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re: Smart LED TV vs 4K Ultra Smart LED?
Posted on 11/30/15 at 11:15 am to CptRusty
Posted on 11/30/15 at 11:15 am to CptRusty
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I bought my last TV in 2007 when HD was just starting to become common place. Now, 8 years later, HD is the norm. I expect in another 3-4 years 4K content will be similarly ubiquitous and I'll have a TV that can handle it.
4K content is more like 7-8 years away ubiquitously, if even that.
It may become more normal on Netflix and Amazon, but even that is a few years away.
getting you a live broadcast of 4k through your cable will cost cable companies and broadcasters billions and billions of dollars to upgrade equipment. They aren't doing that until the public need for 4k has reached it's peak, and i doubt that happens anytime soon.
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Posted on 11/30/15 at 11:24 am to bamarep
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The results at my house proved different. I had 4 different HDMI cables already (none of them really cheap), none of them were very clear.
What does "none of them very clear" mean, specifically?
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I went and bought one "rated" for 4K speed and the picture was clear as a bell.
All high-speed cables are 4K rated. This includes the $5 Monoprice cables I've been buying for years. Cable types explained:
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You explain the difference then smart guy when the only variable was the cable.
You're a gump.
Posted on 11/30/15 at 11:29 am to SG_Geaux
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The HDMI spec changes almost every year.
The cables you use and all equipment in the chain needs to be HDMI Spec 1.4a to properly support 4k video.
So no. Not just any HDMI cable will work.
It is quite a racket they have going.
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As of the HDMI 1.4 specification, the following cable types are defined for HDMI in general:[114][115]
Standard HDMI Cable – up to 1080i and720p
Standard HDMI Cable with Ethernet
Automotive HDMI Cable
High Speed HDMI Cable – 1080p, 4K, 3Dand deep color
High Speed HDMI Cable with Ethernet
As long as it is the right HDMI spec the brand does not matter, but it has to be the right spec to support everything.
This is very confused. Cables are not defined in terms of the HDMI spec. They're defined as High Speed et.al. as you went on to post, and probably any cable you've bought in at least the last five years is high speed, including $5 cables from Monoprice. See the link in my earlier message for the hdmi.org FAQ on the subject.
Posted on 11/30/15 at 11:42 am to TeddyPadillac
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4K content is more like 7-8 years away ubiquitously, if even that.
Exactly.
1080p is not even ubiquitous yet.
Posted on 11/30/15 at 1:01 pm to SG_Geaux
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1080p is not even ubiquitous yet.
I would consider "HD" ubiquitous whether you're talking about 720p, 1080i, or 1080p and if you play video games (which I do) then 1080p is definitely the norm.
As already noted, Netflix has 4k content available. I disagree with the futurist predicting 7-8 years, but hey, guess we'll see.
The real question is whether or not the extra cost is justified, and that's a purely subjective judgement.
Posted on 11/30/15 at 1:14 pm to CptRusty
What source does Best Buy use to display the 4k in their stores?
Posted on 11/30/15 at 1:17 pm to LSUlefty
i think theres a samsung box that they get the content from
Posted on 11/30/15 at 1:37 pm to TeddyPadillac
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4K content is more like 7-8 years away ubiquitously, if even that.
It may become more normal on Netflix and Amazon, but even that is a few years away.
getting you a live broadcast of 4k through your cable will cost cable companies and broadcasters billions and billions of dollars to upgrade equipment. They aren't doing that until the public need for 4k has reached it's peak, and i doubt that happens anytime soon.
As soon as it becomes standard on streaming services cable companies will have to upgrade or they will die. They are already losing millions and millions of customers a year because of cord cutting.
Posted on 11/30/15 at 2:13 pm to sasquatch69
Smart TV's hooked up to the Internet = your TV is watching YOU.... 
Posted on 12/1/15 at 10:56 am to AjaxFury
Any difference between a Smart TV and a Smart Blu Ray?
Posted on 12/1/15 at 11:20 am to CptRusty
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1080p is not even ubiquitous yet.
I would consider "HD" ubiquitous whether you're talking about 720p, 1080i, or 1080p and if you play video games (which I do) then 1080p is definitely the norm.
ESPN is 720p
NBC Sunday Night Football is 1080
The difference is huge, does ESPN give a shite? NO
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