Pathfinder
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I'd show you my collection, but I'd have to stitch 4 or 5 pictures together to get them all in.
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PS4 Pro Won't Support 4k BluRay
- Thread starter blastprocessor
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I'd show you my collection, but I'd have to stitch 4 or 5 pictures together to get them all in.
Native 4K resolutions are going to be iffy for consoles, even for the more powerful Scorpio next year. I'm just wondering if you'd be better off using a Pro with a 1080p TV over a 4K TV to put that extra GPU horsepower to better use.
test_account
XP-39C²
Thats surprising, especially concidering that the Xbox One S has it. Doesnt matter much to me personally though, i havnt watched a single Bluray movie on my PS4, and i dont think i have on my PS3 either, at least not from what i can remember (i have tried it, but not watched a complete movie).
Hippopuncher12
Member
Deal Breaker. Wow just wow.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
Sony fucked up on a fundamental basis here but yes the worst thing is that the reaction to their announcement is going to be overwhelmed by such a dumb oversight.
To the people who say "who still buys disks?"
I always buy Blu-Rays of the new movies that I want and now 4K Blu-Rays are releasing and with the Blu-Ray version.
So this decision from Sony to not include a UHD player is fucking stupid and have lost a sale.
I'll get the Xbox One s.
I always buy Blu-Rays of the new movies that I want and now 4K Blu-Rays are releasing and with the Blu-Ray version.
So this decision from Sony to not include a UHD player is fucking stupid and have lost a sale.
I'll get the Xbox One s.
My thoughts exactly... such a unbelievable misstep.
When you buy Blu Ray discs you can actually tell how bad the artifacting/stream blocks are on streaming services.
Also, 4K requires shittons of bandwidth.
test_account
XP-39C²
Isnt that common though? People focus more on the negative aspects than the positive ones. Kinda sad in some cases that negative stuff gets more attention than the positive stuff.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
entremet
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ZombiePlatypus
Member
So ridiculous.
Netflix and the rest providing 4K streaming is absolutely not a replacement. No way in hell internet will be reliable to always fall back on that.
Netflix and the rest providing 4K streaming is absolutely not a replacement. No way in hell internet will be reliable to always fall back on that.
Physical Games to be precise. As someone mentioned before, Sony's got the numbers and thought "Yes, let's leave that out". If I look at my own behaviour, I've rarely watched a blu-ray movie on my ps4, but I hope they actually answer this question someday in the near future...it does beg for an explanation
From Sony
So 100% no.
There's no exact listing of supported media.
And if I'm reading this correctly.... 6x speed BD means that it totally can read 4k Blu Rays. I thought a 4k disc's bitrate was over 128Mbps? 6x is well over 200.
This is a gaming console. It's not dedicated to enthusiastic movie amateurs (those ones buy dedicated players that offer better quality than consoles) PS4 Pro is an option to PS4, fully dedicated to gamers
Today...Iron Giant
aygomyownroad
Member
Jesus Sony wtf are you thinking!!!
4K movie playback is a must, yeah its a small feature that most may never use but c'mon!
4K movie playback is a must, yeah its a small feature that most may never use but c'mon!
Rabid Wolverine
Member
I stream movies and shows but still..... piss poor from Sony.
Beyond Pathetic.
Beyond Pathetic.
So people who have never seen 4k Blu-rays with HDR aren't interested in them.... Once you see UHD it is hard to go back to regular blu-rays
Tainted
Member
Why don't you be realistic? People are buying bluray discs in their millions...
Games are their focus, and because of that they spent a portion of the conference talking about 4k Netflix and Youtube.
Lesson here is: don't buy blu rays, lol.
GHG
Gold Member
Maybe they're planning on doing one of these
You laugh but that move actually worked out well for MS last gen.
Lets not get it twisted, the majority of people buy these things to simply play games on them.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
But as I stated earlier, most high-end 4K sets already provide these apps. Why would someone necessarily boot up their PS4 Pro to load up Netflix and stream 4k content if they can just load it from their TV and watch there like they've already been doing?
joecanada
Member
yeah but physical media is not ramping up, like at all. I don't know anyone that owns even 1 4k blu ray unless you bought like one to show off your tv. its like the one 3D movie everyone has.
maybe Sony knows this better than anyone? I dunno it seems obvious they would push 4k bluray if they thought it was worth it.
OnionPowder
Member
Yes this!
is that way they spent time talking about Netflix and Youtube?
gamechanger87
Member
You are stretching. It's been confirmed multiple times over by people on site.
Not if you compress it so much that it looks like VHS!
ChillyBilly
Member
Microsoft be like -
Enter the Dragon Punch
Banned
If it's anything like their Spotify deal, it's possible that they get a nice little cut of subscription fees from users signing up for the services via the Pro? That'd be my guess.
Robot Pants
Member
THANK YOU
One person with a brain in this thread
thepenguin55
Member
This is a weird move for a company with a vested interest in Blu Ray's success to make. This doesn't impact me much now as I probably won't get a 4k TV until next year, but that's still weird. Also, people are forgetting that there's still huge benefits to owning movies on physical media, namely not having to worry about things like bandwidth restrictions.
Also, as someone with a PSVR headset preordered this news is a little annoying as I was planning to get this because I'm sure PSVR games are going to run much better on the Pro.
Also, as someone with a PSVR headset preordered this news is a little annoying as I was planning to get this because I'm sure PSVR games are going to run much better on the Pro.
Are the apps hdr compliant?
Buddy Mcpuddy
Member
Looks like I'm getting an xbox one s then.
-shadow-
Member
I've bought the Ghostbusters double pack on regular blu-ray a few months ago for €13. They're the exact same transfer as the 4K blu-ray has. Yet for some ridiculous reason those two in 4K would cost me a total of €60. It's absolutely bizarre...