Ahh, well...in that case, I'm not the least bit surprised. Do they look any different from normal blu-rays whatsoever on a 1080p screen? I'm assuming these work in blu-ray players?
Considering the samsungs and sonys are 8-9x that amount, how does the PQ fare on that?
GB2 sucks balls.
From what I've read the build and picture quality are good. The main reason why it's so cheap is because it doesn't have any extra features like 3d, or being a smart tv. Also it isn't a name brand.
While the re-release covers are terrible, the 4K one isn't all that hot. An extra blue bar AND two gold bars mucking up the coverart? Hell, no.
I'd rather look at extra bars than look at covers that look like they came from a boxset that I lost.
Personally I wouldn't trust those TV's. My guess is they're "Walmart quality" if you know what I mean.
Those features don't actually add to the cost of TV's any longer and haven't for the last 2-3 years.
First off if those features don't add to the cost of the tv then why don't all TV's have those features standard?
1. Why don't all TV's have 3d and apps? Because they give people like you the impression of value. Meanwhile a 55et5 was $899 last Black Friday.
I agree, low end TV's are cheap. And it's my opinion that this is a bad deal. Personally I think a deal is to buy a really good 1080p TV now then wait until content becomes available and good high end 4k/8k TV's are available for reasonable prices. There's absolutely nothing wrong with posting the cnet review, people should know what they're getting into - particularly after someone asked about the quality.
These are like those over-priced Super-Bit titles they had for DVDs, before Blu-rays came around. I'd rather have the extras on the normal discs. I have no plans to buy any of these obvious money grabs--the existing transfers look good enough--I'll buy actual 4K content if/when I ever get a 4K set.
I had some super-bit titles back then and I THINK. They looked better but I could barely tell and it might have been my imagination. I mean, Blu Ray is already encoded 1:1 for pixels on the screen so what does it matter anyway AND correct me if I'm wrong but aren't BR disks already made from higher definition masters?
I only bought a few Super Bit titles back then and that was due to them usually coming from a better source than the original DVD. This was especially true with Lawrence Of Arabia which came from a brand new restoration. Gattaca also benefitted more from the film finally having some breathing room on a dual layer disc as opposed to it's first DVD release that was a Widescreen/Pan & Scan flipper disc that was single layer on each side.
Isn't 4k four times the resolution of 1080p? If so, then shouldn't it take 4 times the data? That's a lot lesss than a terabyte.
No, he's right.
Yeah, they aren't 4k. Just mastered in 4k I thought that was pretty clear. Anyway you're right current BD's can't fit a 4k movie that's why Sony has their own media thing you use to download them. I think the 4k movies are around 150-200GB's. http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/28/4040932/sony-4k-movie-service-will-work-with-ps4-require-100gb-plus-downloads
That sounds like it's uncompressed.
I wonder how many people's Internet connections are good enough to download a 200GB file on demand when they want to watch a movie...this makes me think that 4k isn't going to stand a chance. If you're streaming a 4k movie on a service like VUDU, you'd probably need a 50 gigabit connection (or better) IIRC VUDU recommends at least 9 megabit for their "HDX". I don't see this format being successful without a physical media and most people aren't going to be in a hurry to move beyond blu ray (and a lot of people are still on DVD!).
Wow a perfect score for Spider-Man 2. Even the first one has a good score.
As long as it's better than everything else like all Apple products.
Well, the rumors have been all over the place. The current one says that the price will be $1,500 - $2,500 and come in two sizes, 55" and 65". I'm not sure if they plan on making massive profits off the sets since that seems very cheap for a 4k TV. Maybe they expect the iTunes integration to generate a ton of revenue. Also, it may come with a controller.
Yep I read this a while back, you'll need a 15 megabit connection for it, not a problem for me. iTunes will also stream 4k. These bandwidth requirements show that the "all digital future" is nowhere near today for most Americans.
