03-20-2016, 10:21 PM
(03-20-2016, 08:50 PM)SickBeast Wrote: Right now in Canada you can get a 65" 4k TV for $999CAD. Granted, it's an off-brand, but it comes with an excellent Samsung panel and HDMI 2.0. I've been tempted to buy it but I'm waiting at least another year like you, gstanford. $999CAD should equate to about $999AUD as well. They're getting much cheaper.
They pretty much have to.
Marginal image quality differences plus scarce and expensive content plus saturation of working big 1080p tvs = slow times in the tv business.
It's a chicken vs egg situation- content won't be widespread until installed user base is, here compounded by bandwidth issues with the distribution network.
I would frankly be surprised if in 2 years 4k is like "cable HD" now for these reasons.
It's going to be the realm of videophiles for a while, and people that just needed to replace their tv for some reason.