[Alvarez]

Quote:

Sony is looking at creative solutions to remedy the long download times attached to 4K movies.

The company has confirmed a 4K movie service will be available on the PS4, but told The Verge that the size of super-hi-def movies could be upwards of 100GB.

The rest:

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/393825/ps4-4k-movies-sony-ponders-workaround-to-100gb-downloads/

 

[thestache]

There is no possible way they can make 100GB downloads not a pain in the ass.

 

[jellybeans69]

If the servers are as good as Apple/Nvidia/Amd download ones it wouldn't take more than ~2-3h to download 4k movie here so all four hands for such service

 

[StayFrosty]

This is exactly why I'll need Google Fiber if I buy a PS4 and a 4K TV.

 

[MRHANDS]

I'm positive that by the time 4k res tvs make their way into at least 25% of our homes (see: not $25000), there would be a feasible way to do this.

 

[Swiftes]

Console storage will be another limiting factor, 1TB minimum for the PS4?

 

[jellybeans69]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MRHANDS

I'm positive that by the time 4k res tvs make their way into at least 25% of our homes (see: not $25000), there would be a feasible way to do this.

Oled 74' one is ~8k $ as far as i remember which is already pretty decent price.

 

[MaxFTW]

Nothing will stop your ISP thinking you are torrenting something and then you get banned from using there service for so long.

 

[Shame486]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaxFTW

Nothing will stop your ISP thinking you are torrenting something and then you get banned from using there service for so long.

Isp knows what you are downloading so that wouldn't happen.

 

[thegreatsquare]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaxFTW

Nothing will stop your ISP thinking you are torrenting something and then you get banned from using there service for so long.

...and even if they don't, there is still data caps and throttling to make life unsatisfying.

 

[jellybeans69]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaxFTW

Nothing will stop your ISP thinking you are torrenting something and then you get banned from using there service for so long.

I've had over bil packets sent over a course of some weeks , isp's here don't bother with that or they'd be losing their precious clients

 

[Huzzbutt]

Quote:

One standout feature of the PlayStation 4 is that it can download content in the background, or even while the system is switched to stand-by mode, which could be adopted as a possible solution to downloading large files.

Don't like the sound of that standby style, shouldn't bother me as I'm firmly in the "will not buy zone" Downloading 4k movies will be a pain for some, but well for us europeans and the asians it will be a mild inconvinience.

 

[47 Knucklehead]

Maybe Sony will make a 1/2 trillion dollar investment into the US market and roll out a 1GB/Sec fiber network.

 

[Huzzbutt]

Quote:

Originally Posted by 47 Knucklehead

Maybe Sony will make a 1/2 trillion dollar investment into the US market and roll out a 1GB/Sec fiber network.

Why not? If they borrow against the equity of projected PS4 earnings and the borrow against the equity against the projected Cable earnings once they started the projected they can afford to buy half of Detroit, buy it for insane prices with a daughter company (that of course borrows against the property value once robocop has done his thing.)

 

[mikeyzelda]

This ain't gonna happen no matter what Sony says, you can't workaround 100GB of anything.

 

[Phil~]

Easy, don't stream it. Sell it on physical media (Flash drive).

 

[Particle]

Capitalization matters: 1 GB/s = 8 Gbps

 

[lacrossewacker]

• Big issue = Data caps. You'd be stuck at watching 1-3 movies a month.
• Maybe have people buy a movie, first half of the movie is from the disc, the second half is downloaded in the background?
• Having people take external harddrives with them to walmart/bestbuy and transferring movie files from kiosks.
• Ps4's hard drive better have some serious longevity as writing 100 gigabytes every week and is a lot of wear and tear

 

[General121]

Now if this goes by, all of y'all will know how it feels to have a slow connection.
25mbps downloading 100GB is probably faster than my current connection downloading 8GB.
Quote:

Originally Posted by lacrossewacker

• Big issue = Data caps. You'd be stuck at watching 1-3 movies a month.
• Maybe have people buy a movie, first half of the movie is from the disc, the second half is downloaded in the background?
• Having people take external harddrives with them to walmart/bestbuy and transferring movie files from kiosks.
• Ps4's hard drive better have some serious longevity as writing 100 gigabytes every week and is a lot of wear and tear

People will hate your first point, and consider the 2nd and 3rd option a PITA

 

[lacrossewacker]

Quote:

Originally Posted by General121

Now if this goes by, all of y'all will know how it feels to have a slow connection.
25mbps downloading 100GB is probably faster than my current connection downloading 8GB.
People will hate your first point, and consider the 2nd and 3rd option a PITA

well, considering nobody but enthusiasts would buy a 4k TV (no average Joe will just drop 10grand on a tV), I think that they'd be willing and understand the cost of having such a niche product.
By the time these things become mainstream though, having SD cards with 200 GB that can read/write 400MB/s won't be anything special