Omo 4k

[timwilky]

OK Org, you fount of all wisdom. 4K

The wife wants a new tellybox, The salesmen are pushing 4K at her at huge profit to themselves. But :-


Is TV still lines. As in standard broadcast quality of 625 lines. So to watch a normal broadcast, on our current 1080p tv, it is effectively interlacing extra. and becomes a bit blocky. So at 4k specs, unless the broadcast is at 4k you are not achieving anything by having a super dooper high resolution screen. Am I right?

The salesmen keep going on about the high resolution, but wont discuss what I can actually watch.

So what is the org opinion?

[Teejayexc]

This......http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/why-ultra-hd-4k-tvs-are-still-stupid/


....just about says it all for me :cool:

[Bibio]

with any telly the secret letter is 'P'

something to consider is the content. how are you actually going to feed the new telly with a 4k content. there is very very little content out there that is 4k so what your telly will do is take 1080i/1080p and upscale it.

my advice is to get an OLED 1080P tv and even then only if you have the content to feed it with.

the reason your tv content looks blocky is 1 of 2 things. either the content is not up to scratch or the panel drivers in the TV are old technology, older 'LED' tv's were notorious for this.

by the time 4k comes online properly then your tv will be out of date.

[Mrs DJ Fridge]

Just last week Radio Times magazine advised against buying a "big" TV at present as the 4k is not yet available for actual useful watching yet and the price will come down soon.

[Bri w]

I'm in the buy it camp, but I never was that bright... For me, its the upscaling aspect that sells it, even though there is little 4k content out there at present. Maybe I'm off the mark but I compare the upscaling achieved with a standard DVD played on a Blu-ray player, i.e. the difference is noticeable.

Netflix do have some 4k content but its not a huge amount, actually its not a lot at all. There's two reasonably high profile US produced series + a few documentaries.

Two things; assuming you're still in the same house Tim, if you're buying less than a 40" TV, don't buy a 4k TV. If you're broadband is relatively slow and prone to being strangled at busy periods, don't buy it. After that, it's down to if you fancy a punt on it.