is there a better 4k smart tv (around 50") out there for £500?

How is the motion rate for watching football in HD?

The PS4 will definitely not play UHD Blu ray., no plans whatsoever for that, the PS4.5 (yeah, really) is due shortly with a 4k enabled software upgrade as far as i know.

Leaked, but as yet unconfirmed, documents have suggested that the rumoured PlayStation 4.5 will be receiving a fairly beefy hardware upgrade, but that Sony has no intention of allowing developers to make games which only run on the new hardware.

Sony's plan to release a PlayStation 4.5 boasting improved specifications over the original model was rumoured back in March, with claims that the device would include a more powerful graphics processor and native support for 4K resolution display devices. Now, documents leaked to gaming site Giant Bomb have put more meat on the bones of what is claimed to be known internally at Sony as Project Neo.

According to the unverified leak, the AMD accelerated processing unit (APU) at the heart of the PlayStation 4 will be replaced in the PlayStation 4.5: its 8 Jaguar-based CPU cores will be boosted from 1.6GHz to 2.1GHz, while the GPU hardware will be doubled from 18 CUs running at 800MHz to 36 CUs at 911MHz - a claim which, if true, will certainly help the PlayStation 4.5 hit the framerates required for smooth virtual reality using the PlayStation VR headset. The new model is also claimed to boost the bandwidth of its 8GB of GDDR5 memory to 218GB/s from 176GB/s, while developers will also be allowed to access an additional 512MB of memory previously reserved for system use.

The documents further detail Sony's support plan for the original-specification PlayStation 4, and there's good news for anyone not keen on splashing out to upgrade: the company is not taking a leaf from Nintendo's book and will force developers to continue to support the PS4 with all game releases. Rather than making exclusive PlayStation 4.5 titles, the documents claim, developers will be expected to make games which can be played on the PS4 and then build upwards to the PS4.5 - adding features such as higher resolution textures, 4K upscaling, or higher framerates for those on the Project Neo hardware.

These details, it must be remembered, are as-yet unconfirmed: while Giant Bomb claims to have verification from multiple independent sources, Sony itself is unsurprisingly unwilling to comment on the matter ahead of an official unveiling.

Most Blu Ray discs are 25 or 50gb, 100gb is enough for most movies in 4k with minimal compression as the H265 codec is far more efficient than Blu Ray's H264's - extras will be on a flip side or 2nd disc according to the movie studios.

I've got one of these- it's not bad for the money. Only 2x HDMI inputs though

Lots of settings can be adjusted to give a good pic.

Wouldn't surprise me. The original ps3 couldn't play blu ray v2 discs, they were nothing special, just a slight improvement but Sony said nope buy a newer ps3 and bin your old one.

Cheers. I've just looked at the spec but it looks extremely disappointing!

Blu-ray discs go up to 100GB (128gb technically but they're rare) and the new UHD discs apparently go up to 100GB (both being triple layer)... Apparently though, UHD blu-rays will use high compression (h.265) to be able to fit a film on! I'm pretty sure they're the same discs just with a new name! Also, this compression WILL cause a drop in picture quality.

Unless I'm missing something (it is 2am lol), the PS4 should be able to play these UHD discs - but I'd bet millions that Sony won't let you do it!!!

Fingers crossed that they actually put in a RESUME feature this time round!!! Every single DVD can do this but this was too complicated for Sony when they made the Blu-Ray!

good size tv.4k picture very good. hd and sd tv poor.colours look washed out when viewing tv at any angle cheap remote.you have to press hard on the keys for it to respond also mine had to be returned as every time you turned the set on. you had to go back into the network settings to reconnect to the internet,also had banding problems when viewing sport-football(lines in the background of the picture)

No. UHD Blu-Ray discs have a higher capacity than regular Blu-Ray discs, so can easily fit an entire movie on one disc.

Why is it...I prefer these LG sets to Samsung

Admittedly I haven't been keeping up on the latest technology recently but unless they've announced 8-layer blu-rays, surely watching a 4K blu-ray film will involve swapping discs several times?

Is this one proper 4K panel or not ?...remember some talking about few LG models which are not...
PS. Samsung 48JU6400 for £419 after code from PRC/rakuten will be better choice

Who's Geoff?

Cheers Andy

What motion rate on a tv should I be looking at for football etc Thankyou for your help

Yes, I'm not a fan of the OS on Samsung, whereas WebOS is lovely to use, albeit I've not used it on this particular set.

Great price