I think it really depends on the size, but 1080p to 4K is not as
noticeable as a jump as SD => HD, although it seems logical it would be.
I have an (early) 70" 4K TV, not one of the OLED ones, and when I watch
Netflix original stuff on it, people who haven't seen 4K before always
comment on how good it looks. I'm sitting about 8 feet or so away. You
do have to look for it to a degree, but it's very noticeable in certain
things (rain/lights always seems to be one of the things that get people
to notice it.) I'm not sure it's 'worth it', but if you're going to buy
a new TV anyway, it'd be pointless not to get a 4K now at this point
with the price of them (IMO.) The TV I have is already less than $1500
at Costco.
On 11/20/2017 3:10 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
Pluto has a 4K channel but I am not really seeing much difference.
*From:* Brian Sullivan
*Sent:* Monday, November 20, 2017 2:08 PM
*To:* af@afmug.com
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 4k tv
Amazon Fire TV has 4K. (not Fire stick)
Some YouTube content on the Samsung Smart TV App as well.
On 11/20/2017 3:06 PM, Simon Westlake wrote:
All the Netflix original stuff is in 4K. I don't think there is much
else. I watch a lot of Netflix originals in 4K though.
On 11/20/2017 2:54 PM, CBB - Jay Fuller wrote:
I had about an hour to kill this afternoon so I spent it in Costco
roaming around...
Some of the pictures on the Samsung TVs that are UTV or even Beyond
UTV are absolutely astonishing.
At the end of the TV section was the DirecTV rep. I have DirecTV
satellite and I like my high definition picture and my
high-definition home projector.
All of my TV's in my home were purchased in the last five to ten
years and they're all HD capable. Most are smart TVs that run apps
but the apps don't ever update and you pretty much get what the TV
has and that's it....
So I decided to get all excited I had a little money burning a hole
in my pocket I thought I would grab one of these super duper Samsung
Ultra high-definition televisions. Ok not really but lets pretend I
did....
I told the DirecTV lady when HD first came out it took the
broadcasters a while to start broadcasting in HD. I asked her for a
list of which channels broadcast in 4k....She gave me the list....
104.....DTV4k
105....cine4k
106....Live4k
Basically....NONE
How much programming on Netflix is in 4k? I am aware of the extreme
bandwidth requirements....
And guaranteed if I got a hacked Amazon Fire stick it's not going to
show me anything in 4k....
What is the point? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
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