"CEA officially brands 4K as Ultra HD, gets ready for a flood of new displays at CES"

[QuietGuy]

Now that HDTV is “the new normal” according to Nielsen (its most recent stats say more than 75 percent of US households have one) then naturally, it’s time to upgrade to 4K. This week the Consumer Electronics Association officially dubbed such screens – with characteristics including at least eight million active pixels, and 3,840 x 2,160 resolution, among other things – Ultra High-Definition, or Ultra HD in order to help educate consumers about the new tech.

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[SteveO]

I’m still on a not so old Sony Vega HD tv in the living room. No HDMI inputs, but picture is great and its not like I even watch TV more than 3 hours a week, if that.

[cjw255]

@Steve

I’m still on a not so old Sony Vega HD tv in the living room. No HDMI inputs, but picture is great and its not like I even watch TV more than 3 hours a week, if that.

I have a tv with 1 hdmi port and thats considered old… usually the ports on the tv can usually indicate how old it is

[SteveO]

yeah, but even the concept of watching TV is old itself

[QuietGuy]

@cjw255

I have a tv with 1 hdmi port and thats considered old… usually the ports on the tv can usually indicate how old it is

Hdmi is still a relevant cable port.

@SteveO

yeah, but even the concept of watching TV is old itself

I use my computer to watch/listen to tv while surfing the web (cowabunga!) I guess that make me a sideways old fart.