Is 4K a game changer?

[Nightopian]

I think what others have said about only future titles and popular money making titles will be released / converted to 4K sounds about right.

If you compare the titles released on DVD since it's release in 1997 until now, there are over 250,000+ titles. Compared with Bluray which since 2006 has around 10,000 titles. As members have said it takes time. I don't think even Bluray will even get all the titles available on DVD in it's lifetime either...which means a 4K medium (which they are currently working on right now) will be lucky to see even half of what Bluray has right now.

4K will be phased out too eventually. Japan already has 8k running. Seems technology is advancing so quickly, we can't keep up. You basicially have to draw the line yourself.

I was quite content with DVD on my 55" TV and I still think they look fine. I only made the jump to Bluray when I built my new home with a dedicated theatre a couple of years ago. A DVD looks like absolute crap on a 160" screen. I was forced to start collecting my movies all over again on Bluray just for that reason. Will I start all over again with 4K? No. As I suspect most of you who have a large Bluray collection already will do the same. I will however add new movies to my collection in 4K if they are available and only if I know they were shot in 4K to begin with but I won't rebuy my movies...there are still a lot of older movies in my Bluray collection which don't look as good as others. It still comes down to source material and the conversion. Not all Bluray's look "FullHD".

The question is, how big will screens get? How much space do you have in your home to accommodate a big screen? Because it's only then will you see the real benefit of 4K. Will you see any benefit of 4K sitting 4m away from a 60" screen? Probably not. The majority of commercial cinema's are using 2k projectors...

http://www.cnet.com/news/why-4k-tvs-are-stupid/

But yeah, for me it's not a question of whether it will take over or not because I know eventually it will be the standard. For me it's more a question of, how long will it last and do I really need it? The shorter the lifespan, the less movies will be available...so should we give up on Bluray? I personally don't think you could even if you wanted to...

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Nightopian

...so should we give up on Bluray? I personally don't think you could even if you wanted to...

Not “giving up” on Blu-ray, I thought the man from cheese country made that clear. Just movin on up to 4K BD as another choice in due course…

Blu-ray Disc Evolution - DoStudio 4 - YouTube

[I KEEL YOU]

Originally Posted by Nightopian

If you compare the titles released on DVD since it's release in 1997 until now, there are over 250,000+ titles. Compared with Bluray which since 2006 has around 10,000 titles. As members have said it takes time. I don't think even Bluray will even get all the titles available on DVD in it's lifetime either...which means a 4K medium (which they are currently working on right now) will be lucky to see even half of what Bluray has right now.

Almost all movies have a 2K master right from the start, of varying quality (looking at you, Universal). Therefore, releasing them on blu ray isn't a big problem.

The only studio that has 4K masters in gallons is Sony. For other studios, expensive 4K restorations would be required and many movies will never, ever see a 4K transfer. Even brand new restorations of classic movies are still happening in 2K. For example recently released Bergman's Persona, which looks fantastic BTW. I don't know how recently it has been restored, but it couldn't have been that long ago.

I've been noticing more and more "Should I buy a 4K TV" questions all over the Internet lately... Yet these people don't even know that most of the TV they watch right now isn't even in full 1080p HD, but only 720p.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by I KEEL YOU

Almost all movies have a 2K master right from the start, of varying quality (looking at you, Universal). Therefore, releasing them on blu ray isn't a big problem.

The only studio that has 4K masters in gallons is Sony. For other studios, expensive 4K restorations would be required and many movies will never, ever see a 4K transfer. Even brand new restorations of classic movies are still happening in 2K. For example recently released Bergman's Persona, which looks fantastic BTW. I don't know how recently it has been restored, but it couldn't have been that long ago.

I've been noticing more and more "Should I buy a 4K TV" questions all over the Internet lately... Yet these people don't even know that most of the TV they watch right now isn't even in full 1080p HD, but only 720p.

They will probably think Full HD is 4k!

[eriaur]

Originally Posted by I KEEL YOU

The only studio that has 4K masters in gallons is Sony.

And Fox

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by I KEEL YOU

Almost all movies have a 2K master right from the start, of varying quality (looking at you, Universal). Therefore, releasing them on blu ray isn't a big problem.

The only studio that has 4K masters in gallons is Sony. For other studios, expensive 4K restorations would be required and many movies will never, ever see a 4K transfer....

Not really. Display manufacturers can put almost anything in a 4K video pack – http://www.tomsguide.com/us/samsung-...ews-18510.html

with a relatively inexpensive upscaling solution from post facilities like Deluxe…..and call it a 4K transfer.

I wonder if this will become a trend.