To be fair depending on the age of the DVD and if running through a BD player some of them ARE unwatchable. Largely thanks to formatting issues due to upscaling but still. I'm slowly upgrading all of my old Miramax/Dimension flicks because of this. But the truth of the matter is, I agree with essentially what you're saying. I couldn't care less about 4K on the horizon. Most movies still aren't even shot in 4K.
Huh? That doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense. It doesn't take a critical mass to have streaming blu ray "take off" because you are streaming it, not buying it. If you're talking about 4k tv's then maybe you're right but Netflix will be able to stream 4k even if no one has the TV's or bandwith.
If you don't see a huge difference between DVD picture quality and blu-ray, you might wanna turn the table on throwing around the idiot comment.
Ah. I got ya. Yeah, I'm sorta one of those douchebags. I won't haggle over blu ray and 4K tho.
I did. There's barely an improvement over the 1080p stream (which is compressed to high hell, too), as expected. I'll get Blu-ray discs in the mail from Netflix until the day they stop offering the mail service.
They're pushing format changes too quickly. These companies think that people are going to plop down $2,000-$4,000 every 2 years for a new TV just because they came up with some new gimmick. It's not going to happen. TV adoption takes years and 4K has no content outside of House of Cards on Netflix.
That's exactly how I felt about the Superbit DVD titles--I'd rather have bonus material on the discs.
I saw an article that says the best thing about 4K/UHD is the dynamic range, meaning they can show more different colors onscreen at the same time, including some that cannot be found in nature. The pixel count creates an underwhelming impression, but they think the increased range is the seller.
I sit like 15 feet back from my TV, I really don't see how this is going to be bennificial unless I get a much larger TV size.
Yeah, and as I said, they're a waste of money because if this 4k format actually succeeds then anyone buying these discs are simply going to replace their movies yet AGAIN with a REAL 4k disc. Had you actually read the post you would have seen that nugget. Why do I get the feeling that you work for the movie industry in some way?
You're right, that's roughly the same price depending on how big your TV is which you didn't mention. Of course when you can buy a Samsung 1080p LED for like 800 or 900 bucks now...is the picture $1,700 better?
Not sure how you got I didn't read your post from my comment, but anyway this is a deal forum not for people ranting about stuff. If you have a deal to post great, otherwise stfu.
Well no lol its not that much better. But i also didnt buy a LED tv 800-900 bucks i got one when they first came out. Its almost like im future proofing myself. Thats like saying is it worth buying a new computer with a new processor,motherboard and video card. Over buying a 5 year old computer with outdated specs.
I bought a 32" Sony LCD in 2006 for like $2,000. Then last year I bought a 55" LED Panasonic with passive 3D and apps for $1,000. I'm not sure I'd call my original $2,000 purchase as future proofing. I wanted it because I wanted HD content. There's nothing wrong with buying something you want but who knows what the future will bring. For all I know, 10 years from now you might go to the hardware store and buy drywall with TV screens built into it and turns your entire wall into a screen.
I agree with that we have no idea which way technology will go in the next 10 years. The 4k tv i got was a 55 inch for 2500. the tv i bought before that was a LCD 52 inch for the same price also dont remember when i got it probably back in 2007.
