VisionMan

Remember when shops introduced widescreen TVs? 21" and all for three grand of your hard earned? And there was nothing in that broadcast format to watch! All one got was stretchy-vision.

Same here.

VisionMan

anotheruser wrote: »

I doubt we'll ever see 4K broadcasts in the main.
It'll all be over BB in an on-demand model by then.

The BBC are experimenting with them on my transmitter (Winter Hill) for some minor coverage of sports.

I agree its doubtful this will ever achieve broadcast mainstream (too niche and too costly). The internet is definitely the future for this technology. Have you seen what Netflix are doing?