Should I Buy An Ultra HD TV?

With all the new technologies being released over the past few years, people from all walks of life are jumping into things that they're not really ready for. The Ultra HD TVs are one of the newest toys that are attracting people by the millions and they seem to be catching on quickly. Every major manufacturer has a version of the Ultra HD TV, but the general public has very little information about them other than enticing television commercials. One has to wonder however if they are really necessary or even worth the difference in price from the standard HD TVs. Let's take a look at a few of the differences from a technical standpoint and see if the Ultra HD TVs are really worth the difference in cost.

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Pixel-Perfect

For those that aren't completely familiar with television screens, let's start by picturing your TV screen as a graph of pixels (dots). Right now, a typical HD TV has 1080 pixels going from top to bottom, and 1920 pixels from left to right. This is the standard high-resolution screen and it's actually more than most people would need for normal game playing and HD TV viewing. Most television stations are broadcasting for that format, but it has taken years for a lot of the smaller stations or cable channels to catch up. This is a key factor that you're going to want to keep in mind if you're looking at an Ultra HD TV.

Double the Resolution

An Ultra HD TV can have approximately DOUBLE the amount of pixels of the standard HD TV, so one is left to wonder what your viewing will look like until the television broadcasts and gaming screens will look like until they catch up with this technology. The odds heavily favour that most people that purchase the Ultra HD TVs are going to have their settings adjusted to 192 x 1080 for the next year while gaming systems and TV stations adjust to the new resolution standards. This really defeats the whole purpose of having the Ultras. Remember that it's taken years for everyone to catch up with the last resolution settings from 10 years ago, so they might be let down while waiting for everyone to catch up with the super high broadcasting standards.

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Future-Proofing

In the end, anyone purchasing these new Ultra HD TVs are most definitely going to be ready in the future once the rest of the world catches up, but they should expect to use the "change resolution" button on their remotes for their gaming, DVDs, and even Blu-ray disks because all of them were created for the 1920 x 1080 resolution. The TVs are absolutely very high-tech, but unless the public is ready to buy totally new "digitally remastered" DVDs, Blu-rays, games, and gaming systems, they might want to reconsider and see if the world can catch up with the TV advancements first.