After reading many people's opinions on this thread, it feels like this is just another example of the typical American consumer. That there is this constant need to upgrade and to change, when what you currently have is more then sufficient.
I'm all for practical improvements to technology. VHS brought movies into the home. DVD's made huge improvements to picture and audio quality, along with an increased ability to navigate. Those are both monumental changes.
The change from DVD to Blu-ray was nice. It was not monumental. I have upgraded my DVD collection to Blu-ray in order to get better Picture Quality. The differences in audio are negligable to me. Many people have not upgraded their movie collections.
This push to 4K feels like a desperate attempt by the electronic manufacturers to find the "next" thing to push on the consumers. 3D Televisions have no increased demand. Now they are going to try and push 4K to increase demand.
The reality is that most consumers, even with a good TV and proper set-up, have a hard time telling the difference between a 720p and 1080p television. Only the consumers who are highly educated in technology will be able to tell the differences between 1080p and 4K.
To further flesh out this idea that 4K is not worth it, is the television sizes. People are not going to be buying 100" TVs. They are too big for the current houses. A 42" TV is more then big enough for most living rooms. 1080p to 4K will have little to no impact on a 42" TV.
4K is great if you are a millionaire with a dedicated home theater room that has a projector with a 20 foot screen. 4K is worthless pixels on a screen for the rest of us.
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