I am not a tech maven and just recently replaced a 10 year old Sony LCD last year with a Vizio. I couldn’t be happier, but my neighbor brought home a Sony 65’ 4k tv. I stood there like someone who just saw the secret document detailing who shot JFK. If I could I’d take that tv behind the warehouse and get it pregnant. I don’t know the techie stuff behind the 4k, but it makes my 1080 look like a rabbit eared 1955 Zenith!
My wife has to drag me past the TV in Sam’s. I’m in the market for a 70" for our new house but told her I would settle for 65" 4k screen instead. Oddly enough she didn’t’ fall for it.
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apparently sony has the tech to ‘upconvert’ your existing hd signal to the 4k. have no idea how, but when i was watching the end of the kentucky/mich game it was like being under a hypnotic spell. i got up to maybe 6" away and you literally cannot see any pixels or anything it’s so real it’s fake. real life doesn’t look that good!
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Go read the too much stuff thread and that should cure you.
When I moved out of my house into my apartment I got a smaller TV, if you can believe that.
I have seen those pretty ones at Best Buy. Thankfully I don’t have space for it in my apartment.
I saw one the other day too. Quite impressive indeed.
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Only problems are almost a total lack of content and it’s just a scam perpetrated by manufacturers to trick you into buying a new TV 
I’d be surprised if 4k is broadcast in my lifetime. 1080 is more than adequate for anything OTA.
Here’s the techie stuff: It’s 4,096 horizontal pixels (4,096 x 2160). 1080 is 1080 lines of resolution (1,920 x 1,080). 4k is about double the resolution (or 4x the pixels, going from a 2MP to an 8MP camera)
NTSC, which what was broadcast in the US (and Canada and Japan) from 41 to 2009, was about 640 x 480 (analog system, no horizontal pixels, etc). Which had 1/6th the equiv. pixel count as 1080.
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I saw one the other day too. Quite impressive indeed.
I’m not going to get one…up until a year ago I was on a fossil 720 Sony so to look at true 1080 I’m ecstatic. Plus I just don’t watch a lot of tv. But dang that 4k is freaky. I literally was in a trance Sony did their homework!
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I find though when you are looking at porn sometimes higher resolution is not a good idea. Then when I put it on at Best Buy to try it out they get really mad.
During the 2012 Summer Olympics, I saw a demo that NBC was doing of 8K television with 22 channel surround sound. Getting up close was amazing–but at a normal viewing distance of about 1.25x screen width, it wasn’t appreciably better than 1080p. I imagine 4k is barely perceptible at regular viewing distances.
(I’ve got a 125" projection screen in the basement with a 1080p projector.)
my neighbor brought home a Sony 65’ 4k tv. I stood there like someone who just saw the secret document detailing who shot JFK.
Yup. As soon as Sony releases the 85" version they showed at CES, I will be throwing my CC down.
Haim
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my neighbor brought home a Sony 65’ 4k tv. I stood there like someone who just saw the secret document detailing who shot JFK.
Yup. As soon as Sony releases the 85" version they showed at CES, I will be throwing my CC down.
Haim
I didn’t have a dog in the Tucky/Mich game, but damn that 2nd half was amazing on that thing. I couldn’t get off the couch I was even watching post game interviews just ‘duuuuuhhhhhhh’.
Go ride your bike. Forget about TV.
Lol.
I am tired if being “up with the times”. It changes to quickly. I’m generally fine with 2-3 year old technology.
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I agree… I find it more important to have the TV look aesthetically pleasing while it it shut off than for it to have a nice picture.
Only problems are almost a total lack of content and it’s just a scam perpetrated by manufacturers to trick you into buying a new TV
Production of a new 4K Blu-ray format is already underway, products maybe by the holidays. But you have to buy a new player to go with the new Discs. It may revive Netflix’ disc mailing service, though.
Over-the-air digital broadcast standards aren’t changing anytime soon.
Since Netflix and Amazon are struggling with 1080p, I seriously doubt we’re going to see it in a widely available streaming service. Except maybe in areas with Google Fiber or similar.
I don’t know about cable. But I think cable companies will be resistant to coming out with all new hardware and formats at least for a few more years.
Here’s the techie stuff:
Don’t forget color space, which I think is really important. Below is UHDTV (big triangle) vs. HDTV (smaller triangle). The old NTSC was terrible - it used to be called Not The Same Color by techies.
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I’m still struggling if “4k” is a resolution or cost. Likely both.
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I’m still struggling if “4k” is a resolution or cost. Likely both.
$1 per k. What a bargain!
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but my neighbor brought home a Sony 65’ 4k tv.
65 feet seems larger than you need. Is that measured on the diagonal?
My TV is a 1986 Mitsubishi although it’s sitting in the dark in the basement.
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I’m still struggling if “4k” is a resolution or cost. Likely both.
Samsung has a 32" 4k monitor you can preorder for $700.
Sure, it’s meant to sit on your desk 24" from your eyes, but it’s still a 4K display device
I’m still struggling if “4k” is a resolution or cost. Likely both.
$1 per k. What a bargain!
TV’s are a bargain. I’m about to drop $30k for two 4k camera’s. On the upside, I will now be able to shoot video and pull Hi-res stills (all those micro expressions I miss) from that video.
What is the point of all of this? If streaming isn’t changing and video rental stores no longer exist. why would I bother going to 4k?
What a colossal waste of money.