UK Black Friday: 4k Blu-Ray Does Not Matter!

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Nymeria said:

thelalaby said:
This should be some rude awakening for all those individuals (even Microsoft themselves) who said 4k Blu-Ray is a killer feature that gives Xbox One S an advantage over PS4/Pro. People simply don't care about dying physical media; streaming is the future and that is that.

In regards to streaming 4K do you need a specific device or is it just a matter of bandwidth?

It is not. It is *also* a matter of bandwidth but also a software issue. More efficient codecs require more computing power to make use of the bandwidth efficiency benefits. This means that the device must have the power and yes, somehow you could describe that as a "special device".

Electronics usually have dedicated hardware for that (so-called ASICs) which is efficient in terms of power and cooling while other devices just "brute-force" that with raw power (like consoles), if they are capable enough.