Will we reach hundred 4K UHD titles this year?

[jibucha]

i am expecting a lot more than 100 by December 31, 2016

including Dolby Vision titles (finally & hopefully)

[azmodeous]

Originally Posted by jibucha

i am expecting a lot more than 100 by December 31, 2016

including Dolby Vision titles (finally & hopefully)

I don't see Dolby Vision being a thing on UHD blu-ray until after CES in January. I could be wrong but I think we see an influx of TVs and players that support it and then we'll get the announcement of titles.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by jibucha

i am expecting a lot more than 100 by December 31, 2016

including Dolby Vision titles (finally & hopefully)

Dolby has publicly stated we won't see DV encoded discs until the first half of 2017 and capable players until the second half of next year.

There is some speculation that the new Oppo UHD Blu-ray player debuting this year will be firmware updateable to DV since they're using a custom Mediatek chip that may be able to add it later on if it passes Dolby's certification process. If it is upgradeable, I can imagine that Oppo customers will have to pay an additional DV licensing fee to download the update (just like the Auro3D format). It has not been officially confirmed, however.

You can imagine that the timing is just right for Disney releases by the first quarter (February/March).

[vincentric]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

Dolby has publicly stated we won't see DV encoded discs until the first half of 2017 and capable players until the second half of next year.

There is some speculation that the new Oppo UHD Blu-ray player debuting this year will be firmware updateable to DV since they're using a custom Mediatek chip that may be able to add it later on if it passes Dolby's certification process. If it is upgradeable, I can imagine that Oppo customers will have to pay an additional DV licensing fee to download the update (just like the Auro3D format). It has not been officially confirmed, however.

You can imagine that the timing is just right for Disney releases by the first quarter (February/March).

For a while I was thinking they'd release a Force Awakens UHD BD to coincide with the Rogue One film but at this point it's looking more likely that we'll see it, and probably rogue one as well, sometime in March/April 2017. Along with DV integration, that timing possibly also gives them a chance to enjoy more sales of the EpVII 3D BD.