HDTVtest: Singulus Technologies, a manufacturer of optical disc replication equipment, appears to have blown the cover of the next-gen 4K Blu-ray Disc format ahead of any official announcement by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA). The company has just announced the BLULINE III, a machine capable of replicating triple-layer 100GB Blu-ray Discs.
The first 4K Blu-ray disks have become available for preorder on Amazon with pricing from $30. Here's all the discs announced so far.
Samsung and Panasonic both tout the next generation of Blu-ray at CES.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment today announced the studio’s first releases in the next-generation 4K Ultra HD™ Disc format, which will arrive in early 2016.
With a Blu-ray film dropping other language tracks, extras, etc you can shrink the size of a file from about 50gb to 25-30 without losing quality.
4k movies on the other hand are 100gb plus which is just crazy when you try to wrap your head around it. Now this figure I believe is referring to standard 90 minute films - imagine the raw size of say The Return of the King Extender edition!
