Playstation 4 Pro 4k Ultra Hd Movies

Alongside a new PS4 Slim model, yesterday Sony as well appear a new PS4 Pro model to be released in November for $399. One of the key features of this mid-cycle hardware upgrade is that this new panel will offer 4K ultra high definition resolution, along with the expanded colorspace of the ultra high definition format that allows for native HDR. Alas, according to Sony's proclamation, the PS4 Pro will non play 4K UHD discs.

At present, a lot has been made of this lack of 4K UHD disc back up over these past 24 hours and many fans are disappointed. Expectedly so, merely… there is more to this story than you might suspect.

Before you dismiss the PS4 Pro out of hand, permit me fill you lot in on a few things that you may not be aware of, because they have been hardly discussed in public so far.

The 4K UHD disc format is actually a standard Blu-Ray format. When the Blu-Ray specs were devised, information technology allowed for a large number of layers on a disc to conform the voracious, ever-growing storage needs of digital media. The format was designed with the future in mind. While, in practice, so far no real application has been out there, to the best of my knowledge, that used more than than two or three layers, there are plenty of provisions in place to create discs with four, five, half-dozen or even more layers on a unmarried disc. And it is this feature that is being used on 4K UHD discs. At heart, they are still only Blu-Ray discs, just with more than storage, differently encoded video files on them and a slightly different menuing organisation that accommodates new features.

As a upshot, any Blu-Ray drive that properly follows the Blu-Ray specifications should theoretically be able to read these discs. (Note that I said read, not play.) At present, in the real world, because these boosted layers have not been used before, there are, of form, low-toll drives out in the market that exercise not support the feature—a result of cost cutting measures. Nevertheless, every modern Blu-Ray drive does well to integrate the capability to read additional layers. I am sure, most manufacturers have complied with those specs for some time at present and I have absolutely no doubt that the drives institute in the upcoming PS4 Pro volition be able to read these high density Blu-Ray discs with admittedly no trouble.

So, to be articulate, from a technical standpoint, there is no difference between a regular Blu-Ray disc and a 4K UHD disc. In fact, they are authored the same way and they are replicated the aforementioned manner. In fact, they are replicated on the verbal same machines. Information technology was one of the appeals that the 4K UHD format had for studios that existing production lines could be used to manufacture and replicate these side by side generation discs, making them very inexpensive to produce correct out of the gates.

And then, why doesn't the PS4 Pro support 4K UHD discs? The reply to that may prevarication in Sony's Consumer Electronics division. At this time, Sony is preparing the launch of a series of settop 4K UHD players. Naturally, the company wants these players to succeed. They want to sell them in quantities that makes the company proud. If they would add 4K UHD capabilities to the PS4 Pro, many people would simply forgo a settop player and use the PS4 Pro as their histrion of choice, the mode they did when the PS3 starting time arrived, consummate with Blu-Ray capabilities. Just this time they don't have a format state of war to win (remember, Blu-Ray competed heavily against HD-DVD at the time and the PS3 was essentially the format's underground weapon that decided the war), so at that place is no demand for them to cannibalize their ain divisions. When it comes correct down to information technology, the lack of 4K UHD disc support is simply a business decision that really makes sense for the visitor. Why? Because this is not the end of the story.

At this time, I have to acknowledge that the PS3 is still my preferred Blu-Ray role player of choice. The reason is simple. Unlike settop players, Sony made sure the PS3 e'er kept up with improvements and innovations in the Blu-Ray format. When DTS-Hd Chief Audio arrived, all they did was give users a firmware update and voilà, you could of a sudden play DTS-Hd Principal Audio tracks. When Blu-Ray 3D came effectually, it took only a firmware upgrade for viewers to savour their 3D content. The listing of capabilities they added via simple firmware updates was truly impressive throughout the years.

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that we will see the same kind of commitment to unlocking features-as-you-go when it comes to the PS4 Pro and 4K UHD discs. When the company has safely shipped settop players to stores and has seen them sell through, yous will notice a firmware update on your PS4 that will suddenly enable 4K UHD disc playback.

Is information technology possible? It is not only possible. Information technology is extremely likely. At that place is no technical limitation. The PS4 Pro is capable of decoding and displaying full 4K UHD video streams with HDR, and the console is capable of reading Blu-Ray discs. That is all the hardware adequacy you need to play 4K UHD discs. Everything else is merely software to facilitate the information transport from the disc to the display logic and to handle things such as disc menus etc, all of which follow established Blu-Ray specifications, only at a college resolution and in an extended colorspace.

So, once again, before yous dismiss the PS4 Pro equally a failure and as a no-purchase because it doesn't support 4K UHD discs, remember again. This limitation will exist only temporary and its solution will be a mere firmware update away.

With that in listen, perhaps it is fourth dimension for you to finish over on Amazon's website and pre-lodge your PS4 Pro?