4K TV Article

I'm neither a 4k evangelist or hater. Some days I think it's the inevitable future of content creation and viewing, and other days I think it's going to be just like 3D…something that is used in acquisition for features, plays in some movie theaters, and is in less than 1% of homes.
 
I think 4K displays will be more widespread than 3D has been. Not just with TV displays but also computer monitors. The question is, will most people notice? If you upres a quality 1080 video, I somehow doubt it. The difference will be even less than SD to HD because we are reaching a point of diminishing returns with display resolution.
 
I was watching a streaming HD video from Amazon last nite, and midway it went to SD because of bandwidth problems. Did our enjoyment of show decrease? Not one bit.
 
A thought just whacked me on the head. It doesn't matter whether people like us could use 4K. There is an industry that absolutely would benefit: Surveillance.
 
Why do most people look at this from the, "why bother getting a 4k TV when there is hardly any content?", point of view?
Why not go for the, "I'll get a 4k because the more that people buy, the more content will become available and they do downscale anyway!"

There has been a Blu-Ray player from Panasonic that would do a upscale to 4k for almost a year now. I know thats not 4k, but its an improvement.

http://www.stuff.tv/dmp-bdt330/panasonic-dmp-bdt330/review

All I'm saying is that when they go down in price (IMO they will go down faster than you think), if you need a new TV, it may as well be 4K.

I think that Panasonic isn't coming out with cameras to compete with Sony and Canon just yet because they are pissed off they spent a lot of money on the AC160/130/90 and the APX250 :angry:
 
Phil vG said:
Why do most people look at this from the, "why bother getting a 4k TV when there is hardly any content?", point of view?
Why not go for the, "I'll get a 4k because the more that people buy, the more content will become available and they do downscale anyway!"
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"Most people" don't want to be the ones who pay the early-adopter premiums, and make it cheaper for everyone else later, if it takes off (many new technologies don't). They'd rather be the everyone else.

It is perfectly rational to wait.

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Note: this is neither an endorsement nor a criticism of that position, so please do not assume it is my personal view on it.
 
David Jimerson said:
"Most people" don't want to be the ones who pay the early-adopter premiums, and make it cheaper for everyone else later, if it takes off (many new technologies don't). They'd rather be the everyone else.

It is perfectly rational to wait.

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Note: this is neither an endorsement nor a criticism of that position, so please do not assume it is my personal view on it.
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But then the networks say that not enough people have 4k so why should we bother.
In Australia it wouldn't surprise me if Blu-Ray is the only 4k we get (and I'll keep my fingers crossed for a new awesome compression format for the internet). So the price on 4k tv's will be forced down just as a result of the compertition between the manufacturers. Not network content,
 
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