I didn't mean that the 4K standard would be with TV over air broadcasts in ten years, but people should have 4K sets in their homes by then. Since they are releasing them next year for the high price tag, in ten years time they will come down a lot in price.
This probably won't have anything to do with the FCC anyway since this probably won't be a switch via airwaves. They'll be using other ways for getting our programming (via fiber optic internet, satellite, etc.). I'm pretty sure they can shoot something in 4K and down convert to put 1080i over the air for those not wanting to pay for service. This will only happen faster with competition. If NBC decides to shoot their sports with 4K, then those sports would rather be with them than another network. The problem is how they are going to get that much information to a home when there are still people on 56K modems.
My first post was a joke, but people took it too seriously, then it went off topic on why we need 4K TVs when people are happy with their 1080p TVs and I gave them examples of what you can do with it. Heck, we might even have something totally different in ten (and a 1/2) years for broadcasting: http://www.sonyinsider.com/2008/10/06/3d-holographic-tvs-very-possible-and-will-happen-by-2020/
And again, no, I don't think over the air broadcasts will change in ten years.
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I didn't mean that the 4K standard would be with TV over air broadcasts in ten years, but people should have 4K sets in their homes by then. Since they are releasing them next year for the high price tag, in ten years time they will come down a lot in price.
This probably won't have anything to do with the FCC anyway since this probably won't be a switch via airwaves. They'll be using other ways for getting our programming (via fiber optic internet, satellite, etc.). I'm pretty sure they can shoot something in 4K and down convert to put 1080i over the air for those not wanting to pay for service. This will only happen faster with competition. If NBC decides to shoot their sports with 4K, then those sports would rather be with them than another network. The problem is how they are going to get that much information to a home when there are still people on 56K modems.
My first post was a joke, but people took it too seriously, then it went off topic on why we need 4K TVs when people are happy with their 1080p TVs and I gave them examples of what you can do with it. Heck, we might even have something totally different in ten (and a 1/2) years for broadcasting:
http://www.sonyinsider.com/2008/10/06/3d-holographic-tvs-very-possible-and-will-happen-by-2020/
And again, no, I don't think over the air broadcasts will change in ten years.