QUOTE(tripleB @ Apr 10 2020, 09:34 AM)
That's something that never sat right with me. Why wouldn't Sony put in a 4K Bluray drive in the PS4 Pro? I do appreciate the increased performance in games, but it would have been great to also have 4K Bluray playback built in. Relatively speaking, 4K Bluray is somewhat of a failure, especially compared to DVD adoption rate, but it seems a bit premature of Sony to dismiss 4K Bluray in favor of 4K Streaming. That was the official reason given:
“4K is becoming mainstream first through streaming, and then through broadcasts. Only after this will 4K content start to become commonly distributed on discs, and we are anticipating more of this going forward. Sony will thus bring a distinctly “Sony,” high-quality 4K Blu-ray disc player equipped with Sony’s latest technologies to market at the appropriate time, in a way that is consistent with market demand for 4K discs. Sony hopes to invigorate the 4K market in this way.”
I'm glad the PS5 will finally include a 4K Bluray drive. It's weird that Microsoft is the one pushing 4K Bluray this generation, despite them not really having a reason to do so. The PS3 was the cheapest Bluray player for a long time, and it also helped drive the adoption of Bluray media. Microsoft backed HD DVD instead, and required the external HD DVD drive as an extra purchase. Guess who won that format war?
yeah. Sony being the member of the Blu-ray Disc Association, their ps4 does not support 4k blu-ray while their competitor Microsoft Xbox One supports it.
yeah. you are rite. my gut feel is 4k UHD Blu-ray will unlikely to be popular anytime soon.
1) firstly, it is still very expensive.
2) compatibility issue, to buy a standalone player that supports it will deter ppl from considering. Although XBox One S/X is relatively cheaper alternative.
3) most content on youtube, netflix are still major at 1080p. probably it needs to wait until it becomes on norm at the said platforms then physical discs got chance to catch up.
4) one needs a compatible device to enjoy the fullness of 4k. TVs are ok (this is quite common now and 4k TVs are relatively cheap nowadays so not so much a big deal) but other devices such as laptops/tablets/mobile phones are not are mostly at 2k resolution average. So technically, 4k to those devices are not a must since one cannot enjoy at full resolution. Netflix is a good example on mobile phones, you can select 4k but ur phone maybe is only 2k resolution. it will still look sharp since the content exceeds the resolution of device but one actually will waste more data (if not on wifi) to stream 4k content and again does not enjoy the maximum resolution of the content.
5) digital content seems to elimate the needs of physical discs. i hardly heard anyone buying blu-ray discs nowadays. I was previously used to buy blu-ray discs for those movies/concerts that i like to keep for collection purpose. For many years i have not done it already, partly due to the fact that lesser movies that interest me to keep as collection. Even those singers/bands have hardly released new albums or blu-ray discs for concerts, therefore no chance to buy too. My most recent blu-ray disc is the concert by Westlife. This will likely to be a trend. I afraid one day, we may not even see the physical discs for all these contents.
Even for those ps4 physical game discs, the quantities they released are very limited, if you dun happen to buy the game titles you like at the earlier stage, you may not even able to get the physical copies later.
I myself is a supporter of blu-ray discs. I hope they will continue to release them.
This post has been edited by westlife: Apr 10 2020, 10:04 AM 
Apr 8 2020, 11:39 PM
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). but it has its downside as it does not have the features and enhancements of a standalone player. but i get what you mean... 
and that was in 2015 when it just refused to boot when switched on.... btw i still have that PS3 on my deck collecting dusts. still unsure what to do with it – whether to get it fix (which may cost a bomb now?) or just leave it to rot since i already have a standalone bluray player 
Of course, it does not play 4k UHD blu-ray discs also. Another bummer.
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