Can you think of 9 reasons to buy a 4K TV?

[Son_of_SJ]

I saw the 85" B&O BeoVision Avant yesterday and it was absolutely gorgeous. Notwithstanding its spec being a little lacking.

Nice one! Where did you see that?

There is a B&O store close to me.

Well, from his response in post number 24 gel seems to have second sight or something, but for the rest of us, can you tell us where "Close to me" is, geographically? By the way, can you remember how much the 85" television cost?

I think the debate around 4K TVs has parallels with the one that happened when moving to HD. Some people could not notice much of a differnece and there was a reluctance to repurchase movies that were already owned on DVD. Speaking from my experience, I only repurchased a very small proportion of movies on Blu-Ray.

I agree about the 4K debate being like that concerning the improvements from Standard Definition to High Definition Ready to Full HD. Despite my attraction for very large televisions, I'm still in love with my humble 42" Pioneer 428XD in my bedroom, and it's only HD Ready, not even Full HD 1080p It's good with SD material and pretty decent, though naturally slightly less sharp than newer machines with 1080p Blu-rays. I have not replaced DVDs with their Blu-Ray equivalents because, I'm lucky in that my other, Full HD televisions are very good at upscaling SD material. Indeed, two years ago both one ver y famous industry expert and I failed to notice that I had stupidly played the DVD of Skyfall instead of the Blu-ray, because the upscaling on my then Samsung PS64D8000 plasma television was so good.

The Hollywood machine keeps on rolling and all it usually takes is a 'killer app' to convince people to upgrade. When I saw some 4K movies demoed on Sony's media server, I was sold on the format. It is just a case of waiting for the specs to be finalised (HDR etc.) I am watching Sony's 2015 range of TVs with interest.

Samsung's 2015 televisions are also well worth a look,

 

[Son_of_SJ]

Update on the original news story, here http://www.whathifi.com/news/should-you-buy-4k-tv-yet . It really does sound as if, with all the uncertainly about 4K standards, simply waiting might be the wisest course of action just now, especially since I want, but certainly don't need, another television, whether 4K or otherwise!

 

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1.They have the best image enhancing wizardry and hardware(100 hz plus panel,wide colour gamut, upscaling chips etc)
2. 10 or 12 bit panels can handle 1024 gradations..beyond 8 bit per RGB channel.
3. 4k TVs are getting cheaper.
4.Once your eyes have seen the best of 4k....not there yet...1080p looks soft as dough.
5.You can read small text clearer on 4k TV.
6.You can sit closer to the 4k TV and the picture will still look super
7.Games looks better on 4k even though the next gen consoles don't upscale.
8.100hz display with no perceptible flicker.200Hz coming soon.
9.Smart phones,Tablets,Computer screen are nearly all at 4k.Why TV should remain at 2k?
10.Finally HDR only on a 4k set...the ultimate reason!

 

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1.They have the best image enhancing wizardry and hardware(100 hz plus panel,wide colour gamut, upscaling chips etc) 2. 10 or 12 bit panels can handle 1024 gradations..beyond 8 bit per RGB channel. 3. 4k TVs are getting cheaper. 4.Once your eyes have seen the best of 4k....not there yet...1080p looks soft as dough. 5.You can read small text clearer on 4k TV. 6.You can sit closer to the 4k TV and the picture will still look super 7.Games looks better on 4k even though the next gen consoles don't upscale. 8.100hz display with no perceptible flicker.200Hz coming soon. 9.Smart phones,Tablets,Computer screen are nearly all at 4k.Why TV should remain at 2k? 10.Finally HDR only on a 4k set...the ultimate reason!

Give this man a pint! *drinks*