4K Questions That Don't Deserve Their Own Threads

[LantheGiraffe]

Has anyone rented 4K movies from Family Video? If so what are their prices?

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by BrownJerry

OLED for movies
LCD for gaming and cable tv

Gaming, yes I fully agree. General TV watching is just fine on and OLED but if you lean towards a specific channel for long periods day in day out then yeah, I’d go LCD too probably.

Originally Posted by ROSS.T.G.

I’ve seen burn in on a OLED but yeah you are right, most wont experience that. There are so many variables when I decide which panel to buy as I’m sure you do. OLED’s can look gorgeous so I’m with you on that.

Absolutely. Make no mistake, I’ve seen plenty of LCDs that look really good. The Sony Z9D, The 940D And 940E, and a few others are quite impressive and really show how far the tech has come. But, I’m an emissive display lover at heart so I had to go OLED to replace my plasmas!

As I’ve said, we are pretty spoiled right now with how good the upper tier TVs are these days.

Originally Posted by Nothing371

I'd love to have an OLED. But I leave my TV idle for long periods of time and have marathon gaming sessions so an OLED isn't the best choice for me. Movies probably look the best on OLEDs but I also enjoy the high brightness of an LCD.

If money was no object, I'm not sure what I'd choose. Probably one of each!

When you want to boil it down to it's most simple form, yeah!

No doubt that certain use cases are better off with an LCD. That’s cool. I get it. It would be nice to have multiple viewing rooms and in that case, sure, one of each sounds good to me.

I think we all "get it" here. Glad that we can come together and not let a few bullies on either side cause us to unnecessarily argue. All good, brothers!

[smileyousonofab****]

If I redeem the 4k code for Baby Driver directly on Vudu, will it give me the UHD rights? Thanks.

[Tns49]

Originally Posted by smileyousonofab****

If I redeem the 4k code for Baby Driver directly on Vudu, will it give me the UHD rights? Thanks.

Doesn't matter where you redeem it. License is held at Movies anywhere. If the service you use supports UHD, it will show up as UHD there.

[UberMensch]

With several newer 8K TVs being showed at CES a few weeks ago, what would be a good estimate of when we start seeing the first 8K Blu-ray Discs?

[koberulz]

Never.

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by koberulz

Never.

Even if we do, I’m pretty much out at this point. 4K is the final physical format I’m buying into. Unless I come into copious amounts expendable cash and can set up a true gigantic home theater setup I believe more pixels and or another variation of HDR is a total waste. What’s going to be the selling point, especially for catalog titles with 8K? As much as I’m enjoying the UHD releases of some films I wouldn’t enjoy my standard Blu Ray less if UHD went away.

We’ll see but they’re gonna have a helluva time getting the masses to once AGAIN rebuy all their gear for yet another "format". Good luck.

[koberulz]

The selling point is likely to be glasses-free 3D. That tech is still a long way off, though.

But most film won't even scan at 8K, and the improvements from 4K won't be worth it for home video for any studios to go to the trouble. 99% of things these days are done in 2K.

So it won't even be a case like 4K, where it takes ages but things eventually start coming out. There simply won't ever be any 8K content, at least not for the home.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by koberulz

The selling point is likely to be glasses-free 3D. That tech is still a long way off, though.

But most film won't even scan at 8K, and the improvements from 4K won't be worth it for home video for any studios to go to the trouble. 99% of things these days are done in 2K.

So it won't even be a case like 4K, where it takes ages but things eventually start coming out. There simply won't ever be any 8K content, at least not for the home.

That's probably why the CES of last year and this year did not feature anything truly relevant

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

That's probably why the CES of last year and this year did not feature anything truly relevant

Yep - agreed. Nothing to really show. Its really getting close to that "diminishing returns" point with home video quality. Thats a GOOD thing since the home presentations on even medium-tier gear is pretty incredible. Still, there will be innovations that come along.

Maybe "screen-less" screens?

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by s2mikey

Yep - agreed. Nothing to really show. Its really getting close to that "diminishing returns" point with home video quality. Thats a GOOD thing since the home presentations on even medium-tier gear is pretty incredible. Still, there will be innovations that come along.

Maybe "screen-less" screens?

..or something like I saw in Black Mirror season 4 episode 1 on Netflix

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by koberulz

The selling point is likely to be glasses-free 3D. That tech is still a long way off, though.

But most film won't even scan at 8K, and the improvements from 4K won't be worth it for home video for any studios to go to the trouble. 99% of things these days are done in 2K.

So it won't even be a case like 4K, where it takes ages but things eventually start coming out. There simply won't ever be any 8K content, at least not for the home.

I firmly believe that we will see 8K content at some point (bearing in mind that 8K is already an actual thing in Japan for TV broadcast) but not on a physical disc format. 4K UHD is likely the last one.

[koberulz]

What's the point of 8K broadcast?

It'll have applications commercially - big screens at sporting events and concerts, digital advertising boards, that sort of thing - but even at 2K your average home viewer is maxed out on resolution and 4K gets most home theatres. I can't see anyone deciding it's worth the cost.

[Geoff D]

Like I said, it's already a thing in Japan.

[koberulz]

Lots of things are a thing in Japan.

[Geoff D]

Right, so you'd have to ask them what the point of 8K is. I'm just saying that it's already a thing, whether you personally see it as worthwhile or not.

[koberulz]

It being a thing in Japan doesn't mean it's likely to be a thing anywhere else though.

[Geoff D]

Not 100% guaranteed, sure. But they had HDTV (and Hi-Vision Muse discs!) when many people up in here were in short trousers or were just a mere twinkle in their daddy's eye, so never count them out.

[Nothing371]

Originally Posted by UberMensch

With several newer 8K TVs being showed at CES a few weeks ago, what would be a good estimate of when we start seeing the first 8K Blu-ray Discs?

Why are people concerned with 8k ??? 4k is barely coming into its own, 3 years later.

8K is not happening anytime soon at the customer level. Your eyes won't even be able to tell the difference anyways.

[Joce]

Originally Posted by Nothing371

Why are people concerned with 8k ??? 4k is barely coming into its own, 3 years later.

8K is not happening anytime soon at the customer level. Your eyes won't even be able to tell the difference anyways.

4K Blu-ray discs are not even 2 years ago (1st of March 2016). And yes, these folks talking about when 8K will be available is quite funny, knowing that most of them will not see any difference compared with 4K. Hollywood's movies are still mastered (most of them) in 2K, and i don't expect a change in the near-future.