POPCORN HOUR VTEN:The World First 4K Ultra HD network media player

happykitty · 3 Feb 2015 at 08:49

Get the announcement from Cloud Media on the latest product line:

The Popcorn Hour VTEN –The World First 4K Ultra HD network media player by Sigma Design SoC

The VTEN is powered by Sigma Design SMP8757 32bit ARM Cortex SOC with VXP video processing. Supported by 1024MB DDR3 RAM, the VTEN is a true performer.

Random Guy · 3 Feb 2015 at 09:08

4K movies will be around 100 gigabytes in size, depending on their length. In comparison, 1080p HD videos streamed via Netflix and iTunes are typically around 4 GB to 8 GB.

Source: http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/01/s...-100gb-downloads-remind-us-why-4k-is-a-waste/

ONE. HUNDRED. GB......hmmm, just for a higher res?

FerretBoy · 3 Feb 2015 at 10:06

Can they do 23.976 frames/s

FrankJH · 3 Feb 2015 at 20:57

Random Guy said:
Source: http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/01/s...-100gb-downloads-remind-us-why-4k-is-a-waste/

ONE. HUNDRED. GB......hmmm, just for a higher res?

Netflix and iTunes streams are not a valid comparison (Netflix etc will demolish the quality to get a good stream which works on an average broadband line @4mb if that)

I have about 500 BR rips on my server and they average about 30GB with hi def audio and no compression or previews

don't get me wrong its still a massive increase but hopefully with newer compression programs valid with 4k it may not end up that bad when 4k matures

ArchAnGeL · 4 Feb 2015 at 07:37

Don't see it being the worlds first 4k network box though

kmetek · 4 Feb 2015 at 08:19

https://shop.xtreamer.net/products/Xtreamer-Prodigy-4k.html

better + cheaper.

picnic · 4 Feb 2015 at 08:20

I think they mean using this particular Sigma chip

crinkleshoes · 4 Feb 2015 at 09:21

Comparing blur ray to iTunes stream? Morons...

Typical 1080p bluray movie is about 20-25gb.

Four times this yes, is 80-100gb... However they clearly don't take into account current compression algorithms and the newer ones that are more likely to be used... Let alone iTunes and Netflix encoding. There is no reason using the same encoding that the films should be more than 4 times that size for streaming quality.

So I would expect 50-100gb on bluray and 15-25gb stream

VincentHanna · 4 Feb 2015 at 09:30

Nice as this is, nobody is really streaming decent 4k content.

x265 encoded videos is what we need.