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mountaindewslave said:
teigaga said:

4k adoption is Inevitable and most premium TV sets in 2016 will be 4k. More people owned 4k TVs in America last year, then there were people who owned HD TVs in 2005. The adoption of media will be very slower (upscalling will be marketed as a solution), but the adoption of TV  is procedes the actual media.

you're off on that, a huge amount of the American population and population elsewhere aren't even familiar with what 4K is at this point. Bear in mind there is a massive amount of the general consumer popluation (this is everywhere) is still uses DVDs regularly and doesn't seem to really care about the upscaling of visuals (it is true that at some point the human eye just can't detect the differences that dramatically ), at this point DVD sales still out perform Bluray

 

I suppose my point is that immediate adoption of newer technology, whether media formats or televisions, does not seem to be jumping up very quickly these days. Probably because at some point it becomes little tweaks and improvements rather than anything particularly new

Whether people know what 4k is, they're buying them. 

"4K TV shipments reach all-time high of 3 million units moved in April alone" 2015.

http://4k.com/news/while-tv-shipments-fall-4-in-2015-4k-tv-sales-bucked-the-trend-and-continue-to-do-so-12971/

To be put that in context. HD TVs only sold 11.3m throughout the whole of 2005 in the US. 

http://www.statista.com/statistics/191250/sales-of-high-definition-tvs-in-the-us-since-2005/

I was suprised too but unless someone finds more reliable data, this is what we have. I know from personal experience 4k TVs are the dominant sets showcased in electronic stores here in the UK. They're also priced fairly.
Most TVs above 40'' are 4k here and this is the UKs biggest electronics store.
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-home-entertainment/televisions/televisions/301_3002_30002_xx_xx/xx-criteria.html