Is It Time For 4K TV? - Comments Page 1

I bought my current TV about 3 years ago, I believe it is HD. I can, as you say, count pores on faces. I think it cost about $900.

I date back to the days of Black and White rabbit ears and Saturday night wrestling on a 10" screen.

I don't believe that I will be buying a new TV in the near future, since I can always look back to the "old days" for comparison.

Given the lack of content I'm not moving to 4k soon. My HD set is only about 4 years old and works well. Maybe 3 or more years from now IF the vast majority of content becomes 4k.

Why? I don't even watch the several year old LG set that I have now. My Mel Brooks collection, Blu-Ray from the river company, shows up just fine.

Not any time soon. My cable company compresses the signal so much, sometimes it's hard to tell HD from SD. The only time it comes through properly is if the program is on a US station that is NOT simulcast .

Thanks but no thanks.

Kinda reminds me of the old T V Phono combo .
when one quit they all had to go to the repair shop..

Thanks for the excellent and clear article, Bob. Having just been forced to upgrade my desktop monitor to what I suppose would be termed 1080p (23 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixels), I don't see myself upgrading until this one stops working. My previous monitor was 19 inch and 1440 x 900 and lasted 6 years!

Ok, I need a larger number of you people to pony up the bucks. We need you to start buying more and more of these so the price of the normal HD tvs will drop. I'll be waiting...

Ha! I've been watching TV from my 20 year old analog, and have a backup! Thanks for the updates though...

I wonder what percentage of people can really see the difference in 4k resolution at current screen sizes. I have a hard time seeing the difference between DVD and Blu-ray on my 60" 1080p set. Now maybe when I can get a 110" screen . . .

Bob, another aspect to consider is the bandwidth cost for this ultra hi-res programming. Comcast and other ISPs already place limits on the total GigaBytes (GBs) you can receive in a month without incurring extra charges. I've already had a few months where I've hit the limit and gotten big warning messages from Comcast that they will charge me extra if I go over 300GB per month. (Of course they don't give you any refund or future credit if you use less than the maximum allotment.) I don't have 4K TV yet, but I think if I did, the 300GB barrier would be staring me in the pocketbook much earlier in the monthly billing cycle.

With the state of broadband access in this country, all I can say is: "what a waste." I have access to 1.5Mb/sec dsl and other than all too quickly throttled, overpriced satellite, that's it. If I had a tower, or was willing to put something in a tree I could get a 4G signal. On a good day I can watch a couple of Netflix shows before the bandwidth mysteriously shrinks to below 0.1Mb/sec- every night around 8pm. The phone company doesn't care in the least. It's been going on for the 4 or so years since I was able to give up satellite.

Thanks for the excellent and clear article, Bob. Having just been forced to upgrade my desktop monitor to what I suppose would be termed 1080p (23 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixels), I don't see myself upgrading until this one stops working. My previous monitor was 19 inch and 1440 x 900 and lasted 6 years!

Bleeding edge ? I thought the proper phrase is either "leading edge" or "cutting edge", LOL.

I have ordered a new model LT-42UE75 JVC without all the bells and whistles for 399 from Groupon. It should do everything the more expensive sets do. I have a great PC dedicated to my home theater system so I have al the "accessories" including the Amazon Prime Stick and internet access. I can easily up date and I have 14 days to return it if I am not happy. Look up the reviews of this very new model....seems too be worth looking into.

Nope, not interested. I am happy with my HDTVs.I have a good selection of DVDs, both regular and Blu-ray, they will play on my HDTVs.

However, I am so pleased that the 4K TVs, are going down in prices ... Because, that means that HDTVs are going down even further, in their prices!!! I just bought a 40" Spectre HDTV, 1080p, 3 HDMIs, but, it is not a SmartTV, with built-in WiFi, for $229! Now, to me, that's a great deal.

I didn't need the WiFi aspect, I already have a WiFi Router, and my grandson has a XBOX One, which does have WiFi and connects with my router. He can get all of the WiFi Apps, on his XBOX One. I use a NeoTV for another one of my HDTVs, for the same reason.

With today's technology, there is always another method that circumvents the latest technology, right Bob? :)

My next TV will be an OLED TV, as it's the closest thing to a plasma TV, the technology of which is no longer being produced. Plasma has consistently beaten LCD technology when it comes to picture quality. I recently viewed the latest Samsung ultra 4K 8000 series TV with a real 4K feed and came to the conclusion that the quality of the picture was not much better than my 9-year old Hitachi flat screen TV (1080-i) using the latest state-of-the art cable box from Comcast.

Oddly enough I was satisfied with wooden boxed 21” color console set. The only difference in the picture I am watching today is (my age is showing) that now advertisements are plastered over the picture. When I purchased a big, flat screen I didn’t realize the benefit was for advertisers. I actually don’t see a larger picture than before because the large icons in each corner and the banner at the bottom of the screen leave me with a 21" viewable picture. Do you know what the difference is between the television industry and a mugger? The television industry doesn’t need a gun. With the exception of the “Station Identification” required by the FCC, I never agreed to pay to have advertisements block any part of the picture I am paying to view. And I certainly did not agree to pay for a 70% increase in commercial messages during a program; it's ‘take-it-or-leave-it!’ So I am comfortable in saying I’m not paying to see and hear more commercials with better sound quality in improved depth of color!

At the Electronics show in Vegas last month, a Japanese company, maybe Sony, had 8k tv's.
They made 4k look silly. 8k looks so natural - what's on the screen looks like it's real and right in front of you.
Now what?

I got an HD TV for Christmas. The picture is great, so don't see the need to upgrade for a couple years.

I had to buy a new TV since my Samsung HD 46" LCD TV started getting vertical lines that could only be corrected by jiggling the cables in back. Got very irritating. I figured if I was going to buy a new TV, I may as well go for the 4K so I bought a Sony 55" bravia with the Triluminous display. It's really stunning. I can't wait for football to be in 4k.