Where to get 4K content?

UberTiger

UberTiger

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I treated myself to a new 4K TV last month and I've yet to fully unleash the beast.

Not having a blue ray player I'm wondering what digital 4K content I can obtain?

I'll admit, I'm a complete idiot and tried to stream 4K Breaking Bad a couple of weeks ago and I couldn't seem to get it to work. I've only just realised you need to switch to the top tier £9 a month plan instead of the normal £6 a month plan in order to be able to stream UHD :o

At least it ups the max number of screens at a time from 2 to 4 though.

So what's available on Netflix? A quick google leads me only to the following and the website doesn't seem to have a 'UHD Section'

Breaking Bad
House of Cards
The Blacklist

Moving Art - A four part nature documentary series.


Is there any other good content via Youtube, or elsewhere that can be downloaded or streamed?

Stumbled across this link too, looks like Sony TV's might have built in UHD streaming from their Sony Video Unlimited app. Anyone tried it yet?

http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/can-get-4k-ultra-hd-content-new-tv/
 
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Yeah...I didn't intend to go 4K, but its the first nice TV I've bought and I don't plan to change the TV for a few years if possible, I'd probably kick myself this time next year if I hadn't have gone for one.

I partly went for it too so that I could hookup my desktop and laptop to it, hopefully the extra res will work nicely for that. I'm hoping maybe GTAV in 4K on a 49" TV could be fun sitting on the sofa :D

Although I've already had some issues connecting my 2011 Macbook Air at native 4k even with an active adapter. I think I'll have to wait for until I upgrade my laptop when the Retina Air comes out next year.

I was hoping that the TWiT network podcasts would be available in 4k on YouTube, but not yet unfortunately :(

I may considering checking out the USA content over xmas, thanks for the tip
 
Does anyone know if the Chromecast is capable of streaming 4K content?

I'm trying to watch The Blacklist in 4K.

I've changed my Netflix settings to force UHD

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The problem is The Blacklist is only on the US netflix, so I'm using the MediaHint chrome plugin to access it. When I then use the cast button on my laptop to send the signal to the TV it works, but I'm not sure if it's streaming 4K.

I'm not sure if the Chromecast is capable of wirelessly streaming that much bandwidth?

Any thoughts on how to check?


EDIT: Looks like chromecast is only 1080p at the moment :(

Darn, I guess I'll have to mess around with router settings if I want to try and stream Netflix 4k from the US site then?
 
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