Lack of 4k content can be a threat for 4k TV buying?

[doomgiver]

since when has been a "lack of content" been a deterrent against buying TV's?

do we have 3D content? do we even have HD content, to enjoy on our new 40 inch plasma tv's?

morons will buy it, morons with money and no common sense.

 

[LGWRSherlock]

Lets see now, how much an average smartphone costs these days? 15k(anything less will net you worthless stuff). top end smartphone go for 36k(Sony Xperia Z), so that's 2.4 times, so what is the average price for a good TV now a days? 50k sounds ok? Lets make it 100k. 2.4x100k=2.4lakh correct? The avg price for a 4k TV now is 17 lakh, or if a highly doubted, controversial site is to believed its 10lakh, see my point?

Even the richest of people in India won't pay more than a lakh or two for a TV, even then maybe only as a status symbol, normal people tend to value stuff like Jewelry, Cars, Property a lot more than a TV.

Of course, this argue only applies at the present moment while 4K TVs are still priced the way they are. However, given a few years, 4K TVs will become ubiquitous. It'll follow the same trend as the first plasma or HD TVs back when they first debuted. Now good HD TVs are a dime a dozen for only a fraction of the cost of when they first came out. Given time, 4K TVs will pick up, and many people will be buying them. Right now, these TVs are only meant to be purchased by the super rich or the extreme TV enthusiasts who have the money to spare. It's not meant for the masses just yet.

LG WRman Sherlock, out!

 

[doom2010]

Absence of native 4k content is just one part of the story, but there are more fundamental issues such as content shot in native 4k,cost factor,transmission woes and so on...

Read this article:High-definition TV: Difference Engine: Ne plus ultra | The Economist

Source: Digit Mag