4K UHD TVs are being adopted faster than HDTVs

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Soundwave on 19 September 2016

Lrdfancypants said:

Intrinsic said:
what an inaccurate observation.

Back when HDTVs came around, they cost almost 6-7 times the cost of the best standard definition CRT TVs. Pace of adoption was hindered exclusively by the cost.

Now with 4k TVs, Flat panel LCD tech is so mature that everyone is making them. I mean you can get a 4k TV for under $500 today; back in 2003/2004 the cost of most of a 42" HDTV was north of $3000 (and a 29" inch CRT was as little as $300/$400).

We see more models of TVs from the major manufacturers that are 4k than those that are 1080p because that's the only way to remain competitive in the congested display market.

The funny thing is that if you walked into a store with $500-$800 today to buy a TV and you knew nothing about TVs and just went with whatever looked good; it would probably be a 4kTV. By default.

I remember walking in a circuit city and settling on ED for $1,000 because the "full" HD tvs were 5,000-10,000. 4K is cheap by comparison to the ED/HD kick off.

Yeah my first HDTV was 42-inches too ... lol it was the go to size for people who didn't want to spend too much. Nowadays you can get like a 65-inch 4K set no problem.

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Lawlight on 19 September 2016

My first HDTV - AU$1,200 back for a 32". Now you can get a 55" for less than that.

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Lawlight on 19 September 2016

Captain_Yuri said:

4k totally doesn't matter guys. The adoption rate is clearly terrible. Consumers can't tell the difference!

/s

You're confusing 4k TVs with 4k content. The latter isn't taking off as quickly.

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Kerotan on 19 September 2016

The great news about this is it means top end 4k TV'S will drop in price dramatically over the coming years. And they already have since they first launched 4k a few years back.

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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 19 September 2016

Lawlight said:

Captain_Yuri said:

4k totally doesn't matter guys. The adoption rate is clearly terrible. Consumers can't tell the difference!

/s

You're confusing 4k TVs with 4k content. The latter isn't taking off as quickly.

Well, considering content is driven by demand and the content can only be played on devices that supports it, content will come as 4k continues to get more and more popular. Considering both Sony and MS (As well as many other companies) are pushing 4k in their respective ways, 4k content will certainly grow faster and faster

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Mr Puggsly on 19 September 2016

Teeqoz said:
"More than 500 000 4K blu-ray discs have been sold so far"

.....That's it?

Not much, but 4K TV userbase is small and UHD players ownership is smaller.

X1 S and Scorpio will be the first UHD player for many.

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Mr Puggsly on 19 September 2016

I think it has to do with price. HDTVs were very expensive at launch and for numerous years after.

Meanwhile 4K TVs are now selling for around 400 bucks.

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