Will 4K television have its day?

[freeradical]

I'm very happy with my 1080p plasma TV and standard DVD player. ;-)

This was a big improvement over a 19" CRT and VCR.

Netflix offers blu-ray for an additional monthly charge, but I'm not biting. If I signed up for this, I'd have to pay this in a month even if I didn't watch any blu-ray movies at all. There are too many movies I watch that aren't in blu-ray. A quick check of Netflix's offerings reveals that only three Hitchcock movies are in blu-ray. I watched The Wrong Man a few days ago. DVD only...

I'd love to know what percentage of Netflix users actually sign up for blu-ray...

[davemchine]

They tried to replace CDs with a higher quality product but CDs are good enough. I think the same will happen with 4k in the consumer market. I only use 720 even though my tv does 1080.

[silvarios]

BernDog wrote:
Every single argument was made about regular HD as well. It'll come. Will anyone clamor for it? Maybe, maybe not, but there really weren't many people clamoring for 3D either, but how many of us have TVs with that capability now and have never used it [hand raised]?

No 3D here. 1080p and 720p sets, sure, but no 3D.

[sekker]

I'm following 4k since it's an obvious advantage over 1080P.

I really doubt 4k broadcasting is going to be mainstream in my lifetime - or at least while my eyes are still good enough to tell the difference!

I spent a lot of $$ on my panasonic 1080P plasma. It's still beautiful today - and most of what we watch is 720p or lower quality.

Maybe, just maybe, I'll want to replace the Panny with a 4k 80" screen in my lifetime. But I doubt it.

[Will Collier]

Bandwidth to the home will have to go way up, and usage caps will have to go away (or increase in size exponentially) for 4K to get a foothold. Plus there's that whole "almost no content whatsoever at that resolution" problem...