When Did You Go 4K? - Blu-ray Forum

brainofj72 · 06-18-2019, 08:56 PM

When did you adopt? Right away? Did you wait? Are you still waiting?

Member-167298 · 06-18-2019, 09:03 PM

Fall of 2016. I was getting jealous of all the 4K talk here so I went out and bought a 55" LG OLED and X Box One S along with Labyrinth and Sicario.

The X Box One S had frustrating handshake issues with my TV so I sold it and got the LG player. Unfortunately that was a nightmare of whirring noise and terrible video quality. Finally got the Sony X800 and have been satisfied overall ever since, despite it not having Dolby Vision.

DarkEco910 · 06-18-2019, 09:04 PM

I had the severely clearanced Walmart LG 4K player in April of 2018, but October 2018 is when I got an amazing deal on a 4K TV when I opened a Best Buy credit card.

I was suffering from format envy and gave in.

TitusTroy · 06-18-2019, 09:05 PM

July 2017...my Panasonic VT30 plasma all of a sudden would no longer power on (blinking power light)...so I did some research and bought the LG C7 OLED a week later...I'm really happy with the purchase as 4K/Dolby Vision looks amazing and the TV still holds up today as an excellent/reference display

Talal86 · 06-18-2019, 09:06 PM

I was planning to wait, but I bought a 4k tv late 2016, so I said well I might as well start buying 4k content.

ZHobbs · 06-18-2019, 09:19 PM

June of 2016

imsounoriginal · 06-18-2019, 09:22 PM

I was buying discs since whenever the first release of The Martian came out in early 2016 (back with that first wave of Fox titles that were exclusive to Best Buy), but I didn’t actually upgrade my setup til Dec. 2016.

mikesncc1701 · 06-18-2019, 09:24 PM

February of 2016 is when I found a killer deal on a 4K TV. 55 inch open box at Target for like 180 bucks. Then grabbed the Samsung launch player a couple of weeks before it's actual release because HH Gregg had them on shelf early.

stvn1974 · 06-18-2019, 09:26 PM

I went 4K a month ago with a cheap sony UHD player and an even cheaper Vizio UHD TV. The TV was so bad that I sent it back so now I am watching the small amount of UHDs I have on a 1080 set. I am saving up for a better player and TV as I don't want to get into debt. I just crawled out of that hole recently.

ramzy1 · 06-18-2019, 09:29 PM

Late March of 2016. Purchased a TV for it, only to later learn the importance of tone mapping and nits, and how my purchase wasn't doing either very well. Upgraded displays the following year.

steel_breeze · 06-18-2019, 09:33 PM

Even though I'm still rockin' an SDR 1080p projector from 2010 (the Panasonic PT-AE4000... on its third bulb!), I bought the Oppo 203 last year when Oppo announced they were going away, just to be "future ready". Then, I finally caved to 4K media earlier this year, when a high enough percentage of my all-time favorite movies had come out with new transfers that were only available on UHD. I think if I were to put a fine point on it, it would be the release of ALIEN that really did the trick. That opened a Pandora's box that made me buy BLADE RUNNER, PREDATOR, DIE HARD, HALLOWEEN '78, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, SCHINDLER'S LIST, JURASSIC PARK, and E.T. Bought most of those in a single weekend.

But I'm still only buying my absolute faves on UHD, and only if there's a significantly upgraded new transfer.

John Lockedown · 06-18-2019, 09:36 PM

Fall 2017. I decided to start purchasing 4K Blu-Rays even though I didn’t have a player or a TV capable of showing them. Those came quickly on Black Friday that year. And now I can’t stop, lol.

CJohn · 06-18-2019, 09:42 PM

Unfortunately, living in Portugal makes it impossible to go 4K UHD when Disney itself stopped releasing Blurays with our subtitles because they want to push the digital versions of the movies and soon their streaming service.

infiniteCR · 06-18-2019, 09:42 PM

Hard to answer.

For instance I had 4k tech in 2016, but watched a few UHDs then returned the tv and player since it was very meh. Then again had tech in 2017 with the next tv and streamed a few titles, once again not impressed much, but didn't bother with actual UHDs again until late 2017 and have not truly adopted really, but cherry pick the few titles that are worth it to me and built a little backlog of titles to investigate further. Lot of untapped potential still in the format.

MisterXDTV · 06-18-2019, 09:52 PM

Black Friday 2017

LegacyCosts · 06-18-2019, 10:08 PM

Got a 55 inch sharp in fall of 2017, it barely had any hdr capabilities though so it made uhd somewhat useless and I think anything under a 65 is probably too small for a 4k tv for me.

I bought a 65 sony x900f in March and its been the leap I was looking for. Watched an hour of Jackson's king kong the other day and I am still being stunned by uhd content all the time.

ROSS.T.G. · 06-18-2019, 10:09 PM

Fall 2017

gregmtl92 · 06-18-2019, 10:10 PM

February 2018

kevin87 · 06-18-2019, 10:11 PM

Three answers for me technically.

Started buying 4K releases in September 2017, when the Peanuts 4K releases started and had an extra special for each release, come to find out the BD version only had 2, so that sucked lol I didn't get a 4K player until May 25th 2019... still don't have a 4K TV though lol I typically don't buy a TV unless the one I have just completely dies and I have no choice.

Geoff D · 06-18-2019, 10:13 PM

Depends what you mean. Bought my first 4K TV in July 2013, Sony 55X9005A. Bought my first 4K UHD player in April 2016, the Panny UB900.

View Poll Results: When did you adopt 4K tech?
As soon as it came out in 2016	53	17.38%
Later in 2016	47	15.41%
2017	89	29.18%
2018	71	23.28%
2019 (or later)	28	9.18%
Haven’t yet but I plan to	13	4.26%
Haven’t and don’t plan to	4	1.31%
Voters: 305. You may not vote on this poll

06-18-2019, 08:56 PM	#1
brainofj72 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Location:USA 4K collection:1030 Blu-ray collection:3604 DVD collection:817 Digital collection:149 iTunes collection:139 Trading Score:152	When Did You Go 4K? When did you adopt? Right away? Did you wait? Are you still waiting?

06-18-2019, 09:03 PM	#2
Member-167298 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Feb 2011 4K collection:474 Blu-ray collection:1321 DVD collection:102 iTunes collection:558 Trading Score:61	Fall of 2016. I was getting jealous of all the 4K talk here so I went out and bought a 55" LG OLED and X Box One S along with Labyrinth and Sicario. The X Box One S had frustrating handshake issues with my TV so I sold it and got the LG player. Unfortunately that was a nightmare of whirring noise and terrible video quality. Finally got the Sony X800 and have been satisfied overall ever since, despite it not having Dolby Vision.

06-18-2019, 09:04 PM	#3
DarkEco910 Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Mar 2013 4K collection:342 Blu-ray collection:620 DVD collection:38 Digital collection:695 iTunes collection:814 Trading Score:297	I had the severely clearanced Walmart LG 4K player in April of 2018, but October 2018 is when I got an amazing deal on a 4K TV when I opened a Best Buy credit card. I was suffering from format envy and gave in.

06-18-2019, 09:05 PM	#4
TitusTroy Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2010 Location:New York City 4K collection:22 Blu-ray collection:126 Trading Score:16	July 2017...my Panasonic VT30 plasma all of a sudden would no longer power on (blinking power light)...so I did some research and bought the LG C7 OLED a week later...I'm really happy with the purchase as 4K/Dolby Vision looks amazing and the TV still holds up today as an excellent/reference display

06-18-2019, 09:06 PM	#5
Talal86 Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Dec 2010 4K collection:228 Blu-ray collection:375 DVD collection:2 Trading Score:74	I was planning to wait, but I bought a 4k tv late 2016, so I said well I might as well start buying 4k content.

06-18-2019, 09:19 PM	#6
ZHobbs Power Member Top contributor Member since:Jul 2017 Location:The Redwoods Trading Score:34	June of 2016

06-18-2019, 09:22 PM	#7
imsounoriginal Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:NYC 4K collection:320 Blu-ray collection:946 DVD collection:70 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:59	I was buying discs since whenever the first release of The Martian came out in early 2016 (back with that first wave of Fox titles that were exclusive to Best Buy), but I didn’t actually upgrade my setup til Dec. 2016.

06-18-2019, 09:24 PM	#8
mikesncc1701 Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jan 2010 Location:Jacksonville, FL Home Theater Gallery:3 4K collection:615 Blu-ray collection:2283 DVD collection:798 Digital collection:1270 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:50	February of 2016 is when I found a killer deal on a 4K TV. 55 inch open box at Target for like 180 bucks. Then grabbed the Samsung launch player a couple of weeks before it's actual release because HH Gregg had them on shelf early.

06-18-2019, 09:26 PM	#9
stvn1974 Blu-ray Prince Member since:Jan 2012 Location:Earth Trading Score:18	I went 4K a month ago with a cheap sony UHD player and an even cheaper Vizio UHD TV. The TV was so bad that I sent it back so now I am watching the small amount of UHDs I have on a 1080 set. I am saving up for a better player and TV as I don't want to get into debt. I just crawled out of that hole recently.

06-18-2019, 09:29 PM	#10
ramzy1 Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Nov 2010 Location:Minnesota Home Theater Gallery:21 4K collection:130 Blu-ray collection:136 Digital collection:51 Trading Score:24	Late March of 2016. Purchased a TV for it, only to later learn the importance of tone mapping and nits, and how my purchase wasn't doing either very well. Upgraded displays the following year.

06-18-2019, 09:33 PM	#11
steel_breeze Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2012 Location:Los Angeles 4K collection:72 Blu-ray collection:256	Even though I'm still rockin' an SDR 1080p projector from 2010 (the Panasonic PT-AE4000... on its third bulb!), I bought the Oppo 203 last year when Oppo announced they were going away, just to be "future ready". Then, I finally caved to 4K media earlier this year, when a high enough percentage of my all-time favorite movies had come out with new transfers that were only available on UHD. I think if I were to put a fine point on it, it would be the release of ALIEN that really did the trick. That opened a Pandora's box that made me buy BLADE RUNNER, PREDATOR, DIE HARD, HALLOWEEN '78, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, SCHINDLER'S LIST, JURASSIC PARK, and E.T. Bought most of those in a single weekend. But I'm still only buying my absolute faves on UHD, and only if there's a significantly upgraded new transfer.

06-18-2019, 09:36 PM	#12
John Lockedown Active Member Member since:Jul 2010 Location:Waco, TX 4K collection:47 Blu-ray collection:418 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:202	Fall 2017. I decided to start purchasing 4K Blu-Rays even though I didn’t have a player or a TV capable of showing them. Those came quickly on Black Friday that year. And now I can’t stop, lol.

06-18-2019, 09:42 PM	#13
CJohn Junior Member Member since:Sep 2013	Unfortunately, living in Portugal makes it impossible to go 4K UHD when Disney itself stopped releasing Blurays with our subtitles because they want to push the digital versions of the movies and soon their streaming service.

06-18-2019, 09:42 PM	#14
infiniteCR Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jun 2014 4K collection:327 Blu-ray collection:1649 DVD collection:190 Blu-ray reviews:5	Hard to answer. For instance I had 4k tech in 2016, but watched a few UHDs then returned the tv and player since it was very meh. Then again had tech in 2017 with the next tv and streamed a few titles, once again not impressed much, but didn't bother with actual UHDs again until late 2017 and have not truly adopted really, but cherry pick the few titles that are worth it to me and built a little backlog of titles to investigate further. Lot of untapped potential still in the format.

06-18-2019, 09:52 PM	#15
MisterXDTV Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2008	Black Friday 2017

06-18-2019, 10:08 PM	#16
LegacyCosts Blu-ray Knight Member since:Oct 2013 Location:Chicago 4K collection:177 Blu-ray collection:424 Trading Score:20	Got a 55 inch sharp in fall of 2017, it barely had any hdr capabilities though so it made uhd somewhat useless and I think anything under a 65 is probably too small for a 4k tv for me. I bought a 65 sony x900f in March and its been the leap I was looking for. Watched an hour of Jackson's king kong the other day and I am still being stunned by uhd content all the time.

06-18-2019, 10:09 PM	#17
ROSS.T.G. Blu-ray Champion Member since:Jan 2010 Location:Ontario, Canada 4K collection:393 Blu-ray collection:1549 Blu-ray reviews:16	Fall 2017

06-18-2019, 10:10 PM	#18
gregmtl92 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Aug 2014 Location:Montreal 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- iTunes collection:- Trading Score:25	February 2018

06-18-2019, 10:11 PM	#19
kevin87 Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Feb 2010 Location:Alabama 4K collection:283 Blu-ray collection:1136 DVD collection:46 MA collection:276 Digital collection:215 iTunes collection:1 Trading Score:144	Three answers for me technically. Started buying 4K releases in September 2017, when the Peanuts 4K releases started and had an extra special for each release, come to find out the BD version only had 2, so that sucked lol I didn't get a 4K player until May 25th 2019... still don't have a 4K TV though lol I typically don't buy a TV unless the one I have just completely dies and I have no choice.

06-18-2019, 10:13 PM	#20
Geoff D Blu-ray Emperor Top contributor Member since:Feb 2009 Location:Swanage, Engerland 4K collection:1347 Blu-ray collection:2524 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:33	Depends what you mean. Bought my first 4K TV in July 2013, Sony 55X9005A. Bought my first 4K UHD player in April 2016, the Panny UB900.

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