4K Blu-ray content on the horizon?

[pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by Bishop_99

My question is how will the Blu-ray movies look in those 4k HDTV's? Will it be a similar scenario to DVD that it looked "good" on the CRT SD TV's but ended up looking terrible on the 1080p HDTV, or does Blu-ray have something that will make it's upconversion to 3840 X 2160 pleasing to the eyes. Sure, it's a technology that will not be the norm any time soon, but I'm curious about that aspect.

It won't look horrible but there will be obvious limitations.

This said, I believe that at some point in the future we will see 4K content on the market. However, I remain a firm believer that 4K content will be extremely limited as the content owners will not be willing to essentially offer their masters for pennies. More than likely there will be different protection enhancements as well.

Two years ago we saw prototypes (4K monitors) at CES in Las Vegas. If I recall correctly they were 65'+. The biggest improvement, in my opinion, was in color reproduction. In other words, I think that the majority of the people with very large screens (lets say 120'+) will be most impressed with the wider range - and in particular depth - of colors.

I can see myself experimenting with a 4K projector, but I remain a skeptic as far as 4K content is concerned, as I do not believe that 4K will become a standard for mass catalog releases. The more likely scenario is that the codecs we have now for Blu-ray will continue to mature and we will see even better results (which is what Blueshadow has noted above as well).

Pro-B