Apple's Rumored Amazon Echo Competitor Could Be a Next-Generation Apple TV

[wilsonlaidlaw]

4K TV's are not expensive now. 50" HiSense £399 (US$575). When I went into my local electronics store in France (Darty), all the TV's on view except the ones under 37" were 4K. The only people who don't think 4K is worthwhile are people who have recently bought a 1080p TV and are trying to justify being a cheapskate to themselves. I have a gen. 1 4K 49" Philips TV from early 2014 and they have improved quite a bit since then, particularly in frame rates, as well as coming down to less than half in price. The picture on the Philips 4K is way ahead of the 2012 1080p 40" Philips I have in the UK both in resolution (native 4K and upscaled) and colour accuracy. I will replace the UK 1080p TV as soon as Sky starts to transmit in H265 4K.

 

[Carl Sagan]

4K TV's are not expensive now. 50" HiSense £399 (US$575). When I went into my local electronics store in France (Darty), all the TV's on view except the ones under 37" were 4K. The only people who don't think 4K is worthwhile are people who have recently bought a 1080p TV and are trying to justify being a cheapskate to themselves. I have a gen. 1 4K 49" Philips TV from early 2014 and they have improved quite a bit since then, particularly in frame rates, as well as coming down to less than half in price. The picture on the Philips 4K is way ahead of the 2012 1080p 40" Philips I have in the UK both in resolution (native 4K and upscaled) and colour accuracy. I will replace the UK 1080p TV as soon as Sky starts to transmit in H265 4K.

They're not but they're not widespread and won't be for another year or two. And there's still not enough content for those who do have one...