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Too Early for 4K TV?

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waterjug

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I've noticed prices coming down recently...The 50" Samsung UN50HU6950FXZA is going for 799 now. Is there any content really at 4K though? There's no broadcasts or cable that is being sent out at 4K...is there really any reason to get one of these yet?
 
waterjug said:
is there really any reason to get one of these yet?
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Yes. If you have a monster gaming HTPC that can game at 4K and properly upscale current Blu Rays than 4K is worth it today. If you are going to treat it more like a TV and less like a computer monitor (aka content from cable companies or optical disks) then 4K might not be ready for another two or so years.
 
As far as content goes right now Netflix has (from what i can remember)
Some documentaries
Smurfs 2, Hitch, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Philadelphia, Hose of Cards, Breaking Bad, Black List.

The Black List looks really good. Thats the most impressive show I've seen in 4k. The others are good and more detailed but nothing that blew me away.

M-go is said to start releasing 4k content and is supposed to have a good list quantity wise but i haven't seen it yet. For now its just Netflix and downloading 4k content from youtube.
If you need a tv now and its in your price range go for it. If you don't need one just wait until we see what each company offers in 2015 and by then you should have a larger offering of content. Im fine with watching hd(1080) pictures upscaled.
 
I wouldn't buy one. Still alpha/beta hardware as far as I'm concerned. Id wait until they have chips that can properly handle 4k @ 120hz etc. Maybe next year. I'd hoping for a 4k OLED personally. I'll sit on my 1080p plasma.
 
Midwayman said:
I wouldn't buy one. Still alpha/beta hardware as far as I'm concerned. Id wait until they have chips that can properly handle 4k @ 120hz etc. Maybe next year. I'd hoping for a 4k OLED personally. I'll sit on my 1080p plasma.
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Same.

I'm on the 1080p Plasma bandwagon until 4k OLED becomes a reasonable option.
 
thebigbolgna said:
Yep (Monitors are a different story)
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Just got a Samsung 40" 4k to use as my primary monitor and even though the refresh rate is 30hz, it is awesome (don't do any gaming on my PC)...was using a Westhinghouse 40" 1080p as my main before...

Pushing it from the on board Intel 4600 video w/ i7 4790K without any issues....
 
spacejamz said:
Just got a Samsung 40" 4k to use as my primary monitor and even though the refresh rate is 30hz, it is awesome (don't do any gaming on my PC)...was using a Westhinghouse 40" 1080p as my main before...

Pushing it from the on board Intel 4600 video w/ i7 4790K without any issues....
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just got a GTX970 from Newegg...even though it wasn't bad at 30hz, having the 60hz refresh rate definitely makes the mouse smoother...
 
I wouldn't even think about them until HDMI 2.0 becomes standard. 1080p is fine for most people right now at typical screen sizes and viewing distances people have at home.

There's not a lot of content either. Netflix is streaming a little bit. There's no 4K Bluray support, though I suspect that's coming in the next year or two. Broadcast 4K is a long way off.
 
I'm waiting until next year around this time. Prices should come down and there should be additional content at that point. I looked at them this weekend and while they look AMAZING with 4K content, if you put on a football broadcast they look the same as every other TV when fed a crap signal.
 
It's not time to buy a 4k TV yet. Most of them don't have an HDMI 2.0 input, and the ones that do only have one of them which is not enough considering that you will definitely want at least 2-3 inputs in the future for 4k.

The lack of content is the other issue.

Another problem is that your eyes cannot process the increased detail at normal viewing distances.

My advice is for you to just get a 1080p TV for now if that's what you need. It's going to be a long time before we have widespread 4k content, and it's going to be a number of years before we can expect TV to be broadcast at such a high resolution. Keep in mind that TV is still only 720p/1080i; it's not even 1080p, and look at how long we have had 1080p displays for now.
 
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