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Forums - Sony Discussion - PS4K the Hardware bargain of this Decade? 4K Blu Ray Player alone cost 400$

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-UBD-K8500-Blu-ray-Player/dp/B01A9V6OI6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461159077&sr=8-1&keywords=4k bluray ultra hd player

so looking at true capable Ultra HD 4K Blu Ray players, they all cost over over 400$. Especially Sonys own model they are charging it for 700 which a pretty Penny.

I think its funny how people dismiss the supposed PS4K as a ripp off by Sony to make money, everyone knows that console hardware sales dont make profit its a break even deal in manufacturing. I think this supposed Neo PS4 is the bargain of this decade in technology if it will be priced at 400$/€

 

You will get

- a true capable 4K Ultra HD Blu Ray Player

- a 4K streaming device

- a gaming machine which will be equal to a Gaming PC in specs, running AAA games probably at 1080p 60fps

How is no one interested in this?



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Well, the newest batch of information we've gotten doesn't actually say that it will play 4K blu ray discs.

It most likely will, but we don't have any hard evidence saying that it does.



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Seems like it's going to be like the launch PS3 where it was the cheapest blu-ray player at one point. That's Sony for ya =)



Where are you finding these prices? I can get 4k blu-ray players here for around 1300-1500SEK, which is about 160-185$. And electronics are known to be quite expensive in Scandinavia.



Mummelmann said:

Where are you finding these prices? I can get 4k blu-ray players here for around 1300-1500SEK, which is about 160-185$. And electronics are known to be quite expensive in Scandinavia.

Several "4k" branded Bluray playsers only upscale. Check the actual descriptions aswell to see that they play 4k Bluray Discs.




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teigaga said:
Mummelmann said:

Where are you finding these prices? I can get 4k blu-ray players here for around 1300-1500SEK, which is about 160-185$. And electronics are known to be quite expensive in Scandinavia.

Several "4k" branded Bluray playsers only upscale. Check the actual descriptions aswell to see that they play 4k Bluray Discs.


Ah, my mistake. But there was a Samsung player for sale for around 1700SEK a couple of weeks ago in the city.

I hope the PS4k is a PS4 with 4k blu-ray playback added, it would be a huge selling point for me.



Well, 4K is far from being the norm, its still a luxury having it, more than normal at least.And its not revolutionary as the PS2 was, that played DVD discs and was cheaper than a DVD player.



My (locked) thread about how difficulty should be a decision for the developers, not the gamers.

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Ruler said:

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-UBD-K8500-Blu-ray-Player/dp/B01A9V6OI6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461159077&sr=8-1&keywords=4k bluray ultra hd player

so looking at true capable Ultra HD 4K Blu Ray players, they all cost over over 400$. Espacially Sonys own model they are charging it for 700 which a pretty Penny.

 

I think its funny how people dissmiss the suposed PS4K as a ripp off by Sony to make money, everyone knows that console hardware sales dont make profit its a break even deal in manufactering. I think this supposed Neo PS4 is the bargain of this decade in technology if it will be priced at 400$/€

You will get

- a true capable 4K Ultra HD Blu Ray Player

- a 4K streaming device

- a gaming machine which will be equal to a Gaming PC in specs, running AAA games probably at 1080p 60fps

 

How is no one interested in this?

There are a lot of people that still don't have 4K televisions. That's not going to be a big selling point for them. This could end up being like 3D blu ray players and tvs.



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4k content is doomed because of Internet greedy Internet providers and the ridiculous cost of data, at least in my Country.

Streaming 4k content is not really feasible or cost effective for about 99% of the population. And that's going forward another 5 years at least.

Unless data providers are going to have some sort of change of heart. This is a business so who are we kidding.

4k adoption is a dream, the public is not in a financial position, most 4k sets have been sold to people who had to upgrade and we're just future proofing themselves.



ZahaDoom said:
4k content is doomed because of Internet greedy Internet providers and the ridiculous cost of data, at least in my Country.

Streaming 4k content is not really feasible or cost effective for about 99% of the population. And that's going forward another 5 years at least.

Unless data providers are going to have some sort of change of heart. This is a business so who are we kidding.

4k adoption is a dream, the public is not in a financial position, most 4k sets have been sold to people who had to upgrade and we're just future proofing themselves.

I don't know what country you live in, but my internet is already well above what it needs to be to stream 4K content and it probably be twice as fast 5 years from now.



Bet with Adamblaziken:

I bet that on launch the Nintendo Switch will have no built in in-game voice chat. He bets that it will. The winner gets six months of avatar control over the other user.