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

Trunkin

Currently Offline

11,959

3417 posts since 11/05/10

Recent Badges:

4 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 4 years.
Haunted Logged in on Halloween.
9 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 9 years.
A Free Man Managed to avoid being banned for 2 years.
It's a Start Bank a Total of 2,000 VG$.
Man or Robot? Managed to avoid being banned for 10 years.

Currently Playing:

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition (PC)
Cave Story (PC)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)

Trunkin on 20 April 2016

4k is pointless. The improvement in fidelity is no where near equal to the upgrade from SD to HD. I get the feeling a lot of people share my viewpoint, too, so I don't see 4k playback being a huge selling point for the NEO.

It'll be a great bargain, though.

Nem

Currently Offline

40,573

12282 posts since 29/01/12

Recent Badges:

God Of VGC 10,000 posts on the gamrConnect forums.
Watch Your Back! Received 10,000 profile views.
Harvest Time Logged in at the start of Spring.
12 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 12 years.
Congratulations on Pressing Start! Score your first game in your collection.
50 in One Add a total of 50 games to your collection.

Nem on 20 April 2016

When things sound too good to be true, they probably aren't.

craighopkins

Currently Offline

6,161

1064 posts since 17/07/07

Recent Badges:

So You Came Back For More, Huh? Logged in a second time.
11 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 11 years.
3 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 3 years.
A Civilized Man Managed to avoid being banned for 5 years.
Escape Artist Managed to avoid being banned for 1 month.
6 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 6 years.

craighopkins on 20 April 2016

Trunkin said:
4k is pointless. The improvement in fidelity is no where near equal to the upgrade from SD to HD. I get the feeling a lot of people share my viewpoint, too, so I don't see 4k playback being a huge selling point for the NEO.

It'll be a great bargain, though.

I have compared reg HD to 4k Dolby Vision side by side and I can tell you the difference is huge.

Trunkin

Currently Offline

11,959

3417 posts since 11/05/10

Recent Badges:

7 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 7 years.
Site Veteran Has been a VGChartz member for over 5 years.
12 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 12 years.
Trust Me, It'll Have Legs 100 replies made to user's most popular thread.
Leaving Limbo 100 posts on the gamrConnect forums.
A Free Man Managed to avoid being banned for 2 years.

Currently Playing:

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition (PC)
Cave Story (PC)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)

Trunkin on 20 April 2016

craighopkins said:

Trunkin said:
4k is pointless. The improvement in fidelity is no where near equal to the upgrade from SD to HD. I get the feeling a lot of people share my viewpoint, too, so I don't see 4k playback being a huge selling point for the NEO.

It'll be a great bargain, though.

I have compared reg HD to 4k Dolby Vision side by side and I can tell you the difference is huge.

I have done the same and I can tell you the difference is a waste of money. I mean, sure, 4k looks better, but not better enough for me to care in the slightest. Maybe it'll be good for projectors with huge screens, but not 45-65" TVs, imo.

craighopkins

Currently Offline

6,161

1064 posts since 17/07/07

Recent Badges:

Mirror Image Awarded for uploading an avatar.
13 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 13 years.
9 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 9 years.
16 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 16 years.
A Civilized Man Managed to avoid being banned for 5 years.
4 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 4 years.

craighopkins on 20 April 2016

Trunkin said:

craighopkins said:

I have compared reg HD to 4k Dolby Vision side by side and I can tell you the difference is huge.

I have done the same and I can tell you the difference is a waste of money. I mean, sure, 4k looks better, but not better enough for me to care in the slightest. Maybe it'll be good for projectors with huge screens, but not 45-65" TVs, imo.

Are you sure it wasnt reg 4k. Dolby Vision makes a huge difference

ZahaDoom

Currently Offline

266

71 posts since 29/03/14

Recent Badges:

6 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 6 years.
10 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 10 years.
2 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 2 years.
4 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 4 years.
1st Birthday Has been a VGChartz member for over 1 year.
3 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 3 years.

ZahaDoom on 20 April 2016

Normchacho said:

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.

I didn't say we can't stream 4k, I said it's not feasible based on cost. I know a a few videophiles that have been downloading 4k content, trust me it hurts their massive data plans. Im saying we're at least 5 years away from Joe public streaming 4k.

archer9234

Currently Offline

11,834

3467 posts since 06/09/09

Recent Badges:

6 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 6 years.
So You Came Back For More, Huh? Logged in a second time.
Everything's Falling Into Place Add a total of 100 games to your collection.
A Civilized Man Managed to avoid being banned for 5 years.
11 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 11 years.
12 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 12 years.

Currently Playing:

Left 4 Dead 2 (PC)

archer9234 on 20 April 2016

FATALITY said:

Goddbless said:

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.

not the same thing at all.

tv makers are always bumping resolution of their tvs, even people that are not aware about resolution and stuff, they will end up buying those tvs weather they like or not because it will be a standard. its just a normal evolution of the things.

But that doesn't mean people will care about 4k. Which is why DVD's are still around. A lot of times. Things still don't come out on BD, only DVD. And downloads are still offered in SD. Even when a 4K TV is norm, and are eventually in everyones homes. People aren't gonna really care to bother to get the content, in the first place. And are not going to willingly buy them. Only when the TV dies. This will be the slowest adoption rate. Also, this advantage would be over in 1 year. Prices on this stuff drops way faster. Than the PS2 days. So it would become moot faster, to just buy a PS4 Neo, for this function.