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The 4K Blu-ray format could be dead in the water
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Author:  pcernie [ Thu May 01, 2014 5:40 pm ]
Post subject:  The 4K Blu-ray format could be dead in the water
http://www.techradar.com/news/video/blu ... er-1246497

People don't buy discs cos there's little worth buying! At least in terms of films.

The average person probably already has the biggest TV they can fit and it should last years, so 4K can't be as crap as the HD jump.
Author:  big_D [ Fri May 02, 2014 4:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The 4K Blu-ray format could be dead in the water
We have a 32" FullHD panel, we could fit something bigger in the room, but there isn't enough good stuff on TV to warrant replacing it. The 32 is big enough.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Fri May 02, 2014 6:10 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The 4K Blu-ray format could be dead in the water
big_D wrote:
We have a 32" FullHD panel, we could fit something bigger in the room, but there isn't enough good stuff on TV to warrant replacing it. The 32 is big enough.

Snap.
We didn't see the need for anything bigger. Plus the picture is less sharp as the size increases. So we bought a high quality 32" smart TV. It's very handy for iPlayer.
Author:  ChurchCat [ Fri May 02, 2014 8:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The 4K Blu-ray format could be dead in the water
Never bought into Blu-ray.

Getting a player for each set in the house so that the discs could be watched on each set in the house is prohibitive. DVD players generally get demoted from main TV to guest room. So the guests can watch any dvd that I own.

Having said that, my Apple TV now also allows me to watch all my dvd's so in the future I might buy a BR player. IF the discs are easy to rip onto my server.

What are the chances of a 4K disc being DRM free and easy to rip I wonder?

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Author:  Spreadie [ Fri May 02, 2014 9:24 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The 4K Blu-ray format could be dead in the water
32" 720p telly in the lounge. I *might* replace it, but only because it's old and one of the HDMI ports is dead and the other is a bit hit and miss; but it'll likely be another 32". My son has a bigger telly on his bedroom wall - FIFA 14, nuff said.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Fri May 02, 2014 10:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The 4K Blu-ray format could be dead in the water
ChurchCat wrote:
IF the discs are easy to rip onto my server.]
There is software to do that. Though I've had issue with it using the audio commentary as the sound file rather than the normal audio.
Author:  Spreadie [ Fri May 02, 2014 11:33 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The 4K Blu-ray format could be dead in the water
l3v1ck wrote:
ChurchCat wrote:
IF the discs are easy to rip onto my server.]
There is software to do that. Though I've had issue with it using the audio commentary as the sound file rather than the normal audio.

Playback software like VLC allows you to select which audio to play with the video. However, you can manually select the correct audio track if you fully re-author it in the same fashion as DVD Shrink, allowing you to strip out trailers, additional content and foreign language audio.
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