HYPE! (Video)

I just bought the Samsung 65js9000 curved 4k.  You can get 4k content on Netflix, Youtube, Hulu and Amazon Prime.  Direct TV currently has movies that you can get at 4k.  The content is coming, but live TV is struggling to get the service out and moving.  The biggest hurdles for 4k streaming is the size of the files.  A 2 hour movie is around 100 gigs of data.  If you have Comcast, you're likely capped at 300 gigs a month.  That means you can get about 6 hours of 4k content STREAMED before you're out of bandwidth and they start charging you by the gig.  If you are like me and have an ISP that hasn't picked up on the capping game, it's not a big deal.  Streaming a movie on DirectTV doesn't use bandwidth.  

Many people said ESPN was supposed to be streaming in 4k by the end of the year.  I don't think that's true.  The boxes sitting in your living room likely can't handle 4k content yet and upscaling has its faults.  

The reason I got the TV I did?  I wanted a new tv since my new house is much bigger and my living room was too big for a 55 in to be good enough.  Might as well get 4k while I'm upgrading.  If I wasn't in that situation, I wouldn't have rushed out to get a 4k.  

Here's a good write up on 4k.  Sounds like we're 2 years out till we'll see any true live broadcast in 4k and even then, the infrastructure will greatly limit who can see it.  Here's hoping the Net Neutrality laws work and competition drives the market toward getting this out sooner than later.  

Will see the light of day this Christmas season. So, yes, I'm an early adopter, but similar situation. It's time to upgrade and 4k TVs have settled down enough that the content will be there relatively soon. Streaming now, Bluray soon, broadcast TV further down the road.