soupdragon
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We already have the Sony VW1000 4k projector but at £17k, a bit out of reach for the majority. But, how soon before we get 4k in the home for the masses?
Some people are guessing 5 years. I'm guessing less than 2. Invites to Sony's Cedia event are given this little anecdote : Sony's invite to their press conference at CEDIA says: "Sony has Game Changing news for the Custom Install market."
Does this mean 4k for a reasonable price? Would be great wouldn't it
But the game changing news is likely to be more than just their new projector/(s). It's no co-incidence that the Playstation 4 is currently under development and there is a large amount of talk about downloaded games and content being at the heart of the way its launched and delivered - the Playstation store will be at the heart of it no doubt.
This all tapers in nicely to the fact that even if we get 4k - how will it be delivered? Hard-disk - downloaded - streamed? It could be that won't actually get it through a physical medium such as on disk but quite likely to be via download. Those with poor internet connections may sigh at the thought but this is another area which will is seeing major change. The new iPad for example is 4G ready and the way this market is evolving could see it moving into being a broadband competitor and 4G is only just the start.
A friend of mine is in the telecomm's business and he was telling me that the major players are falling over themselves to get a share of this new revolution and that you can forget about fast broadband - we'll be able to get it faster through the airwaves
So we've got BT infinity and super fast mobile download as 2 ways to get our 4k streaming/downloading and whether we need the hard copy platform remains to be seen.
Sony's claim about changing the game is likely to have a bit of substance IMO. It was Sony after all who kicked off the blu-ray revolution and they were bang on the money with that platform. Many people bought PS3's just for blu-ray with no intention of gaming. This could also be the case with the PS4. It therefore comes as no surprise that they will also be leading the way for the 4k revolution and the PS4 will likely be at the heart of the delivery.
Who knows whats going on the background with film studios etc to have a stack of 4k movies available for "the big launch". When Sony kicked off with the blu-ray platform, one of the key moves was to have major film studio's signed up which was a major reason for its success so it seem's logical to follow this same strategy once again.
This time next year, we may have their 4k projectors in our home, hooked up to their PS4 and buying our games and movies from their playstation store. A lucrative money spinner for Sony and you know what, if its reasonably priced they can have my money too
This is all speculation of course but the little anecdote above, coupled with the PS4 launch coming soon and the fact that the world is moving forward in all area's of content download leads me to think I'm not going to be too far off the mark. I certainly hope this is the case.
In the meantime, I've already started the planning for my 4k cinema. I watched the Dark Night Rises at the biggest cinema in Ireland last week and the screen was the entire size of that end of the room - edge to edge and floor to ceiling. 70ft wide and 25ft high
That's whats going to happen in my room. The back wall will just be pure screen area - nothing else - and I can just about fit a 160" screen from 12 ft viewing distance
Bring it on Sony - I'm ready!
Some people are guessing 5 years. I'm guessing less than 2. Invites to Sony's Cedia event are given this little anecdote : Sony's invite to their press conference at CEDIA says: "Sony has Game Changing news for the Custom Install market."
Does this mean 4k for a reasonable price? Would be great wouldn't it
But the game changing news is likely to be more than just their new projector/(s). It's no co-incidence that the Playstation 4 is currently under development and there is a large amount of talk about downloaded games and content being at the heart of the way its launched and delivered - the Playstation store will be at the heart of it no doubt.
This all tapers in nicely to the fact that even if we get 4k - how will it be delivered? Hard-disk - downloaded - streamed? It could be that won't actually get it through a physical medium such as on disk but quite likely to be via download. Those with poor internet connections may sigh at the thought but this is another area which will is seeing major change. The new iPad for example is 4G ready and the way this market is evolving could see it moving into being a broadband competitor and 4G is only just the start.
A friend of mine is in the telecomm's business and he was telling me that the major players are falling over themselves to get a share of this new revolution and that you can forget about fast broadband - we'll be able to get it faster through the airwaves
So we've got BT infinity and super fast mobile download as 2 ways to get our 4k streaming/downloading and whether we need the hard copy platform remains to be seen.
Sony's claim about changing the game is likely to have a bit of substance IMO. It was Sony after all who kicked off the blu-ray revolution and they were bang on the money with that platform. Many people bought PS3's just for blu-ray with no intention of gaming. This could also be the case with the PS4. It therefore comes as no surprise that they will also be leading the way for the 4k revolution and the PS4 will likely be at the heart of the delivery.
Who knows whats going on the background with film studios etc to have a stack of 4k movies available for "the big launch". When Sony kicked off with the blu-ray platform, one of the key moves was to have major film studio's signed up which was a major reason for its success so it seem's logical to follow this same strategy once again.
This time next year, we may have their 4k projectors in our home, hooked up to their PS4 and buying our games and movies from their playstation store. A lucrative money spinner for Sony and you know what, if its reasonably priced they can have my money too
This is all speculation of course but the little anecdote above, coupled with the PS4 launch coming soon and the fact that the world is moving forward in all area's of content download leads me to think I'm not going to be too far off the mark. I certainly hope this is the case.
In the meantime, I've already started the planning for my 4k cinema. I watched the Dark Night Rises at the biggest cinema in Ireland last week and the screen was the entire size of that end of the room - edge to edge and floor to ceiling. 70ft wide and 25ft high
That's whats going to happen in my room. The back wall will just be pure screen area - nothing else - and I can just about fit a 160" screen from 12 ft viewing distance
Bring it on Sony - I'm ready!