UltraHD Blurays and players will start coming by Christmas 2015

[Marek the Jedi]

more important thing for me is not resolutions but HDR and EXPANDED color !!!! to get 10bits per channel instead of 8bits is a BIG THING

 

 

http://www.cnet.com/news/ultra-hd-4k-blu-ray-what-we-know/

 

"High Dynamic Range: 4KBD will have HDR in the form of metadata, with Dolby Vision and other HDR formats as options. HDR is really cool. Part of this is an expansion of the bit-depth possible with 4KBD."

 

"10-bit: Both HDR and expanded color are possible, thanks to a higher bit-depth of 10, greater than current HD's 8-bit. At the very least, this means more steps of gradation (no banding, not that Blu-ray had much)."

 

but I agree with this :

"Sadly, most people won't care. Worse, most people won't know there's a difference. 4K is 4K to most people (and if you're reading this, I'm not counting you in the "most" group). That's a battle not likely to be won by an archaic physical media, no matter how shiny it's marketed as being. Think that's pessimistic? How many of your friends still watch DVDs?"

[John Marston]

has anyone bought a 4K player and 4K UHD Blu rays yet? How is the quality compared to regular Blu ray?

[WrathOfHan]

11 minutes ago, John Marston said:

has anyone bought a 4K player and 4K UHD Blu rays yet? How is the quality compared to regular Blu ray?

High Def Digest has some reviews up: http://ultrahd.highdefdigest.com/reviews.html

 

The AVS Forum and Blu-Ray.com Forum have some screenshot comparisons but they're all camera captures so not really the best metric. 

Edited February 23, 2016 by WrathOfHan

[John Marston]

anyone here buy a 4k player and Blu rays?

[RobinHood26]

Ehhhh I just bought a 1080 projector for my house. Guess these blu-rays will have to wait another 3 years for me.

[John Marston]

Anyone have 4K players and discs? Do you need a 4K tv or projector as well? How much better does it look than Blu Ray?

[John Marston]

oh my fucking God. Now I have no choice but to upgrade

 

 

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Dark-Knight-Trilogy-4K-Blu-ray/191635/