'UHD Alliance' to Define 4K Standards in coming months

[Korova]

True 4K would be 4096x2160 but I believe they cut it down to 3840x2160 because it's easier to scale.

[editline]7th January 2015[/editline]

[QUOTE=megafat;46873061]If i ever get a 4KTV, its going to be because I'm going to plug my PC into and play video games on it. That'll be the content to hold me over until other media catches up. It just needs to be more affordable.[/QUOTE]

Go get a 39 inch 4K television, you can get one for $350. Can't get much more affordable than that.

[BiN4RY]

[QUOTE=Korova;46873065]
Go get a 39 inch 4K television, you can get one for $350. Can't get much more affordable than that.[/QUOTE]

What TV is that?

[Crest]

[QUOTE=B!N4RY;46873292]What TV is that?[/QUOTE]

It's called a Seiki or something like that.

[cqbcat]

This is one of the reasons I'm putting off buying a 4K television. The technology isn't quite a standard yet, so I'll let them work out the kinks and the price goes down.

[.Lain]

[QUOTE=B!N4RY;46873292]What TV is that?[/QUOTE]

a crap one

[Riutet]

Honestly, 1080p is enough for me on a large TV, I'm sure I'd probably be able to notice the difference by a large degree, but not sure why I'd care.

To me 4K only really matters in videogames, and running at 4K resolutions without two high end GPUs running in SLI isn't really viable except in old games.

[RoboChimp2]

[QUOTE=Warship;46867752]It's not about why, it's about why not. This mentality would hold technology back for no reason. 1080p TVs aren't going to be outdated for a long time, and 4K TVs being the norm will actually make 1080p TVs more affordable. No one is forcing you to buy a 4K tv in 5 years, it will just be an option for the people who want it. Besides, 4K content will still look really good on a 1080 TV, might even look better than 1080 content because of the downscaling.[/QUOTE] Well that's true if you can get a panel with decent backlighting. And you can transmit 4K downscaled as a 1080p signal.

[QUOTE=thelurker1234;46867801]Same here, even broadcasts that aren't 4K themselves look quite nice due to the upscaling.

It becomes very apparent with a side-by-side comparison. You should be able to find a few 4K tvs being shown alongside 1080p at walmart or bestbuy.[/QUOTE]Yes, (different shops being in Australia) But once you go over a certain viewing distance you won't notice it. Only perhaps on the ridiculously large TVs, but if you make the space between pixels less noticeable, it's not as much of a problem. I think dynamic range is more important than 4K in a panel.

[TheDecryptor]

Making the space between pixels smaller would either make the panel smaller, or the pixels larger, not going to help the quality in the slightest.