Adoption of recently announced 4K televisions could be coming along more quickly than developers expected.
A new survey from Strategy Analytics shows that over half of the Americans polled stated that they are at least “somewhat likely” to purchase a 4K or Ultra HD TV sometime in the next couple of years. (4K and Ultra HD are slightly different, but you’ll see those terms used interchangeably in most places.)
The new model of televisions had a huge showcase earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, with several manufacturers announcing their own special models of the television. Several of them have already begun expediting the process of getting models onto store shelves, depending on both pricing and availability of 4K-ready TV programming.
The report shows a number of interesting statistics, including 4K compatible TV’s being in 10 percent of North American households by 2018, as well as the prices dropping on the models in just two years’ time, resulting in quicker adoption.
Such programmers as Netflix, YouTube and Amazon Instant are expected to have 4K-compliant programming available soon, although no date was given. Adoption of 4K monitors for gaming may be happening on a similar timetable, as 4K monitors for under $700 are already available, and the latest graphics cards are being built with that resolution in mind.
Source: Business Insider {link no longer active}
