DirectTV to launch 4K sevice friday

[joe1946]

http://www.twice.com/news/home-satellite/directv-launch-4k-service-friday/54922

 

[David W. Jones]

"Customers who have DirecTV’s Genie HD DVR will be able to watch 4K programming on supporting 2014 Samsung UHD TVs"

 

[joe1946]

The bigger news is a Samsung 55" 4K UHD TV for $899 at BestBuy on Black Friday !

http://blackfriday.bestbuy.com/?category=doorbusters

 

[izoneguy]

The bigger news is a Samsung 55" 4K UHD TV for $899 at BestBuy on Black Friday !

http://blackfriday.bestbuy.com/?category=doorbusters

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Oh, hell why did you have to show me that!!!!

 

[FatDaddy]

The bigger news is a Samsung 55" 4K UHD TV for $899 at BestBuy on Black Friday !

http://blackfriday.bestbuy.com/?category=doorbusters

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Looks like that can be ordered online. I wonder if they sell out online? That beats going to the store, but there's gotta be a hook?

 

[noirist]

It's easy to turn 4k into mush with a bad codec or low bit rate. The key question is 4k with WHAT CODEC and at WHAT BIT RATE?

 

[DLD]

It's easy to turn 4k into mush with a bad codec or low bit rate. The key question is 4k with WHAT CODEC and at WHAT BIT RATE?

Probably high enough ... for one channel!

To be offering a multitude of channels, they'll have to improve the codec to HEVC and the processing power to whatever is required and that may require replacing every receiver out there.

The Samsung deal is nice though. I wonder what the Vizio 50" will be discounted to. It was regularly priced at $100 lower, IIRC.

 

[joe1946]

It's easy to turn 4k into mush with a bad codec or low bit rate. The key question is 4k with WHAT CODEC and at WHAT BIT RATE?

Many will be using the new H.265 codec for 4K UHD like the new Samsung NX1 camera that should look good with low bit rate.
http://www.redsharknews.com/product...g-first-footage-from-this-h-265-4k-uhd-camera