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Sony today announced (via Videogamer) a new 4K Media Player, which certainly looks a lot like the PlayStation 4 with its angular edges and rectangular shape. Sorry to burst your bubble, though. It's not a re-designed PS4.

The 4K Ultra HD Media Player (FMP-X10) goes on sale this summer (price TBA) and allows you to download, stream, and store a range of 4K content. You can download movies and shows from Sony's Video Unlimited 4K, stream 4K content from Netflix, or even play back content from a Sony 4K TV. The box includes 1TB of built-in storage and of course, you'll need a 4K-compatible TV to make it work.

The PS4 does not currently support 4K output for games. Prior to the console's launch last year, Sony said that it isconsidering adding support for 4K output for still images and movie content, but made clear that "there are no further details to share."
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Was at the local BJ's over the weekend and saw a Samsung 4K TV. First time I've seen one in person. I will say even with the crappy connections they have the TVs hooked up to the pic quality was night and day better than the 65" 1080P set right next to it. That being said still not enough to get me to upgrade my HD set. I didnt think the price was to bad either.
 
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When I saw one at Best Buy last year my jaw dropped. It was an amazing sight. I want one bad but it's going to be a decade until 4k content is delivered easily to the masses.
 
Exactly, you can't even get 1080P for broadcast media now. It did look awesome, though, I'm more than happy with my "regular" HD TV :)
 
Just think if Aliens hadn't crashed on this planet we wouldn't have been able to reverse engineer cool stuff like this.
 
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Yeah, 4K looks great, but at this point, its too forward thinking. There's not enough out there that can take advantage of it, and there wont be for a long time. Luckily, when there finally is, 4K will be much cheaper no doubt.
 
geez that is a pretty good price and not bad at all. that seems like a pretty loaded TV so 3500 is not bad not bad at all for a 65 inch too. Anyway know how much download speed you'd need to stream a 4K movie or show?

One way to get 4K content is download like the first 10 mins of a movie then as you watch the rest is downloading.
 
thats not a bad price at all, but pretty much worthless outside of "look at what I got"

for now anyway...
 
I could definitely tell a big difference going from standard def. to 1080P and there is def. a big difference going from 1080 to 4K. There just isn't enough content to justify the purchase.
 
BDaddyK said:
I could definitely tell a big difference going from standard def. to 1080P and there is def. a big difference going from 1080 to 4K. There just isn't enough content to justify the purchase.
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I hope they have super bluray a or some kind of pyhsical media for 4K, Netflix has some shows that can be streamed in 4K but they can't even match bluray quality in 1080p so don't know how much their 4K streaming is going to suck.
 
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I hope they have super bluray a or some kind of pyhsical media for 4K, Netflix has some shows that can be streamed in 4K but they can't even match bluray quality in 1080p so don't know how much their 4K streaming is going to suck.
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Their streaming 4K stuff will prolly be 1080p quality :P
 
Are there any movies, tv shows or tv channels that even support 4k feeds yet?
 
4K TV owners will have more options for content as 4K Blu-ray discs and players could arrive as early as the 2015 holiday season, according to TechRadar.

Chairman of the Blu-ray Disk Association Global Promotions Committee Victor Matsuda confirmed the report, and said he expects 4K Blu-rays to cost more than Blu-rays, similar to when Blu-rays launched at double the price of DVDs. The Blu-ray formats should come closer in price as the market grows for 4K discs.

Sony Electronics launched a line of Bravia 4K Ultra HD television sets in June 2014 that were revealed to include access to PlayStation Now, which has been in open beta in North America since July. Sony will roll PlayStation Now out in Europe next year with the UK getting the first beta.

Licensing for 4K Blu-ray is expected to be finalized in the first half of 2014 with hardware and 2160p discs ready to launch for the holidays.
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Bout time.
 
Finally something those with 4K TV can enjoy, I heard 4K streaming is barely Blu ray quality.
 
Jay Mammoth said:
Finally something those with 4K TV can enjoy, I heard 4K streaming is barely Blu ray quality.
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Is there any actual 4K steaming services yet ? I thought Sony was to have the first one, but have not heard of it going live.

All I know is that actual 4K physical content on a decent 4K TV looks fookin stunning.
 
Netflix has Breaking Bad and House of Cards in 4K AVS reviewed it and said they were on par with the blurays. But yeah I'll be interested in 4K when these players and discs are released.
 
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Netflix has Breaking Bad and House of Cards in 4K AVS reviewed it and said they were on par with the blurays. But yeah I'll be interested in 4K when these players and discs are released.
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House of Cards Season 2 on NF blows away 1080p Blu-ray.
Season 1 wasn't completely filmed in 4K I heard.
 
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