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Originally Posted by Nightopian
If you compare the titles released on DVD since it's release in 1997 until now, there are over 250,000+ titles. Compared with Bluray which since 2006 has around 10,000 titles. As members have said it takes time. I don't think even Bluray will even get all the titles available on DVD in it's lifetime either...which means a 4K medium (which they are currently working on right now) will be lucky to see even half of what Bluray has right now.
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Almost all movies have a 2K master right from the start, of varying quality (looking at you, Universal). Therefore, releasing them on blu ray isn't a big problem.
The only studio that has 4K masters in gallons is Sony. For other studios, expensive 4K restorations would be required and many movies will never, ever see a 4K transfer. Even brand new restorations of classic movies are still happening in 2K. For example recently released Bergman's Persona, which looks fantastic BTW. I don't know how recently it has been restored, but it couldn't have been that long ago.
I've been noticing more and more "Should I buy a 4K TV" questions all over the Internet lately... Yet these people don't even know that most of the TV they watch right now isn't even in full 1080p HD, but only 720p.