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Respectfully, this topic is for discussing the state of the consumer market for UHD. If you have broader personal topics, AHL might be a place for the topic. And for real medical concerns, consult your doctor. But let's keep this discussion more on UHD. :)

Nobody expects the UHD revolution! Our main holdup is pricing. Pricing and streaming. ... Our two main holdups are pricing and streaming. Streaming and pricing and customer education...Our three main hold ups are streaming and pricing and customer education. And format fatigue. Our four main...

A friend is still DVD only, no blu-ray. Not sure if they even have HD displays. His wife goes to the flea market not infrequently and buys handfuls of DVDs. They're solidly middle class; it's not that they can't afford blu-rays. (He then throws them all away because they're invariably pirated /...

I’d like packaging to be as minimal as possible to shave that cost off. And I now believe that media is not decor; discs belong in closets more than living rooms. I’d like to see higher quality, if lower quantity, special features. A high quality making-of documentary or a great commentary are...

Stipulating UHD is being held back: does it matter? Can it thrive as a niche format? Inexplicably, against all reason, vinyl has made a comeback. If nostalgic Gen X’ers and hipster Millennials can keep antediluvian music media alive, can home theater enthusiasts keep UHD going?

You’ll watch something else from their list of “movies like...” suggestions. <shrug> Well, maybe not you, but all the people not buying discs? The ones that flip channels and find themselves watching whatever random movie is playing on FX or HBO? That’s what they would do.

Let’s not have this thread get lost in the discussing the minutiae of ripping UHD media. Other places to discuss those details. Thanks. :)

Look at music, videogames, TV. “Cordcutting” is rising; cable TV subscriptions are in decline. Discs are dead-man walking. Streaming is the future.

Isn’t that literally 60% of the US population? Lots of people can stream 4K. Not everyone, but many. (But this gets at America’s inadequate and overpriced internet providers.)