4K(2160P) Blu-ray movies

[Thomas Guycott]

Originally Posted by Sean B.

You won't have to upgrade your BD or DVD library, because they will be able to play in what ever BD players and HDTV's that come out that have 4K(2160P). It is just like how all DVD movies can play in all current 1080P HDTV's and 1080P BD players. But of course for that to work that way, a 2160P(4K) hdmi cable would be needed as well. As for how 1080P BD's will look on a 2160P(4K) UHDTV, they will look great in 2160P(4K) and they will be able to play in 2160P.

Please just say 4K, you really don't need to keep defining it.

As mentioned before, new HDMI cables aren't necessarily needed because the current 1.4 profile already supports 4K 24hz 2D signals.

And while I can personally confirm that standard Blu-rays look great on a 4K setup (previewed various BDs on a new 4K projector with a 2.35:1 black screen), it's false to state that they play in 4K: they are simply upscaled, just like DVDs are with regular 1080P setups. The 4K upscaling process is just more sophisticated and the're less of a gap between the two resolutions (x2 versus x6).