any word on 4k launch?

[Bobby]

There isn't a lot of 4K content yet. You can't convert a 1080P movie to 4K and call it 4K. That would cause all kinds of consternation....

 

[gatekeeper]

I heard they are waiting on 8k to be made available..

 

[Yespage]

As a new 4K tv owner, I wish Dish's VOD movie rentals would include 4K versions of current new movies. I do appreciate they have any 4K content, but it would be great if we could have current content.

As a wise consumer, I wait until there is actually content for a device before I buy it.

There is little 4K out there and I'm certainly not replacing my gorgeous blu-rays for slightly better 4K blu-rays!

 

[Jhon69]

As a wise consumer, I wait until there is actually content for a device before I buy it.

There is little 4K out there and I'm certainly not replacing my gorgeous blu-rays for slightly better 4K blu-rays!

As a wise consumer that's what I believe also,when my 1080p HDTV went out I found the new 2015 4K UHDTV's cheaper than my 1080p HDTV I bought before.

When my 1080p Blu ray player started having problems I found a 4K upscaling Blu ray player cheaper than my 1080p Blu ray player that I bought before.

So now I watch all my Dish 1080i signals being upscaled to almost 4K(It's a better picture than 1080p) and my 1080p Blu ray movies upscaled to 4K.

 

[Yespage]

As a wise consumer that's what I believe also,when my 1080p HDTV went out I found the new 2015 4K UHDTV's cheaper than my 1080p HDTV I bought before.

When my 1080p Blu ray player started having problems I found a 4K upscaling Blu ray player cheaper than my 1080p Blu ray player that I bought before.

So now I watch all my Dish 1080i signals being upscaled to almost 4K(It's a better picture than 1080p) and my 1080p Blu ray movies upscaled to 4K.

Wise? You seem to be buying stuff that breaks easy.

 

[mdram]

ran across this
http://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...nounces-Slate-4K-Programming-Including-Titles

but still havent heard of anything yet

 

[patmurphey]

January 5, 2016 announcement...

 

[ChadT41]

Doesn't the Netflix app currently support 4K, and there is and always has been a small 4K VOD library.

 

[TheLip]

I am much more concerned with the lack of hd content. How many channels do we have that are only available in scrunched up, down-converted, sd format? To be honest, I think it is ridiculous.

 

[bluegras]

isnt is time for dish to add some 4k channels already or at least try to add the rest of our channels that actually have hd feeds added to our lineup it is almost to the end of 2016 and we should have the rest of our channels added in hd already cmon dish hey at least i want to be honest with you folks

 

[ChadT41]

isnt is time for dish to add some 4k channels already or at least try to add the rest of our channels that actually have hd feeds added to our lineup it is almost to the end of 2016 and we should have the rest of our channels added in hd already cmon dish

Since you pointed it out... it sure is Allen.

 

[Bruce]

isnt is time for dish to add some 4k channels already

Once again, there are no 4K channels to add ( the only one out there is the self produced channel by DirecTV ).

When HD first started, TV manufacturers ( like Sony for example ) were sponsoring channels to switch from SD to HD so there was content to show off the new Televisions they were selling.

There is no sponsors this time because there is a lot of content in 4K, it is just on services like Netflix.




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[Bobby]

Once again, there are no 4K channels to add ( the only one out there is the self produced channel by DirecTV ).

Don't let reality stand in the way of Allen's wishes!

 

[mdram]

well there is baseball in 4k, nasa has that 4k thingy, 4k hockey in canada, 4k sports in europe, formula 1 racing

so there is content out there they could broadcast

 

[Bruce]

well there is baseball in 4k, nasa has that 4k thingy, 4k hockey in canada, 4k sports in europe, formula 1 racing

so there is content out there they could broadcast

He did not ask for content, he asked for channels-

isnt is time for dish to add some 4k channels already

If he wanted 4K content, he could buy a Roku Premiere or Ultra, tons of 4K programming from Netflix ( they have the most ), Amazon and Vudu.

But by basically blaming Dish for not carrying 4K channels when there are none is kinda ridiculous, specially since there are not even rumors about 4K channels coming soon.


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[mdram]

again, people always assume users with sat tv have broadband.

there is a reason many of us have sat, and that is lack of other options

 

[pattykay]

What was supposed to come on 03/16/16?

The day before St. Paddy's day.

That was when Dish shut off the QPSK channels, which likely led to rumors that Dish was freeing up bandwidth for 4K.

 

[bluegras]

i heard too that after the qpsk channels were worked on dish should have enough bandwidth to add the rest of our channels in hd and start adding 4k channels.

 

[patmurphey]

There has to be a 4k channel to add, none at present in cable or broadcast...

 

[JSheridan]

There has to be a 4k channel to add, none at present in cable or broadcast...

I know it's not much but it's a start.

http://www.ses.com/ultra-hd