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    Lightbulb The Future Is Now: 4K Content in 2014

    The Future Is Now: All the Ways You'll See 4K Content in 2014

    By the way, LG has the World's Largest 4K Ultra HD Curved OLED TV - 77" (CES 2014).




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    Re: The Future Is Now: 4K Content in 2014

    looks killer
    I knew that would happen.Now we just need the prices to come down.
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    Re: The Future Is Now: 4K Content in 2014

    Killer? Sublime is more like it! ...Can you imagine having that in your own living room! ...Not the TV, the girl (the brunette one)!

    The price? I don't know; give it a year or so and perhaps five grands? ...Not the girl, the TV!
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    Re: The Future Is Now: 4K Content in 2014

    I'm making plans for one these in the new home theater.OLED+4K that will be SOTA.

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    Re: The Future Is Now: 4K Content in 2014

    I will stick with my 73" TV until HD comes way down like 2 years from now.
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    Re: The Future Is Now: 4K Content in 2014

    I agree the price will have to come down. I may be willing to jump in 12 months. By then any reliability issues will have surfaced.
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    Re: The Future Is Now: 4K Content in 2014

    Yes, 12 to 18 months is a good waiting period from right now.

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    Re: The Future Is Now: 4K Content in 2014

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    Re: The Future Is Now: 4K Content in 2014

    Is that an LCD LED (or plasma) Gary? ...And are you buying one?

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    Btw, Samsung has also a 105" Curved 4K HDTV (I don't know the price), and here's what Michael Bay has to say about it:

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    Re: The Future Is Now: 4K Content in 2014

    Quote Originally Posted by NorthStar View Post
    Is that an LCD LED (or plasma) Gary? ...And are you buying one?

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    If I had $150K to spend, I would get a Christie 4K projector ($120K), a 200 inch Stewart screen ($25K) and have $5K left over for a few movies.

    In view of the fact that I don't watch much TV and don't have the attention span or patience to sit through a movie at home (in a movie theater I'm a captive audience) I won't be purchasing either.

    I actually have a 160 inch diagonal retractable screen behind the IRS that I used to use for 35mm slide shows but that hasn't been used in over 20 years.
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    Re: The Future Is Now: 4K Content in 2014

    Where is all the content? I've got one darn 4k video downloaded onto my Samsung and that's pretty much all the 4K content I've used on my set for the past 3 months. Do admit the standard HD is slightly better than my previous Samsung.
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    Where is all the content? I've got one darn 4k video downloaded onto my Samsung and that's pretty much all the 4K content I've used on my set for the past 3 months. Do admit the standard HD is slightly better than my previous Samsung.
    The recent AVShowrooms reviews on YouTube are shot in 4k. Just need to adjust your settings I'm told.
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    Re: The Future Is Now: 4K Content in 2014

    Content is coming. It's going to take a bit of time. I'm figuring by Sept of 15 things should be taking hold.

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    Re: The Future Is Now: 4K Content in 2014

    i don't know about this Super Bowl but next one is shown in 4K.

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    OT...so where does NorthStar hang now ? He must be running out of audio forums ?
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    And I think it's gonna be a long long time
    Till touch down brings me round again to find

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    Re: The Future Is Now: 4K Content in 2014

    Foggy, what Samsung TV did you get, I am looking at a 75 inch for our new house.

    And are you happy with it ?
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    Re: The Future Is Now: 4K Content in 2014

    Purchased my 65 inch from Costco (model UN65HU8500 which I think was model specific for Costco). It's amazing. The normal HD content has improved over my previous 55 inch Samsung which was a similar model from a few years ago. Downloaded some 4K content onto a thumb drive and have it plugged into the back of the TV to demonstrate when friends come over....everyone has the same reaction of disbelief at how incredible the image is. The resolution and color is truly shocking.
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    Re: The Future Is Now: 4K Content in 2014

    And when will the 4K become the norm if ever?
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    Re: The Future Is Now: 4K Content in 2014

    Very limited today, but with Netflix and Amazon are now streaming 4k...
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    Re: The Future Is Now: 4K Content in 2014

    Quote Originally Posted by KeithR View Post
    Very limited today, but with Netflix and Amazon are now streaming 4k...
    I don't think Amazon is streaming 4k. If they are, they are hiding it well.
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    Re: The Future Is Now: 4K Content in 2014

    I just did the 55 LG OLED for my daughter's rec room cuz it seems 4k needs time and the OLED picture with 1080p is pretty awesome now IMO.

    The OLED 4k's will be the cats meo when content shows up.

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    Re: The Future Is Now: 4K Content in 2014

    MadFloyd: It'll be awhile until Amazon becomes populated with 4k content. That said, if you have a 4k TV and want to stream 4K content from Amazon - just load up the Breaking Bad or House of Cards (season 2) series and enjoy.

    Flexible Audio: That OLED may not be 4k, but it sure is a sweet TV. I'm pretty jelly of your daughter atm.

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    Re: The Future Is Now: 4K Content in 2014

    If can't spend it on the family?

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