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Watching in 4k?

Synawke
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What are you watching them on? 

Youtube has 4K videos all over

Netflix? You need to pay more for UHD, you have to update billing in your account settings

Blu Ray? Not 4K

 

You need a player that supports 4K which is either the stuff built into your TV or a 4K compatible device

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4 minutes ago, Synawke said:

I just got a new 4k TV and the only think 4k ive been able to watch is the youtube demos for 4k TVs. I heard that some movies and shows like transformers and iron fist are in 4k. but when i go to watch them it is 100% not 4k. What am i doing wrong?

 

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So Youtube 4k is just upsampled 1080p (Youtube resolutions are just bitrate changes not actual resolution changes). And broadcast TV is only 1080p as well (About the same bitrate as 1080pYT) 

Netflix is a good option but only if you're willing to pay more for it. 

Blu Ray videos do look WAY better then a lot of video you will find (Higher bitrate then both YT 4k and Broadcast TV).

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If you want some actual 4K footage to watch, without spending money, the best I can suggest are 4K samples http://kodi.wiki/view/Samples

 

But otherwise... YouTube's 4K alright, but not that great. I don't know about Netflix or other services since I don't subscribe to them. I'm sure UHD Blu Ray is nice, but I don't have a UHD Blu Ray player and I rarely buy movies (no, I don't pirate them, I just don't watch movies)

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The only actual real 4k footage is UHD-Bluray, streaming etc is so compressed to get the sheer amount of data out that it is probably not even as good as normal Blu-ray. Also, don't forget the stand out feature is HDR, not 4k.

 

I bought the Panasonic UB900 late last year and I haven't looked back, although UHD blu ray releases are still thin on the ground

 

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