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<blockquote data-quote="dtown8532" data-source="post: 94506" data-attributes="member: 320"><p>I read a couple articles about this. It seems that it may be possible the PS4 (and probably the Xbox One) will be or could be made to read these discs. While these discs certainly could be useful for gaming, they're probably going to cost too much per disc to make it financially viable, at least in the beginning. Say a game takes up 100 gb of data. It would probably be cheaper to put the game onto two or even three 50gb BluRay's than a single 300gb. This is simply based on the historical cost of new storage mediums. Look at how expensive blank BluRay discs were in the beginning compared to dvd-r's. I can see more of a use for these in the professional world.</p><p></p><p>As far as storage for 4k movies go, I guess so. You know Sony is pushing it. Now, I've been a techy guy for a long time. Got my home theater and all that crap. But I'm done. 2k BluRay's look great. I have a decent collection of BluRay's and I'm not buying these movies again. There's been TONS of discussion and argument over 720p vs. 1080p (and now) vs. 4k. Most people agree that with a moving image it mostly depends on screen size. I remember that test Pioneer did years ago with their 720p plasma vs. other manufacturer's 1080p lcd's. They had several home theater media enthusiasts in a room with a line of 50" flat panels. One was a 720p Pioneer Plasma (RIP) and the others were 1080p lcd's made by numerous other companies. Onviously, all the logos were covered up. They played media on them and asked which one looked the best. The answers were either the Pioneer or no one could tell. Bottom line was, at that screen size, it was very difficult to tell the difference between 720p and 1080p. How much bigger of a TV does the average house need to tell the difference between 2k and 4k? Geeze, most people don't even care. My girlfriend can't even tell the difference between DVD and BluRay.</p><p></p><p>I think when it comes to double, triple, etc. dipping, movie studios are scared. They've made millions off of getting people to rebuy the same movie on a new format. However, we've finally come to a point where, with BluRay, the home version looks just as good, if not better (many catalog titles) than it did in the theater. Sony and Panny can do all the fancy marketing they want but they're not selling this guy a new optical format for film. I'm done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dtown8532, post: 94506, member: 320"] I read a couple articles about this. It seems that it may be possible the PS4 (and probably the Xbox One) will be or could be made to read these discs. While these discs certainly could be useful for gaming, they're probably going to cost too much per disc to make it financially viable, at least in the beginning. Say a game takes up 100 gb of data. It would probably be cheaper to put the game onto two or even three 50gb BluRay's than a single 300gb. This is simply based on the historical cost of new storage mediums. Look at how expensive blank BluRay discs were in the beginning compared to dvd-r's. I can see more of a use for these in the professional world. As far as storage for 4k movies go, I guess so. You know Sony is pushing it. Now, I've been a techy guy for a long time. Got my home theater and all that crap. But I'm done. 2k BluRay's look great. I have a decent collection of BluRay's and I'm not buying these movies again. There's been TONS of discussion and argument over 720p vs. 1080p (and now) vs. 4k. Most people agree that with a moving image it mostly depends on screen size. I remember that test Pioneer did years ago with their 720p plasma vs. other manufacturer's 1080p lcd's. They had several home theater media enthusiasts in a room with a line of 50" flat panels. One was a 720p Pioneer Plasma (RIP) and the others were 1080p lcd's made by numerous other companies. Onviously, all the logos were covered up. They played media on them and asked which one looked the best. The answers were either the Pioneer or no one could tell. Bottom line was, at that screen size, it was very difficult to tell the difference between 720p and 1080p. How much bigger of a TV does the average house need to tell the difference between 2k and 4k? Geeze, most people don't even care. My girlfriend can't even tell the difference between DVD and BluRay. I think when it comes to double, triple, etc. dipping, movie studios are scared. They've made millions off of getting people to rebuy the same movie on a new format. However, we've finally come to a point where, with BluRay, the home version looks just as good, if not better (many catalog titles) than it did in the theater. Sony and Panny can do all the fancy marketing they want but they're not selling this guy a new optical format for film. I'm done. [/QUOTE]
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