Rogers 4K
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Knowing Rogers, they'll sneakily 'upgrade' your monthly bill to 4K. I don't understand the 'need' to upgrade to 4K since how much better can it actually be? Besides, how much TV can you actually watch every day for the money that you're paying?
canada-man
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the tv companies forced the public to switch to digital, then hd and now 4k? what will the next "must have" upgrade?
AFAIK, the set top box converts the digital signal for older analog TV's unless you have a very ancient set with rabbit ears and dials. Another option is to get an indoor or outdoor HDTV antenna, which is a one time cost and you get TV channels (albeit a much more limited selection) for free.
That would not surprise me.
I've seen some 4K LED TVs and to be honest, the clarity is excellent but I still prefer the super blacks and natural look of everything on my Panasonic Plasma. No need for me to upgrade any time soon.
It's a bit of a read but this explains a lot, and why my Plasma is still better than 4K LCD/LED for motion and deep blacks.
Why Ultra HD 4K TVs are still stupid.
The flood of TVs with higher resolution than 1080p is inevitable, but at typical TV sizes, quadruple the pixels makes no difference in picture quality and are not worth the extra price...
http://www.cnet.com/news/why-ultra-hd-4k-tvs-are-still-stupid/
Although he does go on to say 4K isn't as stupid anymore as they have made improvements.
http://www.cnet.com/news/4k-tvs-arent-stupid-anymore/
I recently upgraded to 4K.
* TV Cost: A little more than a regular HD TV, but if you look for sales and price match the difference is not that much.
* Why Buy a 4K? Decided to future proof in the event that 4K becomes main stream.
* Rogers Cost Increase? Actually my costs went down and I received the new 4K box. The remote is great because it is back lit. You will also want to have unlimited monthly usage as 4K content on Netflix chews up a lot of gigs.
* Installation: A technician needs to install it to set it up on your TV. The tech was great as he cleaned up my current cable network by adding an electronic master cable switch for all of the TV's throughout the house.
* Content: Limited for now on Rogers but the tech informed me that they are waiting for the CRTC ruling on bundles to finalize. We should start seeing more 4K channels, similar to how fast the HD channels became mainstream.
* Netflix: I upgraded to the 4K Netflix - I think it is $12/month, but you can have 4 Netflix users on one account at any time.
* Picture Quality: The 4K content on Netflix and Rogers sports is crystal clear. The regular HD channels are also up-scaled and look good. Some older shows do not look that great and the Rogers community channel, still in analogue, looks pretty crappy (hard to believe we were used to watching that quality).
* 4K TV's: Do your homework! Some 4K TV's are great for sports and others are not. I first had a Vizio and it was horrible for watching sports. The Sony on the other hand was and is amazing.
* Plasma: Still have an older plasma and as previously mentioned, the colors and blacks are very good compared to the 4K experience. If the plasma was still on the market I would have went that route instead of 4K.
* Others: Depending on your TV you can watch you tube videos in 4K. If you have a new'ish cell phone, you can view your videos in 4K on the TV. It is amazing the quality of the picture and how easy it is to make videos. The days of recording videos on a hand camera then plugging it in to your TV are gone. Today's smart phone can link in wireless and you can watch a video instantly.
If you are at the stage of where you need to upgrade your TV's (I was since my old CRT blew), 4K is a neat experience.
This is a great site for 4K TV reviews...
http://ca.rtings.com/tv/reviews/by-resolution/4k-ultra-hd-uhd/best
This makes the most sense to me: coming from a dead tube job TV to a 4K TV. Like you said, the cost difference today between a standard HD and a 4K is not significant. IMO upgrading from a 1080P TV doesn't make sense right now because of the lack of content. DVD's will probably look pretty lousy since you have to upscale them. Blu Ray would look better I'm sure.
I think I recently saw a 4K demo TV at Best Buy and the picture looks so sharp that it actually looks fake. I guess the contrast, sharpness is cranked so high that it doesn't look right.
In the not so distant future, we'll have free 4K over the air so I don't see the point of paying for Rogers today.
I recently upgraded to 4K at home and at the cottage (needed a new TV, so figured wtf). Overall cable bill decreased slightly as someone else mentioned. The 4K receiver doesn't do PVR yet, so no way was I switching to that at home. Apparently a PVR 4K box will be out this month. I got a 4K receiver for the cottage - you definitely notice a difference in sporting events.
I don't doubt sports looks better, but could just be it's improved technology of the new TV. The only way to tell for sure would be to have 2 identical TVs side by side, one with a 1080p box and the other with 4K. But nobody's going to do that.
The next big thing will be OLED TVs. Still expensive but the price will come down in the next couple years. They will blow away any LED LCD like Plasma did.
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