05-13-2015, 09:43 AM
Streaming will drive 4k adoption, not broadcast. I don't think broadcast will even be around in any meaningful way in 10 years. It's just a case of getting the internet pipes upgraded fast enough.
Netflix actually needs about 16 Mbps for 4k, but you need closer to 20 for a steady steam. We get about 40-50, and a decent amount of US homes get at least 15. HEVC encoding replacing H.264 should lower the threshold you need, and all the gigabit internet upgrades going on with Google Fiber and other companies should help.
Streaming just makes so much more sense than broadcast. Everything stored in the cloud, available from any device, anywhere, no need to screw around with DVRs and so on. And certainly no need to have blu-rays that get scratched, dirty, lost, etc.
Incidentally, the government (FCC)'s National Broadband Plan has a goal of 100 million homes with download speeds of at least 50 Mbps by the end of this year, and 100Mbps by 2020...
Netflix actually needs about 16 Mbps for 4k, but you need closer to 20 for a steady steam. We get about 40-50, and a decent amount of US homes get at least 15. HEVC encoding replacing H.264 should lower the threshold you need, and all the gigabit internet upgrades going on with Google Fiber and other companies should help.
Streaming just makes so much more sense than broadcast. Everything stored in the cloud, available from any device, anywhere, no need to screw around with DVRs and so on. And certainly no need to have blu-rays that get scratched, dirty, lost, etc.
Incidentally, the government (FCC)'s National Broadband Plan has a goal of 100 million homes with download speeds of at least 50 Mbps by the end of this year, and 100Mbps by 2020...
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