View Poll Results: 2023 - Do you support the 4K UHD format for physical media and streaming?
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2023 -- Are you supporting the 4K UHD format for physical media and streaming?
01-19-23, 10:09 PM
#26
DVD Talk Legend
Re: 2023 -- Are you supporting the 4K UHD format for physical media and streaming?
Yes to both. 4K to buy physical media for movies that will rock the home theater. If a streaming option, 4K that way also if available.
01-19-23, 11:06 PM
#27
DVD Talk Hero
Re: 2023 -- Are you supporting the 4K UHD format for physical media and streaming?
I'm buying DAWN OF THE DEAD 2004 on 4K and that might be it. I think at this point I would upgrade about 20-25 movies to 4K, and that's all I'm buying.
01-20-23, 05:05 PM
#28
DVD Talk Godfather
Re: 2023 -- Are you supporting the 4K UHD format for physical media and streaming?
I support both. Discs still look better so movies I really want, I'll stick with physical and stream the others.
I've double dipped on a handful that I had on BD but mostly I stick to new releases. I have upgraded a handful from DVD that I never double dipped on for BD.
I've double dipped on a handful that I had on BD but mostly I stick to new releases. I have upgraded a handful from DVD that I never double dipped on for BD.
01-26-23, 03:35 PM
#29
Re: 2023 -- Are you supporting the 4K UHD format for physical media and streaming?
Yes, but primarily streaming.
Yes, 4K on disc is great, especially the sound. I saw some of Game of Thrones on 4K disc recently and the opening credits are a whole different experience in DTS. I don't see a difference in picture quality in general.
However, streaming is just so much cheaper, with regular iTunes sales. Relatively new releases go on sale for $10 regularly. I bought the 10-movie Star Trek collection for $20. Would the discs be better? Probably, at least a bit. Would it be worth hundreds of dollars more? Not at all.
Yes, 4K on disc is great, especially the sound. I saw some of Game of Thrones on 4K disc recently and the opening credits are a whole different experience in DTS. I don't see a difference in picture quality in general.
However, streaming is just so much cheaper, with regular iTunes sales. Relatively new releases go on sale for $10 regularly. I bought the 10-movie Star Trek collection for $20. Would the discs be better? Probably, at least a bit. Would it be worth hundreds of dollars more? Not at all.
01-26-23, 03:57 PM
#30
DVD Talk Hero
Re: 2023 -- Are you supporting the 4K UHD format for physical media and streaming?
Originally Posted by rbrown498
My passive 3D TV died last month, and since there are no more of those floating around, I replaced it with a 4K TV...and since I was getting a 4K TV, I also bought a 4K disc player.
I have a few 4K discs that I've picked up for cheap along the way, but I find that the visual difference between a 4K disc and a well-mastered Blu-ray disc is so slight that I don't see upgrading anything that I've already got on Blu-ray. As it stands, I won't be able to watch everything I already own on disc before I die, so there's really no need to add another format into the mix.
As far as 4K streaming goes, I don't care one way or another.
Sometimes, good enough is good enough.
I have a few 4K discs that I've picked up for cheap along the way, but I find that the visual difference between a 4K disc and a well-mastered Blu-ray disc is so slight that I don't see upgrading anything that I've already got on Blu-ray. As it stands, I won't be able to watch everything I already own on disc before I die, so there's really no need to add another format into the mix.
As far as 4K streaming goes, I don't care one way or another.
Sometimes, good enough is good enough.
My kids don't care, they're fine with streaming on the non 4k tv. And I still buy DVD and Blu Rays, especially for stuff like Toku or anime which aren't going to get a 4k release anytime soon.
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01-27-23, 01:09 AM
#31
DVD Talk Legend
Re: 2023 -- Are you supporting the 4K UHD format for physical media and streaming?
At the moment, only 4K UHD (physical media).
