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The other day I was thinking about the eventual decline of traditional television, and even cable TV, as the viewership goes mobile through streaming video on smartphones. I'm no longer using a TV unless I want to watch some news, as much of my entertainment options are on the computer. Almost everyone else are doing almost everything on their smartphones and tablets these days, especially social networking, games and streaming video.
If that would be the case, who's going to use those 4k sets? The more likely target customer for these are the high-end enthusiasts and the early adapters who could risk a few more Cs to be the first to have the sets on their block. Everyone else wishing for a budget 4k may have to settle first for a decoder, hoping that the price per unit comes down.
@dmaxzero: Of course, trying to move up to 4k would be costly, in terms of technology required, the equipment and the gargantuan amount of video storage for production.
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