PS4 will have a 4K movie streaming service
The PS4 will be getting Sony's 4K movie streaming service according to Sony Electronics president Phil Molyneux – confirming our previous story on the console's 4K capabilities.
Speaking to The Verge, Molyneux strongly implied that Sony's 4K service will be coming to the PlayStation 4, promising that we "will not be disappointed".
With a single 4K movie chewing through 100GB of data however, there are plenty of prospective PS4 owners who will be disappointed – until super-ultra-mega fast broadband spreads across more of the country.
Still, for those of you with 4K tellies, a 100mb internet package an a garage full of shiny cars, it's good news all round.
[via The Verge]
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Comments
xenon73
12 weeks ago
typical article on 4K streaming. Loads of sites are talking about the size of a 4K file and how impractical it will be to stream or download. Downloading or streaming a 4K movie is no way going to take up 100GB of data.
HEVC will revolutionize delivery of movie streaming to all devices including 4K. Already we can see video delivery file sizes cut by over 50 percent compared to the best H.264/MPEG-4 AVC.
When i look at my BluRay collection and compare, we see Blu rays at 25GB and 1080p streaming at about 5GB, I imagine similar comparisons on 4K streaming when the time comes.