exhile Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 So Toronto and Ottawa are the first teams to have some of their home games televised in 4k. Here is a list of their games including the Toronto Raptors on TSN 4K and Sportsnet 4K, http://www.tsn.ca/tsn-4k-has-arrived-1.425916 http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/what-you-need-to-know-about-watching-nhl-games-in-4k/ I'm just wondering if Vancouver and the rest of the NHL teams will follow for the beginning of the 2016-17 season. Rogers Cable and Bell Fibe have offered their customers 4k set top boxes. The links are here: http://www.rogers.com/consumer/tv/4k and here: http://www.bell.ca/Fibe-TV/Promotions/4K-Receiver I hope Shaw and Telus are both planning to upgrade their networks for 4k televised Canucks games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksHomer Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 16 minutes ago, exhile said: So Toronto and Ottawa are the first teams to have some of their home games televised in 4k. Here is a list of their games including the Toronto Raptors on TSN 4K and Sportsnet 4K, http://www.tsn.ca/tsn-4k-has-arrived-1.425916 http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/what-you-need-to-know-about-watching-nhl-games-in-4k/ I'm just wondering if Vancouver and the rest of the NHL teams will follow for the beginning of the 2016-17 season. Rogers Cable and Bell Fibe have offered their customers 4k set top boxes. The links are here: http://www.rogers.com/consumer/tv/4k and here: http://www.bell.ca/Fibe-TV/Promotions/4K-Receiver I hope Shaw and Telus are both planning to upgrade their networks for 4k televised Canucks games. If they do, it won't be till later this year or next year. However, the content will be very limited eg. a few hockey games per year. I dont think that is worth it to purchase a 4k ready HD box for $400-500. I read on Shaw's discussion board that they might want to roll out 1080p channels first (channels are 720p at the moment). I would rather they do that to save us money from having to buy a 4k HD box. A 4k tv does a great job upscaling 1080p to near 4k quality. Bought a 65" curved 4k Samsung a few weeks ago. Regular HD channels look more like 1080p, and 1080p youtube videos look pretty close to 4k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni Zamboni Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 how come netflix can deliver 4k without the need to purchase extra hardware boxes as long as you have a 4k tv? and who even uses rogers cable anymore? shaw and telus need to step up their game for sure. i was pretty disappointed to find out that 4k hockey is not offered by shaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 1 hour ago, exhile said: So Toronto and Ottawa are the first teams to have some of their home games televised in 4k. Here is a list of their games including the Toronto Raptors on TSN 4K and Sportsnet 4K, http://www.tsn.ca/tsn-4k-has-arrived-1.425916 http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/what-you-need-to-know-about-watching-nhl-games-in-4k/ I'm just wondering if Vancouver and the rest of the NHL teams will follow for the beginning of the 2016-17 season. Rogers Cable and Bell Fibe have offered their customers 4k set top boxes. The links are here: http://www.rogers.com/consumer/tv/4k and here: http://www.bell.ca/Fibe-TV/Promotions/4K-Receiver I hope Shaw and Telus are both planning to upgrade their networks for 4k televised Canucks games. Yeah but nobody is watching the Canucks right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksHomer Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 59 minutes ago, Toni Zamboni said: how come netflix can deliver 4k without the need to purchase extra hardware boxes as long as you have a 4k tv? and who even uses rogers cable anymore? shaw and telus need to step up their game for sure. i was pretty disappointed to find out that 4k hockey is not offered by shaw. Because with netflix, you are streaming the 4k content. No need for extra boxes. However, this does take up quite a bit of data. A 1080p stream would take 5gb/1hour. 4k needs 4 times the amount of data compared to 1080p, therefore, streaming a 4k video takes 20gb/1hour. If you have a data limit of 250gb, that equates to 12.5hours of 4k streaming. This does not include your regular internet usage. So yes, it would be nice to have games in 4k, but i don't know if the price would be worth it if you have to purchase a 4k box ($400), and an additional $40-50 per month on top of your cable bill to get 1 or 2 4k games per month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realtor Rod Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 1 hour ago, Toni Zamboni said: how come netflix can deliver 4k without the need to purchase extra hardware boxes as long as you have a 4k tv? and who even uses rogers cable anymore? shaw and telus need to step up their game for sure. i was pretty disappointed to find out that 4k hockey is not offered by shaw. Bandwidth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exhile Posted March 16, 2016 Author Share Posted March 16, 2016 All I can say is don't buy a Vizio 4k TV. They are priced cheap and are of poor quality. BestBuy and Costco sell Vizio TVs but it's best to stay away from them. Samsung and LG are much safer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offensive Threat Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 1 hour ago, exhile said: All I can say is don't buy a Vizio 4k TV. They are priced cheap and are of poor quality. BestBuy and Costco sell Vizio TVs but it's best to stay away from them. Samsung and LG are much safer. Vizio is famous for selling the lowest quality TVs on the market. They win customers based on price alone. A 55" Vizio smart LED TV will cost sometimes half as much as a similar Samsung. You get what you pay for. P.S. Vizios smart TVs track your viewing habits and share that information with advertisers who can track you by phone and other smart devices. Something broadcasters are not allowed to do but no laws exist to keep manufacturers from doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFBR392 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 On 19/02/2016 at 10:51 AM, Toni Zamboni said: how come netflix can deliver 4k without the need to purchase extra hardware boxes as long as you have a 4k tv? and who even uses rogers cable anymore? shaw and telus need to step up their game for sure. i was pretty disappointed to find out that 4k hockey is not offered by shaw. Just millions of people. No biggie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Bought a 50inch Samsung 4k tv at visions for 1k. From my brief online search it seemed like a good deal considering it's only a couple hundred more than the LED models. Reg. price $1700, blown away at the picture. Even watching seinfeld reruns is like dam... Can't wait to watch Laine with the Sedins win the cup in 4k resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Balboa Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 I have no clue what 4K is. Even 5 years ago, I watched a game using the bunny ears on an old TV i had. Only joined the HD club 4 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLuciano Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Already got my 8k tv ready, let's do this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 3 hours ago, LuckyLuciano said: Already got my 8k tv ready, let's do this! What, no 64K? Amateur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanisleryan Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 I just cut my cable and couldn't be happier I still get every NHL game in 720p which is just fine for me. Technology will always just keep advancing and coming out with ways for us to spend our money on things we really dont need. Its funny how when the first 720p tvs came out people were just blown away...but now years later 4k has arrived and all the sudden 720p is so old school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offensive Threat Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 My first TV after gradding Uni was a "awesome" top of the line Sanyo 32" CRT boat anchor of a TV. Thing weighed 100 lbs. And it was impressive back then. The average home TV was 21". The early 1990s were dark days. Be amazed at the majestic beauty of the top of the line in home theater at the time: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLuciano Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 On March 17, 2016 at 4:49 PM, J.R. said: What, no 64K? Amateur God dammit spent my life savings on this obsolete pie ice $&!# 8k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryanstorm Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I just had my girlfriends stupid kids wreck their (our) 5th flat screen TV today. Stupid pricks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpt Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Are you going to watch the game sitting 7 feet away on a 70 inch TV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni Zamboni Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 On 3/16/2016 at 4:57 PM, KFBR392 said: Just millions of people. No biggie. sure, if you live in ontario, new brunswick or newfoundland.....that doesnt sound like a lot of canucks fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exhile Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 Looks like Rogers, Bell Fibe and Bell FibreOp have designated channels for both 4k Sportsnet and TSN channels: Rogers: Sportsnet 4K – 998 Rogers: Sportsnet ONE 4K – 997 Rogers: TSN 4K - 995 Rogers: TSN2 4K - 994 Bell Fibe: Sportsnet 4K – 1395 Bell Fibe: Sportsnet ONE 4K – 1396 Bell Fibe: TSN 4K - 1399 Bell FibreOp: Sportsnet 4K – 609 Bell FibreOp: Sportsnet ONE 4K – 617 Makes you wonder how Shaw is going to implement 4k since only the 600 and 700 channels are open. Telus is doing okay since their channels are in the 1000. I heard from a little birdy that Telus will roll out their 4k network in September of this year which is right before the 2016-17 NHL season, so stay tuned folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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