4K Movies Supported On PS4, But Sony Faces Obstacles
See Full ImageIt has already been confirmed that while no game will support the futuristic 4K resolution on the PlayStation 4, it will indeed support 4K movies.
Of course, as you might expect, any video showing in that ridiculous resolution might eat up some serious gigabytes...tons and tons of gigs, apparently. And that's a definite obstacle according to Sony Electronics President and COO Phil Molyneux.
In speaking to The Verge, Molyneux said 4K movies could eat up "100 gigabytes and plus," but they're trying to find ways to make obtaining such entertainment a "comfortable consumer experience." So he admits there are challenges the company needs to face, but they're striving to conquer those challenges. I'm not sure when we'll see movies, TV shows, and other forms of media popping up in 4K resolution, but when they do, the PS4 will be ready.
At least Sony doesn't have to use the system as they did the PS3; i.e., like Trojan Horse to sneak Blu-Ray into people's homes ASAP.
Tags: ps4, playstation 4, 4k resolution, ps4 4k movies
3/2/2013 10:55:33 AM Ben Dutka
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AcHiLLiA
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 1:14:22 PM
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Yukian
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 11:45:00 AM
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I'm not liking that the PS4 already have limitations even if it is for 4k res. which is quite ridiculous, but they don't even tell us that it may happen sometime in the future.
We knew the PS3 had (or should I say, have...?) hidden potential, now it seems, with what I've read about the specs, that we're gonna reach plateau a lot faster than previous gen which is not encouraging at all...
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firesoul453
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 11:51:39 AM
But even so the ps4 will definitely be a jump. 4k resolution is significantly more than 1080p (its like rendering 4 full 1080p screens at once).
But the ps4 will probably do 60 frames/sec 1080p no sweat!
I'm for one excited for the possibility of ps4. With 8 gbs or ram I want to see open world games like never before!
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WorldEndsWithMe
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 12:12:09 PM
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Beamboom
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 3:13:42 PM
Is it really desirable to sit there with a new machine and struggle with software issues and have to wait until the very *end* of the life cycle to be able to use it properly - long after the actual performance has become dated anyway?
Why do anyone want that? Throughout the years with my PS3 I've never understood that.
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firesoul453
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 11:47:08 AM
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Of course by the time 4k tvs become common, move disk in all formats might (unfortunately) be dead and everyone will just stream them (after a little bit of buffering lol)
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JROD0823
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 2:50:55 PM
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firesoul453
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 9:51:09 PM
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Crabba
Sunday, March 03, 2013 @ 7:19:50 PM
If there is a 4k video format it's 100% guaranteed to be disc-based only for many many years ahead...
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WorldEndsWithMe
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 12:12:38 PM
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AcHiLLiA
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 1:01:52 PM
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Ultimadesires
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 1:24:32 PM
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amonte64
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 1:40:08 PM
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ChaseHammer
Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 9:58:14 PM
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Simcoe
Sunday, March 03, 2013 @ 9:31:48 AM
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ChaseHammer
Sunday, March 03, 2013 @ 8:47:29 PM
Just saying 4K isnt a big feature.
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Simcoe
Monday, March 04, 2013 @ 5:24:25 PM
Also when HD TV's first hit the market (1998) they too cost as much as a car. I remember seeing large screen HD (720p) plasma sets showing up in mainstream electronic retailers (Future Shop) for the low, low price of $9999, four-years after the first commercial sets were introduced.
You're right that the majority of streaming content is 720p, although I believe that is due to consumers internet bandwidth preferences. Many streaming services do offer 1080p content too. Cinema Now, even Netflix now has their "Super HD" (1080p at 5-8 Mb/s) available on selected hardware (PS3 included) through partnered ISP's.
Sony Entertainment Network does offer 3DHD movies too, I believe they recommend a 5-8 Mb/s connection.
Ultimately 4k will be up to the consumer, but until then that's not going to stop manufacturers and others if they can make a profit from it.
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Doppel
Sunday, March 03, 2013 @ 12:27:50 AM
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___________
Sunday, March 03, 2013 @ 2:25:17 AM
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i gotta put up the question is it worth it though?
bluray was one thing, the players cost max 1200 bucks when they first came out.
4K TVs?
TWENTY FIVE!
and that price aint going to decrease too quickly.
not to mention to get the added benefit of 4K you really need to have a 70"+ TV, and people just dont have that space in their living rooms to have a TV of that size!
its come to the point where for technology to improve further its getting far too expensive, and also far too impractical.
to enjoy a full HD TV at launch they were 50" and no where near 25K and the 70"!
its just come to a point where its become so impractical most people just wont do it.
whos going to knock their living room down and extend it just so they can fit a 4K TV into it?
not to mention the optimal viewing distances are so large you have to sit far to far away from the screen to make it practical.
im not so sure 4K is the technology $ony should be pushing, im concerned its another 3D but FAR more costly!
look at all the buzz and hype $ony put into 3D, and now wheres it at?
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Simcoe
Sunday, March 03, 2013 @ 9:38:19 AM
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___________
Monday, March 04, 2013 @ 10:22:45 AM
dont forget sharp and other manufactures have already showed off 8K prototype TVs which expected to hit retail in 2018.
thats 5 years after 4K, is 5 years really going to be enough time for manufactures to get something up and running and make decent profits on it before people jump ship and the costs start over again with 8K?
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Crabba
Sunday, March 03, 2013 @ 7:31:54 PM
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Sure no one has 4k TV's currently, but a lot of people didn't have HD TVs when the PS3 came out, now you can't find non-HD TV's in the store...
Yes you would probably need 70"+ displays in order to see the difference, but for those of us with projectors that's not an issue, we've been enjoying 100"+ screens for many years, and at far lower costs than any big screen TVs, even now when "big screen" TVs are a lot cheaper per "inch" than they used to be...
For those who haven't tried it, I can just say there's nothing like gaming on a true big-screen, aka ~100" or so...
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Warrior Poet
Monday, March 04, 2013 @ 6:57:18 PM
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PHOENIXZERO
Monday, March 04, 2013 @ 9:03:35 PM
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Either way, 4k is beyond ridiculous and probably won't be adopted by the mainstream in the PS4's life time since the screen size required to make 4K start to matter is way above the average TV size. Besides that, it's not going to supported by TV networks/providers either in the foreseeable future, hell most of them still don't do 1080p. They're not going to 4K/2160p any time soon.
4K will come to pass when we get video walls though by that point 8K will be out.
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startazz
Tuesday, March 05, 2013 @ 4:46:40 PM
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I wondered when i might get the full use out of that bad boy action camera now all i need is a TV which could handle it too LOL.
Now IF we did have games in that format would be just mental,i mean that in a good way. :-)
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Beamboom
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Saturday, March 02, 2013 @ 11:37:08 AM
And if now only we get the news that GTA5 will come for the PS4 too, well then history repeats itself in a wonderful fashion here: I got my PS3 bundled with GTA4 after deciding on this platform because of Blu-ray.