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Johnw1104 on 15 June 2016
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konnichiwa said:
Johnw1104 said:

I think 4k is held back by price, the lack of shows that even bother with it, and the fact that somehow regular old Bluray hasn't even become the standard medium for films and such yet. Seriously, how absurd it is that we're still paying out the ass for a movie to be on Bluray? These transitions usually take a couple years, but somehow they've managed to maintain it as a borderline luxury item as normal dvds carry on as the mainstay. 4k films, in that context, are one heck of a luxury.

There's just so little media available in 4k and people are still transitioning to 1080p and such. Feels like there's a wider gap here than before, though I like that they're planning ahead... and 10% of americans really have 4k already? That seems exceedingly hard to believe.

That 10% is a projection based in 2015 but 4K is becoming affordable so don't see why those projections will be far off but yeah we don't know yet. Secondly 4K media is growing, In some European countries and Japan are on their way to broadcast their media in 4K and Japan wants it before the 2020 Olympics. Their isn't a lot yet but streaming services give you the option to watch in 4K but their are not that many yet. I know breaking bad is one of them. Not 100% sure but thought Netflix wanted all their new series to have a 4K option.

In fact Forbes expect it to be higher than 10% 

New research and sales analysis out today has revealed that approximately one in every eight North American homes will own an Ultra HD/4K TV before the end of 2016.

According to a report by Strategy Analytics, this eye-catching figure – which equates to more than 11 million North American homes – is the result of rapidly falling prices for 4K TVs and increased availability that’s seen shipments of 4K TVs to the region this year surge by more than 70%.

Seems possible. It will probably really take off once there's enough media that utilizes it to make people actually want 4k. Hopefully the prices continue to fall as well as, while the screens look fairly remarkable in the stores, I don't think the difference is as drastic (to the eye) as was that initial leap to HD to justify spending too much. I might be the minority in thinking that though.