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SvennoJ on 21 March 2016
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Guitarguy said:
teigaga said:

I'd say this year is like what 2004 was for HD. UHD TVs are now at mainstream prices and being pushed in all electronic stores. Theres a lack of content which means that people don't necessarily have a reason to pay that extra few 100 dollards to get the 4k TV over the 1080p one, but the transition to shops selling mostly 4k TVs will happen in the next few years. it only took a few years for 720p screens above the size of 30" to become extinct. Any console arriving in the next few years will be early for UHD but  certainly not too early. Being capable of 4k doesn't all games  will aim for it, it partially comes with the territory of more powerful hardware. Numerous PS3 games failed to hit 720p, let alone the 1080p the console was capable of.

UHD bluray is partially dead on arrival but I don't think it'll be that costly an endevour (its just a 3 layer BR disc) so PS5 will likely support it if it hasn't abandoned discs (it probably won't, digital is still not close to 50% of software purchases yet)

Good points but UHD Blu Rays being dead on arrival is due to those certain films being finished on a 2K digital intermediate and then up-rezzed to 4K, meaning it is not a genuine and pure 4K output. Hence why the current '4k' blu rays being only marginally superior than their 1080P counterparts.

No, 4K mastering has been going on for a while now. Plenty blu-rays already have 4k masters. Some have even been scanned at 8k from their 70mm source, while remasters are generally scanned at 4K from 35mm. There is only a small gap of the early naughties that is plagued with a 2K production chain. You will never see LOTR in proper 4K as that was all filmed and produced in 2K. However Ben Hur (1959) will look excellent in 4K.
Pretty much all movies are now filmed in 5k and mastered in 4K, 2K digital intermediates are a thing of the past.

It is early days and the list is still quite small.
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/166-lcd-flat-panel-displays/2202713-master-list-currently-available-4k-hdr-titles-will-updated-often.html