USA 4K on DISH

[Scott Greczkowski]

Turned on the Olympics on USA Network this morning and after a few minutes of watching a message popped on the screen. "This program is available to watch in 4K Ultra HD. Press Select to watch." so I pressed select and it took me to the USA 4K Channel.

The picture is greatly improved, but to me it appears to be upconverted 1080p. Is this real 4K or upconverted?

I kept flipping back and forth between the HD and 4K channel and am trying to figure out if they are upconverting it... or down converting it for the HD channel.

Anyone know?

I do think that it is very cool that we have so much live 4K content this weekend.

 

[Bobby]

Turned on the Olympics on USA Network this morning and after a few minutes of watching a message popped on the screen. "This program is available to watch in 4K Ultra HD. Press Select to watch." so I pressed select and it took me to the USA 4K Channel.

The picture is greatly improved, but to me it appears to be upconverted 1080p. Is this real 4K or upconverted?

I kept flipping back and forth between the HD and 4K channel and am trying to figure out if they are upconverting it... or down converting it for the HD channel.

Anyone know?

I do think that it is very cool that we have so much live 4K content this weekend.

Over on AVS they are saying it is upconverted.

 

[bnewt]

Over on AVS they are saying it is upconverted.

At least they are at least thinking about 4k which is nice

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

At least they are at least thinking about 4k which is nice

My feeling on it though is if people say this was good, there is no reason for them to ever do real 4K. Upconverted 1080p it is.

 

[bnewt]

My feeling on it though is if people say this was good, there is no reason for them to ever do real 4K. Upconverted 1080p it is.

True, but there isn't much available in 4k is there?

 

[jackson85]

True, but there isn't much available in 4k is there?

Will there ever be a chance, that Dish will ever get 4K channels. It would be nice, if Dish would get a few channels in 4K without upconverting, then I guess we have to be happy with what we can get.

 

[Bruce]

Will there ever be a chance, that Dish will ever get 4K channels. It would be nice, if Dish would get a few channels in 4K without upconverting, then I guess we have to be happy with what we can get.

Doubtful there will be 4K Channels, first, Traditional Providers are losing subscribers at a pace of 5-6 million a year ( the only one to continue and show gains is YTTV), so no money incentive to do so, second, the content producers have decided streaming is the best place for 4K.

One example is CBS, their content is shown at 1080i on Cable/Satellite, while in 4K on Paramount+, Tracker, Sheriff/Fire Country, Elsbeth, NCIS are just a few examples in 4K, FX is another, 720P via Traditional, 4K on Hulu.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Will there ever be a chance, that Dish will ever get 4K channels.

What 4K Channels are there for DISH to get? I don't really know of any 24/7 4K Channels being broadcast in the USA.

DISH has been good about carrying most 4K events when they are available.

The big question from me however is, are any of these 4K events actually real 4K or are they all upconverted 1080p?

 

[John2021]

Will there ever be a chance, that Dish will ever get 4K channels. It would be nice, if Dish would get a few channels in 4K without upconverting, then I guess we have to be happy with what we can get.

Doubtfull!!! even direct had a fulltime 4k channel now it's gone and most of that was up converted. The best way to get true 4k is via a disc spinner

 

[John2021]

if everyone switched to true 4K overnight think about what a disaster that would be . to be honest we have friends in the film industry that shoot in 16K!!! but guess what they down convert it!!!!