Why are 4k Projectors still so expensive
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Stuartie-B — 9 years ago(January 15, 2017 05:20 AM)
4k projectors are still really expensive starting at around $10,000. I understand that they have been around for 4 or 5 years years, I would have thought they would have come down in price by now, like the TV's have.
I'm still using my 1080i projector I got 13 years ago. It cost around $5,000 at the time which is a lot but half of what 4k projectors cost now. Also this is back in 2004 and HD had only been around for a couple years then. Anyone know why 4k projectors haven't come down in price? I'd like my next one to be 4k. My current projector will give up the ghost sooner or later!
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persen1 — 9 years ago(January 19, 2017 07:38 AM)
They are so expensive, because Sony is the only one in the entire world who makes real 4K native resolution projectors.
They currently are in full control of how much they have to cost, but when the others gets the idea to also begin making real 4K native resolution projectors, then the price will begin to drop.
It was the same deal with the first 4K televisions, the first ones where extremely expensive, but when the other brands jumped on that wagon as well, the TV's began getting cheaper very fast. -
Stuartie-B — 9 years ago(January 20, 2017 12:51 PM)
It makes sense if Sony have a monopoly, but I don't understand why other companies don't make native 4k projectors. It's frustrating because you'd see the benefit of 4k on a 120" projected image over a 42" 4k tv!
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persen1 — 9 years ago(January 20, 2017 06:28 PM)
Hardly any 4K broadcasted channels, hardly any native 4K Blu-ray players and extremely limited number of 4K Blu-rays compared to standard 1080p Blu-ray releases.
They are most likely waiting for most of this to become a lot more standard, before they launch native 4K projectors. They don't want to risk that their products just are gathering lots of dust in the stores after all, because of the current severe limitation of what a native 4K projector can be used for. -
Stuartie-B — 9 years ago(January 21, 2017 02:56 AM)
That's true, but 4k tvs are everywhere, and the limits of 4k broadcasts and blurays etc haven't put them off making them.
However the limited number of 4k blu rays is the main reason why I'm not madly keen on getting one now, its just that if my current projector was to break I'd want a 4k one to future proof.
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