PlayStation 4 may support 4K video resolution
Zak Islam - Thursday, August 23, 2012 5:15am (PST)
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Sony hopes to push the tech in the next-gen console to popularize 4K TVs
A report has suggested that the PlayStation 4 will support 4K resolution playback.
According to an anonymous source, the PlayStation 3's successor will support the resolution in order for Sony's plan to help popularize 4K televisions. The firm hopes to adopt a similar strategy that saw the PlayStation 3 initially spearheading the Blu-ray market.
4K supports a resolution of up to 4096 x 3072, with its name stemming from the horizontal resolution as opposed to the vertical resolution that's attached with 720p and 1080p.
Sony, who has already started to sell 4K Blu-ray players, is reportedly planning to launch 80-inch XBR LED television that sports a 4K resolution.
Source: BGR
Section: Sony Consoles
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BlackLabel - I too would like to know whether it's going to be video playback, or if the developers plan on doing games in that resolution. With hardware advancing even quicker then when the PS3 was developed, I wonder what they will do to future proof the console.
Granted the price will come down over time, but I don't see technology that is priced at $22,000 right now being under $2000 and affordable for regular people in a year or two, this is something that will take 3-4 years which would take us to 2016.
Looking forward to having resolution's this high in the home.
Yeah Sony is on board with blu-ray, but you know who isn't? Cable and satellite providers. Very few broadcast at 1080p, and even then, the compression used when sending the signal can easily kill most of the benefit of a higher resolution.
Obviously pc gaming hardware is already capable of higher resolution, but on a console I'd much rather have 60fps 1080p than - 30fps at 4k.
SUPER LOL
its like HERE WE GO AGAIN!
buying new TV'S and system , dammit life of a gamer is very hard dammit!! LOL
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