I just saw an ad on ESPN touting that the Masters will be available in 4K on DirectV. I wonder if any special equipment from "D" will be required. Sure wish I could get it on my Hopper.
Actually the satellite companies do deliver 1080P. It is available for PPV movies. Nobody is broadcasting in 1080P, that being the networks, premium channels, etc, so there is little need to go across the board.
They are not. I don't see any of them bothering to once again pay for all new cameras, screens etc after the last big push towards HD in the last decade. Most people are not even watching tv on tvs and are watching on phones, tablets and computer screens. The screen can be in 4k and they can upconvert the picture to 4k resolutions from an hd picture. I just don't think that 4k will be the norm and we will be on to 8k resolutions before the end of this decade. 4k and 8k are just ways to sell new tvs to unsuspecting customers , who think that everything will look better in the latest resolutions. Remember in the 90s 480p was the rage for dvds and then it was hd 720p/1080i in the last decade . Then it was 1080p tvs early in this decade and now 4k. It is nothing more than a gimmick to sell new tvs to customers and a way to get older customers to upgrade in hopes of getting a better tv with the latest perks.
you should see all the news articles that find for a twitter account called ultra 4k news and thats a majority what people at talking about nowadays.1080P and 3D didn't get any traction. 4K is getting traction.
Back in the early 90s all the buzz was about 1080i or 720P HD... It's all the church of what's happening now....
And they even have COLOR now. I give it a year...All you need is just a 12" B&W set for a picture, right? This TV stuff is just a fad anyways...it'll never catch on.
MY point is that if you are happy with hd that is available now , then why would you need to upgrade to 4k ,especially if there is virtually nothing in 4k by broadcasters? Yes, some is available from Netflix ,but there really is not much out there. I remember when 3-d was all that there was going to be about 5 years ago. Now it is dead. I wouldn't upgrade again to 4k unless there was nothing else out there and I really needed a new tv. I just bought a perfectly good hd tv a year ago. When it is dead and gone , I will look at what ever is out there at that time , and not a second sooner. I'm betting that 8k will be all the rage in less than 5 years and 4k will be another faded media option. The point being that there will ALWAYS be something newer out there to try to stir the interest of the buying public to buy something NEW. That is what keeps the economy going : the consumer.All you need is just a 12" B&W set for a picture, right? This TV stuff is just a fad anyways...it'll never catch on.
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