Sony's 4K Ultra HD Player for $699

[Ian_Cassidy]

Source:http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/03/sonys-4k-ultra-hd-player-now-available-for-699

I don't see myself purchasing anything 4K for a while but I bet there are a lot of pixel pirates out there that would buy this in a heartbeat.

[obsidian1200]

Really, it's not that much more expensive than the PS3 at launch. I can see people who have 4K sets jumping on this at launch.

[orangecat]

What's the point isn't the PS4 capable of 4K when playing video anyways???

[Lyons]

I remember when Bluray players were $800... now you can buy them for less that $100. Give it a few years  :P

[Beskamir]

I bet my computer can play 4K videos of a file. unfortunatly my monitor is only 1080p:( either way I have no reason to buy this....

[ShadyHost]

Discs and physical media need to go.

 

Streaming. That is all. 

 

 

Also people who have a super expensive 4k display should just have a media rig with a graphics card that supports 4k. Much better compared to stupid discs and crappy sony boxes. 

[Ngrungebb91]

Discs and physical media need to go.

 

Streaming. That is all. 

 

 

Also people who have a super expensive 4k display should just have a media rig with a graphics card that supports 4k. Much better compared to stupid discs and crappy sony boxes. 

While I agree with you on that. Most people do not have that bandwidth to stream 4K content in a timely manner. In my area (Northeast Pennsylvania), the average internet speed is about 10mb/s which isn't really that fast at all. Some ISP's in certain areas just dont offer ultrafast speeds above like 50mb/s or so.

[ShadyHost]

I have 50/5

 

Even then you can just download 4k content. 

[Samdb]

Discs and physical media need to go.

 

Streaming. That is all. 

 

 

Also people who have a super expensive 4k display should just have a media rig with a graphics card that supports 4k. Much better compared to stupid discs and crappy sony boxes. 

Streaming 4K might be a little ambitious.

[ShadyHost]

Streaming 4K might be a little ambitious.

Well since Google Fiber is still a bit new, bandwidth will suck for a little while longer. 

 

BUT, Time Warner is in Texas in the same area that Google Fiber is available  and since GF is the same price as 50/5 with TWC (what I have) I can expect the price on my internet to go down or the speeds to go up. 

[mgsstar]

Pretty dumb that they only made it compatible with Sony's 4K TV. Guess that they didn't want people with another 4K TV brand to buy their player. If they opened it to everyone, it might become a success. But $700 is overpriced imo.

[Nicktrance]

Doesn't the PS4 have 4K out? It could be a great idea to market it as a 4K player too. Similar to how they marketed the PS3 with blu ray.

[PCBudgetSolutions]

I remember when Bluray players were $800... now you can buy them for less that $100. Give it a few years  :P

My ex bought me one at Walmart for 40 bucks.

[Lays]

Discs and physical media need to go.

 

Streaming. That is all. 

 

 

Also people who have a super expensive 4k display should just have a media rig with a graphics card that supports 4k. Much better compared to stupid discs and crappy sony boxes. 

 

only problem is streaming that kinda stuff off the internet takes a decent connection, some people dont have that :s