When do you suppose 8K will be available?

[mjbethancourt]

Originally Posted by ZoetMB

It's not obsolete if it still works and can still receive all the video that you want it to receive. Until about three years ago, I was still watching everything on a 19" Sony CRT that worked perfectly. There are 4K sets out there now. I don't consider my 1080p set obsolete. There's Dolby Atmos receivers out there now. I don't consider my A/V receiver obsolete either. I'm typing this on a late-2008 Mac Book Pro. It works fine. The newer machines have higher resolution, are faster, are thinner and lighter, but I don't consider this computer obsolete either.

In fact, I'm driving an 11-year-old car. Certainly, newer cars have lots of great features (especially in terms of the dash) that my car doesn't have, but I don't consider my car obsolete either and I plan to keep it for years to come.

Are vinyl LPs obsolete? They're making a comeback (although admittedly, the hype is far larger than the actual sales), which this year will constitute about 4% of the U.S. music market but will probably double over last year. Aside from streaming subscriptions, it's the only part of the music market that's growing.

As I see it, obsolescence is relative. It's obsolete when you can't use it or enjoy it anymore. I've never understood the hysterical arm-flailing, that if something new and better comes along that you are somehow being "forced" to upgrade to it.

I still enjoy my CD collection that I started 30 years ago and haven't added much to it in the last decade, and I will still be enjoying my Blu-ray library in 10-20 years, alongside all my new media, whenever I choose to get into that.