4K TV Resolution Is Overrated

[walsufnir]

SvennoJ said:

walsufnir said:

SvennoJ said:


Anyway better reason not to jump in yet is no HDMI 2.0.
HDMI 1.4a is limited to 2160p24 no 60 fps support. Another HD ready 1080i fiasco waiting to happen.

That's why there will be no PS4-gaming at 4k. Or did they announce PS4 will feature hdmi 2.0?

HDMI 2.0 hasn't been released yet, still targeted for first half of 2013, coming soon. So I'm 90% sure that's too late for the ps4. Yet Sony does have some connections to get the specs early. There are rumors, but no specific HDMI version has been confirmed yet.

However blu-ray 4k playback is pretty much out since it will have a 6x CAV blu-ray drive, too slow to maintain 4K playback bitrates accross the disc. And without support for 100gb or 200gb I don't see it happening anyway. Sony does want to release 4K streaming for the ps4 at 100GB a movie.

The blu-ray consortium is still twiddling it's thumbs about the physical 4K format, not expected until the end this year now. They have just been gathering opinions on what it should support for now. (which 4K format, what frame rates etc)
It will be on blu-ray though, probably on a 4 or 8 layer (100gb or 200gb) disc with h.265 (HEVC) codec. Both incompatible with current players unfortunately.

All the pieces are there, 12x CAV (or 5x CLV, sustained 180mbps throughput) blu-ray drives, 200GB discs, and a twice efficient codec.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/09/nhk-and-mitsubishi-develop-the-first-h-265-encoder-for-8k-video/
CES 2014 might see the first 4K blu-ray player, more likely CES 2015 the way things are continually getting delayed.

A ps4 slim in 2016 might get 4k blu-ray playback.

Oh, I wasn't talking about 4k-bluray but gaming :) 4k-bluray will be possible (at 24 frames) for sure.