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Post by darkpast on Feb 16, 2019 0:27:25 GMT
In a huge blow to physical media loyalists one of the biggest electronic manufacturer exits the 4k UHD player market. Samsung was an earlier adopter and one the first to stop supporting 3D HDTV, so look for 4k discs to die a slow death also.
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Post by jamesbamesy on Feb 16, 2019 0:40:07 GMT
They were too goddamn expensive anyway.
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Post by ck100 on Feb 16, 2019 1:03:51 GMT
I think price was probably a problem as well as more focus on TV's.
There is also the expense of buying so many movies you already own on DVD/Blu-ray just to have the latest picture quality upgrade when people are still happy with the aforementioned formats.
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Post by darkpast on Feb 16, 2019 1:08:49 GMT
I think price was probably a problem as well as more focus on TV's. There is also the expense of buying so many movies you already own on DVD/Blu-ray just to have the latest picture quality upgrade when people are still happy with the aforementioned formats. but it can't cost much more to mass produce players 4k players, they can play dvds and standard blu-rays. why not just produce one player that can play it all |
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Feb 16, 2019 23:43:39 GMT
I think price was probably a problem as well as more focus on TV's. There is also the expense of buying so many movies you already own on DVD/Blu-ray just to have the latest picture quality upgrade when people are still happy with the aforementioned formats. ^This. The prices are ludicrous. The Blade Runner 4K is 55 Euro where I live. 55! Then again, I'm a luddite who still happens to be perfectly content with DVD and never even made the switch to Blu-Ray. |
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Post by jamesbamesy on Feb 17, 2019 0:18:41 GMT
I think price was probably a problem as well as more focus on TV's. There is also the expense of buying so many movies you already own on DVD/Blu-ray just to have the latest picture quality upgrade when people are still happy with the aforementioned formats. ^This. The prices are ludicrous. The Blade Runner 4K is 55 Euro where I live. 55!
Then again, I'm a luddite who still happens to be perfectly content with DVD and never even made the switch to Blu-Ray. That’s just absurd. I stuck with the DVD of that plus the Blu-ray of the sequel. That’ll be it for me. |
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Post by mslo79 on Feb 17, 2019 0:23:55 GMT
I am in no rush for 4k as basic HD is easily good enough.
but I will say if I am going to pay $ for stuff... it's either a physical disc or I am not paying because I can't see shelling out $ for digital stuff and I don't like streaming for movies etc.
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Post by Utpe on Feb 17, 2019 0:27:41 GMT
I've always had a problem playing 4k (2160p) videos on my PC, and the specs aren't all that terrible.
I wouldn't mind seeing it go the way of Betamax. It doesn't seem that much clearer. I'm not even sure if the human eye can tell the difference with such a high resolution.
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Post by ck100 on Feb 17, 2019 0:51:21 GMT
I've heard you won't really see a difference between Blu-ray and 4K unless you have at least a 55 inch TV. My family has a 50 inch 4K TV and I don't think the picture quality is a huge difference over Blu-ray. At least not enough for me to run out and get a 4K player. That's just me though.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Feb 17, 2019 1:42:57 GMT
Why anyone would get anything other than an XboxOne for this stuff is beyond me.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Feb 17, 2019 4:49:24 GMT
^This. The prices are ludicrous. The Blade Runner 4K is 55 Euro where I live. 55!
Then again, I'm a luddite who still happens to be perfectly content with DVD and never even made the switch to Blu-Ray. That’s just absurd. I stuck with the DVD of that plus the Blu-ray of the sequel. That’ll be it for me. I never can understood why so many people knock DVD as a format. You see it all the time on Youtube videos. I've been watching them for years and years and have always found the picture and sound quality flawless. Plus they're very affordable. Growing up, all we had was VHS. Looking back, that format was certainly of poor quality, but even that didn't bother people at the time. |
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Post by ghostintheshell on Feb 17, 2019 17:59:06 GMT
1080p is sharp enough for the human eye, 4K is overkill.
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