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[Lincs Robert]

When I bought mine, it came with a 6 months Netflix 4k subscription.

I’d very quickly reached the limit of what I wanted to watch, there were some box sets - but not really my cup of tea. I didn’t renew as there wasn’t the content to watch.

Now, if the BBC did a 4k version of iPlayer then I’d actually be happy to pay for that!

[zirk]

When I bought mine, it came with a 6 months Netflix 4k subscription.

I’d very quickly reached the limit of what I wanted to watch, there were some box sets - but not really my cup of tea. I didn’t renew as there wasn’t the content to watch.

Now, if the BBC did a 4k version of iPlayer then I’d actually be happy to pay for that!

Blue Planet II was recorded in 4K, just a shame the BBC have got no means of showing it. 

[Allenm]

BBC are running a pilot of 4k on Iplayer - don't know how you get it, I was asked if I wanted to participate when I logged my smart tv into iplayer.  I declined, so don't know how I would get it to ask again.

[Kevin Wood]

Ah, I do like a man who knows want he wants, pop round over the weekend Albs, Ive got some State of the Art 720p TV's I can sell you, I even do a special pre Xmas mad rush deal.

720p? Sell the man a nice B&W Grundig with an attractive bakealite case. That seems more up his street

405 line with valves in the back, I hope?

[aaronjb]

Ah, I do like a man who knows want he wants, pop round over the weekend Albs, Ive got some State of the Art 720p TV's I can sell you, I even do a special pre Xmas mad rush deal.

720p? Sell the man a nice B&W Grundig with an attractive bakealite case. That seems more up his street

405 line with valves in the back, I hope?

State of the art.

[Lizzie Zoom]

Ah, I do like a man who knows want he wants, pop round over the weekend Albs, Ive got some State of the Art 720p TV's I can sell you, I even do a special pre Xmas mad rush deal.

720p? Sell the man a nice B&W Grundig with an attractive bakealite case. That seems more up his street

405 line with valves in the back, I hope?

You've got to go for 625 lines at least

[Kevin Wood]

Ah, I do like a man who knows want he wants, pop round over the weekend Albs, Ive got some State of the Art 720p TV's I can sell you, I even do a special pre Xmas mad rush deal.

720p? Sell the man a nice B&W Grundig with an attractive bakealite case. That seems more up his street

405 line with valves in the back, I hope?

You've got to go for 625 lines at least

Let me just calculate how close to the TV you'll need to sit to see the difference...

[TD]

Do you need to get your telly via Mr Branson or Mr Murdoch to take advantage of having a 4K telly? Ive honestly no idea 

For a start, you need 20:20 vision, a 50" TV and you need to sit about 3' from the screen.

IMHO, it's another one of those "features" like 3D and "SMART" TVs that, whilst being pointless, is used to convince us all that we need to buy new TVs. I doubt broadcast TV will ever do it justice, as the broadcast offerings from Sky, freeview, etc. don't currently do a full HD TV. Just compare a supposedly HD broadcast with a blueray.

About the only application where I can see a 4k TV being worthwhile currently is if using it for gaming or as a PC monitor. It would be rather nice for a flight simulator, I reckon.

Yep, ive noticed that. If I use the HD freeview tuner built into the TV the TV reports 1080i
As I have a Humax freeview tuner/recorder, I always watch TV through that as it up scales the signal coming in. The TV reports 1080p then 

[TheBoy]

The days of over the air broadcasting is coming to an end, be it satellite or terrestrial.

Which is fine if you have access to fast internet. Not everybody does.  Even with a fair whack of compression, 25-30Mbps is needed, constantly (ie, with nobody else using it).  2 separate streams, well....


That said, when buying a telly, I suspect for lounge TVs (say, 40" or bigger), the choice on non 4k options will likely be old stock.