4K Blu-ray content on the horizon?

[ZoetMB]

Originally Posted by ZoetMB

Also, after the splurge of McMansions, homes are getting smaller again, not larger, so the potential market for very large screen sizes, especially in cities, is not that great.

If you look at most new apartments being build in Manhattan, for example, most of the architecture is floor-to-ceiling windows of continuous glass in much of the apartment. There's actually very little wall space and very little space that can be dedicated to a screen of any size, never mind a screen larger than 65". In fact, there's very little room for bookcases, so these apartments are really being designed with a portable, virtual world in mind.

Originally Posted by Anthony P

I don't get the connection. Do you think in order to properly watch a movie you need a mcmansion? this is what THX has to say about screen size to distance
http://www.thx.com/consumer/home-ent...r/hdtv-set-up/

Who said anything about "properly"? If you don't have wall space, you can't really have a very large-screen TV no matter what you want. I've been in several brand new million dollar NYC apartments and there's no place for a very large TV. About the best they can do is a 32" sitting on a dresser in a bedroom.

I was in a small house in Woodstock, NY last week and the only place where even a 50" could have gone is blocked by a heating stove. They've got a tiny TV (probably 22" or smaller) in the kitchen and that's the only TV in the house.

It's not a matter of what's proper or what's wanted, but what's practical. If it doesn't fit, it doesn't fit. And that's aside from the generation of people who are perfectly happy watching TV on their computer, iPad or even their phone screen.