2017 Best 4K Video Converter Review for Windows/Mac

In fact, 4K affects not just the world of 4K TV and cinema, but also cameras and image capture, smartphones and tablets, computer monitors and PC games – practically anything that displays images or records video. As 4K video is a new technology, there is still some time for new players to pace with it. Old players will hardly play 4K video or Ultra HD videos. Here, Hivimoore Studio introduces the first and most professional 4K Video Converter software - Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate. 

The World's No.1 4K Video Converter Reviewed - Hivimoore Video Converter Ultimate 

With the best 4K Video Converter, no matter you want to decode and encode 4K Ultra HD video, 4K camera video or 4K video downloaded from Youtube, Netflix, etc. to 1080p HD, 720p HD and SD video to be playable on your devices or players or to be editable in Non-linear editing systems; or to convert 4K videos from one format to another popular 4K video formats, such as 4K MP4/MKV with the resolution of 4096 x 2160 or 3840 x 2160; or to convert various convert 480p, 720p or 1080p/i video to 4K 2160p to enhance video audio quality, you will find the best 4K video converter is quite useful and helpful. It supports Windows and Mac version, including Windows 10/8.1/8/7, macOS Sierra, El Capitan, Yosemite and more. 

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The Best 4K Video Converter Key Features 
- Convert 4K Ultra HD video, 4K camera video, 4K video downloaded from online to standard video P4, AVI, MOV, WMV, WebM, DivX, FLV and HD video such as HD MP4, HD AVI, HD WMV, HD MPG, HD MKV, HD TS, HD TRP 720p or 1080p. 
- 4K Video Editor: Edit 4K video like trim, crop, merge, rotate, watermark, subtitle, effects, etc. 
- 4K Video Player: Can't play 4K video on your computer? The built-in 4K video players can do the work for you. 
- Decode and Encode 4K videos for any devices such as Apple TV 4, iPad Pro, iPhone 7, Android smartphones and tablets, 4K TVs, Blu-ray/DVD players, etc. 
- Decode and Encode 4K videos for easy edit in Adobe Premiere Pro, FCP X, iMovie, FCE, Avid Media Composer, Sony Vegas Pro, Resolve, Edius Pro, GoPro Studio, Windows Movie Maker and more. 
- Built in 4K video downloader to download 4K video from YouTube, Netflix, etc. In addition, you are able to download YouTube MP3 directly and YouTube playlists in batches with high speed. YouTube subtitle download is also available. 
- Convert any format video to 4K MP4/MKV in 4096 x 2160 or 3840 x 2160. 
- Convert between over 150 video audio formats: MKV, MP4, AVI, VOB, M4V, FLV, MPG, WMV, SWF, F4V, Tivo, WebM, ASF, MTS, TS, FLAC, MP3, AAC, AC3, MKA, M4A, WMA, OGG, DTS and so on. 
- Convert 2D/3D video to 3D video for VR Headsets, 3D TVs, 3D Players, etc. 

Note: The 4K Video Converter is a paid program but allows free trial for 3 conversions. 

Now, you can free download the best 4K Video Converter on your Windows or Mac. 

  

  

Steps: How to Decode and Encode 4K Video to 4K or 1080p/720p HD? 

Step 1. Load 4K Video Files 

There are two ways to load 4K Video Files. Directly drag and drop files to the interface, or you can click click the "Add File" in order to load your 4K videos files which you want to convert to whatever format you want. 

 

Step 2: Choose output format 

1. To convert 4K video to other video or audio formats: 

Click on "Format" icon at the bottom of this app's pane to open output format window. Go to "Format" then "Video" or "Audio" category, where you'll find desired video or audio formats. Select it as the output format. 

To convert 4K video or Ultra HD video to HD MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, MKV, etc. in 1080p or 720p. Go to "Format" then "HD". 

 

Then click on "Settings" on the bottom right to open the setting window, where you can customize video resolution to "1280*720" or "1920*1080". 

 
2. To convert 4K Video to 4K MP4/MKV: 

Click on "Format" icon at the bottom of this app's pane to open output format window. Go to the "Format" -> "Video" category, where you'll find "4K Video MP4". Select it as the output format. 

 

Step 3. Convert 4K Video to 4K or 1080p/720p HD 

Click "OK" button if all settings are finished, and then click "Convert" to start converting your 4K videos to 1080p/720p HD MP4, AVI, WMV, MOV, MKV, M4V, etc. or 4K MP4/MKV you choose. The processing speed is far more faster than others in the market. You will enjoy the best 4K video converting experience. 

The Video Converter Ultimate is a great 4K Video Converter and the best 4K video downloaders. Whether your computers spec is qualified to handle 4K videos or not, you can use the software for decoding and encoding 4K to 4K MP4/MKV or 1080p/720p/480p video formats for a smooth playback, edit, burn, share. Click for more info about the best 4K Video Converter. 

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Source: http://www.hivimoore.com/2016/11/best-4k-video-converter-downloader-review/

Panasonic Lumix GH4 4K Flagship

Panasonic announced after the first generation of LUMIX G flagship GH4, seems to attract a lot of users to inquire about offering news came today Panasonic Lumix GH4 conference was finally held in Hong Kong, 《Price》 will certainly not miss the opportunity, for the first time everyone GH4 collecting information! 

Lumix GH4 main shoot 4K, 16.05 million pixels Digital Live CMOS sensor with newly developed Venue Engine image processor, so that the quality has greatly improved; GH4 more support 4K video recording without time limit, provided the recording of up to 200 Mbps options! In addition, the continuous shooting function GH4 also worth talking to a maximum 12 fps (AFS) can produce 40 continuous shooting RAW and 100 non-RAW images, there are requirements for high-speed continuous shooting friends should be very satisfied with it?

Hong Kong Film New Action – 4K Movie Power

"Hong Kong Film New Action – 4K Movie Power" is organised by Create Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Film Development Council, and co-organised by the Association of Motion Picture Post Production Professionals (AMP4) and Hong Kong Productivity Council. The event with its focus on the future of 4K Movie, consists of two workshops, A thematic symposium and an exhibition booth displaying the related technologies, will be held during Filmart. Various aspects of 4K Movie such as production, post production, cinema & global delivery will be covered.

Workshop Entrance Overview

A. 4K Digital Movie Making

• Date: 21 March (Fri) & 22 March (Sat)
• Time: 0900 –1800/ 0900-1900
• Venue: A001, HKDI  • Fee (HKD): 600 • Seats: 150

B. Professional 4K Movie DIT and DMT Workshop

• Date: 22 March (Sat) – 23 March (Sun)
• Time: 1430 –1700/ 0900-1900
• Venue: A001, HKDI

& 

• Date: 24 March (Mon)
• Time: 0800-1600
• Venue: Comix Home Base, Wan Chai • Fee (HKD): 2,400 • (Interested party who would like to join both workshops can have 50% tuition fee covered of the class '4K Digital Movie Making') • Seats: 30

Admission Requirements

1. Permanent resident of HKSAR
2. Strong interest to join the digital cinema industry
3. Basic knowledge of digital movie production and distribution

First Come First Serve ! Full detail download the pdf here. You can register online here.

Source: HKCPUG

Asus Zenbook NX500 4K ultrabook on the way

Asus is reportedly working on a new 15 inch ultrabook with a 4K, Ultra HD display. It's called the Asus Zenbook NX500 and the laptop reportedly an aluminum body, an anti-glare display, and Bang & Olufsen audio.

The Zenbook NX500 wouldn't be the first 15 inch ultrabook from Asus. It'll likely replace the aging Asus UX51 line of ultrabooks which have measly 1080p touchscreen screens and Intel Ivy Bridge processors.

Details about the new model are pretty scarce, but it seems likely the laptop will have an Intel Haswell CPU, and I wouldn't rule out a discrete graphics card to help power the Ultra HD display (Intel's integrated graphics could probably get the job done without any help, but Asus tends to charge premium prices for its 15 inch Zenbooks, so the new model will probably have the premium specs to match).

I've always been a bit wary of lumping 15 inch and large ultrathin notebooiks into the same category as smaller “ultrabooks,” when they can weigh as much as 5 pounds. But an Asus laptop that measures less than an inch thick, weighs less than 5 pounds, and has a 4K display certainly sounds like something to keep an eye out for.

Via Notebook Italia
  

4K & 4G LTE Rockchip RK2388 Tablet Processor Due In April

Rockchip is launching a new generation of processors for tablets this year and the new R3288 is coming in April it appears. The CPU is supposed to integrate 4G LTE network support and we’re expecting it on affordable tablets.

This is actually one of the first quad core Cortex A12 SoC product on the market and the CPU relies on a powerful quad core Mali T76X GPU. This allows for H.265 decoding, 4K video and as we said, 4G LTE. We’ve been hearing rumors about 4K display tablets for a while now, but we haven’t even seen the 2K models yet.

Since theoretically even lower end CPUs have 4K support, it would be high time for device makers to release such slates. Traditionally Rockchip has rivals like Allwinner, MediaTek and such, so expect similar processing solutions from them, or even better.

Source: Tabletnews

Future is fuzzy for 4K, ultra-high-definition TVs

4K programming has finally arrived for UHD TVs -- slowly.

Samsung's curved 4K ultra-high-definition TV uses the Internet streaming services of Comcast, Netflix, and Amazon for content.

Around this time last year, TV manufacturers trumpeted the arrival of 4K ultra-high-definition televisions. The pricey and often humongous TVs pack in four times as many pixels as top-of-the-line HD sets.

But new technology often faces a chicken-and-egg problem. Even if you bought a 4K UHD TV, what would you watch on it? Very few movies support the new resolution. Some Blu-ray players promise to convert regular high-definition video to something approximating ultra high definition, but such techniques are stopgap solutions while TV makers wait for Hollywood to catch up. Instead, online companies such as Netflix and YouTube have taken the lead.

"This year, we started to see delivery of 4K content, but what might be surprising to some is that [4K] streaming video will likely be first," says Steve Koenig, director of industry analysis for the Consumer Electronics Association.

On Feb. 14, the second season of "House of Cards" premiered on Netflix in 4K. The video-streaming service will also present all five seasons of "Breaking Bad" and many of Netflix's future original series in 4K.

YouTube has embraced a new way to encode video, one that will make it easier to handle ultra high definition. And Samsung teamed up with Comcast to create an online 4K video service that will run on Samsung TVs.

To enjoy this superior picture quality, you will need a UHD TV and an Internet connection of at least 15.6 megabits per second, according to Netflix. That's in line with some cable-modem speeds, but well beyond a DSL connection.

Cramming all that data onto a disc has been a problem for Hollywood. A 4K movie takes up about 100 gigabytes, according to Samsung. Most Blu-ray discs top out at 25 gigabytes. DVDs hold only 4.7 gigabytes. The group behind Blu-ray recently approved discs that can handle a full 4K movie, but studios have been slow to turn them around.

Right now, there's little reason to rush. The average TV size in the United States jumped from 22 inches in 1997 to 39 inches last year. But from a normal viewing distance, the human eye can't see the difference between HD and UHD until you get to 50- or 65-inch televisions. With current UHD TVs costing thousands of dollars, Hollywood can take its time – and the chicken-and-egg problem continues.

This article originally published at CSMonitor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 4K tablet hands-on review

We check out the performance of Qualcomm's new ARM-based super chip for tablets

Mobile World Congress 2014 saw a wave of new processors appear on the scene. This kicked of with Intel, when it launched a major offensive into the smartphone market, unveiling its dual-core Merrifield and quad-core Moorefield Atom processors. Not wanting to be outdone by the PC heavyweight, Qualcomm answered back, unveiling its latest top-end Snapdragon 805 64-bit processor.

Performance

On paper the Snapdragon 805 is pretty impressive. Built up of four Krait 450 cores with a maximum clock speed of 2.7GHz, the chip also integrates an Adreno 420 GPU and 128-bit memory interface. But a chip by itself is never the whole story, and it's all about how it works with the other parts and software in the device.

We got to test the Snapdragon running inside several demo Android tablets at Qualcomm's MWC stand, and we were very impressed by how well they ran. Trying out the first tablet with a variety of pre-installed applications, the device was lighting fast. We were particularly impressed with how well it dealt with heavier, more demanding tasks such as 1080p 3D gaming.
We're guessing this is due to the chip's upgraded Adreno 420 GPU, which is listed as offering 40 percent better performance than the older 320. It's also likely a consequence of the fact that the Adreno 420 GPU supports new hardware tessellation and geometry shaders for 4K rendering.

Hardware tessellation is a feature traditionally only seen in discrete GPUs for PCs and it has only recently been incorporated into DirectX and next-generation games consoles such as Sony's PS4 and Microsoft's Xbox One. For us the feature's inclusion on the Snapdragon 805 is sign that Qualcomm is working to further close the gap between PCs and tablets.

4K ultra HD resolution display

We noticed the biggest Snapdragon perk on a second tablet, which had a 10.1in 4K ultra HD 3840x2160 resolution display. This display quality is only possible on the tablet thanks to the advanced GPU and CPU combination in the Snapdragon 805, and we have to concede that the 4K display is a serious technical achievement.

Viewing a variety of images on the device, we found it one of the crispest and sharpest displays we've seen on a tablet. From, what we've seen of the test device so far, the display easily beat the iPad Air's performance. Holding the tablet as close to our face as we could, we still couldn't discern individual pixels on the screen.

As an added bonus the Snapdragon 805 also offers 4K video playback, featuring support for the hardware 4K HEVC (H.265) decode for mobile. Sadly, we didn't get a chance to test this during our hands on.

Chances

There's currently no word about when the first Snapdragon 805 tablets will be go on sale, but from what we've seen of the Qualcomm demo devices, we're pretty excited. The demo tablets we tried seemed lightning fast and, while we didn't get a chance to benchmark them, they did seem to offer substantially improved performance on Qualcomm's previous Snapdragon 800 processor.

That said, the real question isn't how the Snapdragon 805 compares with the 800, it is how it will match up to the performance of Intel's Moorefield. We're yet to get a chance to test this, but with Dell, Lenovo and Asus confirmed to be working on devices using the upgraded Atom chips, hopefully we won't have to wait long to do so.

Qualcomm demos 4K Android gaming tablet at MWC 2014

The first Android tablet equipped with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 805 processor was on-hand at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

The Verge got to try it out, and the tech site said that "it's good, it's very good." They played existing games including Asphalt 8: Airborne and Injustice: Gods Among Us and seemed impressed. Since the games' textures and graphics were designed for lower resolutions, "they don't look as awesome as they could, but the sheer fact that they can be run at 4K with a perfectly playable frame rate is impressive," the site said.

The Qualcomm tablet on display at the tech show appears to be merely for demonstration purposes, though. Qualcomm announced the new Snapdragon chip last November, but it's not due to show up in any retail devices this summer. When it does, though, 4K resolution tablet gaming may well become the new standard.

There's debate as to whether jamming so many pixels onto the relatively small screens of tablets and smartphones will actually provide much benefit to the human eye, but that seems to be the direction the industry is headed regardless.

More Related:

• Upcoming 4K Android tablet games could blow away anything you see on the iPad
• 4K gaming is coming to an Android tablet near you

 

News: 4K House Of Cards Won't Be Gentle On Usage Caps

We've already noted how bandwidth caps likely won't fare very well with the arrival of 4K video, even with the help of next-generation compression codecs. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is already on record stating their upcoming 4K streams will need at least 15 Mbps and would be most optimal with 50 Mbps. Sony's upcoming 4K film service will similarly plow through gigabytes like a hot knife through butter. 

With everybody currently binge watching Netflix's "House of Cards," Gizmodo quite correctly points out that binge-watching the series in 4K will be anything but gentle on your bandwidth cap:

quote:

Streaming in 1080p on Netflix takes up 4.7GB/hour. So a regular one-hour episode of something debiting less than 5GB from your allotment is no big deal. However, with 4K, you've got quadruple the pixel count, so you're burning through 18.8GB/hour. Even if you're streaming with the new h.265 codec—which cuts the bit rate by about half, but still hasn't found its way into many consumer products—you're still looking at 7GB/hour. 

But you're not watching just one episode, are you? Of course not! You're binging on House of Cards, watching the whole series if not in one weekend then certainly in one month. That's 639 minutes of top-quality TV, which in 4K tallies up to 75GB if you're using the latest and greatest codec, and nearly 200GB if not. That means, best case scenario, a quarter of your cap—a third, if you're a U-Verse customer with a 250GB cap—spent on one television show. Throw in a normal month's internet usage, and you're toast.

It's even worse for many DSL users, whose caps are as low as 150 GB. And a few scattered ISPs (not even mentioning satellite broadband) take the cap limbo lower than that. Broadband ISPs have always insisted that their usage-caps would scale with necessity (instead of being tightened like a noose to hamper video competitors), and 4K video appears to be something that could test that claim.

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QHD Monitors
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Large Format 4K LCD Displays
Planar® UltraRes™ Series is a family of 84" Ultra HD (3840 x 2160) professional LCD displays that produce resolution and picture quality not before seen in large format LCD displays. With a native 4K resolution, Planar UltraRes Series has four times the resolution and pixel density of comparably-sized full HD displays. When displaying ultra HD content, Planar UltraRes Series delivers clarity and detail that appears sharp even at close viewing distances - no detail is missed. 

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Planar offers LCD and rear projection video wall displays at full HD resolution that when tiled into 2x2 arrays can deliver stunning 4k resolution. Planar video wall solutions include Planar's award-winning Clarity™ Matrix LCD video walls and Clarity™ LED3 Series rear projection video walls.

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NTT, NEC Launch Real-time 4K/60p Video Compression Unit

First 4K HEVC video compression unit could help spread of content for Ultra-HD screens

IDG News Service (Tokyo Bureau) — NTT and NEC have launched a compression unit for 4K/60p high-resolution video that can compress video in real time using the HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) format.

Commercialization of the technology is a world first, the telecommunications and electronics titans said.

A real-time encoding unit using the technology, the VC-8150, went on sale Wednesday in Japan, with shipping to begin in April.

The unit complies with the latest international standards on HEVC, a compression format for video that is the successor to the popular AVC (Advanced Video Coding), also known as MPEG-4 part 10.

The companies said the development was based in part on an analysis of an HEVC algorithm.

"Previously, 1.5 GB of terrestrial digital broadcast data could be compressed to 15 MB, but with this newly developed technology, 12 GB can be compressed to 30 MB," an NEC spokesman said. "We realized a four-fold improvement in the compression rate."

"With this technology, stations can begin 4K broadcasts," the spokesman said, adding the unit would be priced in the range of tens of millions of yen (hundreds of thousands of US dollars).

In addition to the VC-8150, a VD-8100 companion decoder will also ship in April.
The manufacturers said the technology will contribute to the spread of video and broadcasting in 4K, a type of ultra high definition (UHD) with a minimum resolution of 2160p. 4K images have nearly 8.3 million pixels, four times as many as a 1080p image, which is the full HD resolution produced by Blu-rays.

While 4K has yet to make significant inroads into mainstream broadcasting, it has featured in Olympics coverage and other sports broadcasts.

Last October, Oregon-based Elemental Technologies and Japanese telecommunications carrier K-Opticom carried out real-time streaming of the Osaka Marathon with a 4K HEVC transmission. It was billed as the first such transmission of its kind.

This article originally published at CIO
  

Build a 4K-ready PC

Summary: Want a PC that's capable of 4K gaming and be a total powerhouse no matter what task you throw at it? Read on ... but I warn you, the price tag will bring tears to your eyes!

 
Want a PC that's capable of 4K gaming and be a total powerhouse no matter what task you throw at it? Read on.

Ever since a raft of affordable 4K displays – that is, panels that have a native resolution of 3840 by 2160 pixels – were announced at CES earlier this year, there's been a spike in interest in PCs that are ready to take screen resolution to the next level. But 4K gaming is going to stress a PC like almost nothing else, and to be able to pump out this torrent of pixels, the PC is going to have to be built from top quality parts.



Let's take a look at what we need.

Processor

Right off the bat we're thrust into making a tough choice – do we go with Intel or AMD?

Here I'm going to go with the underdog and pick AMD silicon for the job. The processor I'm going for here is the AMD FX-9590 Black Edition. This is an 4.7GHz, 8-core CPU that's fully unlocked so you can overclock it to squeeze out even more power.

This is an amazing processor that you can pick up for $299.

Motherboard

We need an 990FX compatible motherboard to go with the processor, and while there are a few you can choose from, here I've gone for the ASRock 990FX Extreme9. Why? Well, there's a lot to like about this board.

• 64GB RAM support
• 8 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
• 4 x USB 2.0, 4 x USB 3.0
• Premium quality components
• Support for NVIDIA 3-Way SLI and AMD 3-Way CrossFireX

It also looks great!

This board comes at a compelling price – only $170.

Graphics card

Here's where I start a war – Nvidia or AMD?

I've thought about this long and hard, weighted up a number of pros and cons and gone with an AMD GPU in the form of ASUS R9290X-DC2OC-4GD5 Radeon R9 290X. Why AMD? While there's benchmark evidence to suggest that Nvidia has faster GPUs, overall I prefer the stability and cooling offered by AMD's newer R9 cards.

We're also keeping the CPU and GPU matched.

A single card will set you back $750, but remember that you have the option of putting three of these inside this machine, which gives you an insane level of performance. But this does come with a price tag that will bring tears to your eyes.

Display

A 4K system needs a 4K display. I'm going to give you two options – jam today, and jam tomorrow.

If you want a 4K display today then go for the Dell UltraSharp 24-inch Ultra HD display. An absoutely stunning display that will set you back $1,299.
However, if you are willing to wait until April, then you can pick up the Lenovo ThinkVision Pro 2840m that only costs $799.

RAM

Two things you want from the RAM:

• You need at least 8GB of the stuff
• You want it to be DDR3 1866

I don't like my RAM to come with too much fanfare (or crazy coolers and the like) so I'd go for something conservative such as Kingston HyperX, which will set you, back around $100.

Storage

Only you know how much storage you need (and I bet you don't know how much you really need, which is why I recommend taking what you think you need and doubling it), but I'd recommend going with the following layout:

• SSD boot drive – Something like the Samsung 840 EVO for $90
• HDD storage drive – Like the Western Digital WD Black 2TB for $155

Power supply

We need something beefy here, especially if you think you might go as far as adding three Radeon R9 graphics cards.

I've chosen to go for the Zalman 1250 Platinum 1250W, which is not only a great PSU, but it is 80 PLUS Platinum certified, so you're getting an ultra-high power efficiency part, which reduces your power bills and doesn't harm the planet as much as an inefficient PSU.

This sort of output doesn't come cheap, and this unit will set you back $280.

Ancilliary

A few other bits:

• Chassis – Budget $100
• Windows 8.1 – That'll be another $100

Total cost

The total cost of this system comes in at $3,340, plus change. This is for a rig with a single Radeon R9 290X card and the Dell 4K display. Waiting until April and the price of this rig falls to $2,840 based on the change of display alone. The Lenovo display is nowhere near as good as the Dell display, but it does give you an extra $500 in your pocket. 

Source: ZDNet
  

Sony 2014 4K UHDTV Prices Leaked

Sony introduced its 2014 line of 4K televisions at the CES. It consists of 3 series (up from 2 last year) with 9 models. Screen sizes are available from 49-inches all the way up to 85. There are a number of improvements over the 2013s. They include HEVC decoding (for upcoming Netflix 4K streaming) and HDCP 2.2 as well as HDMI 2.0, according to Sony spokesperson.

  

The big new picture quality features include the return to LED backlights with true local dimming on the XBR 950 series, and the extended dynamic range capabilities of the 900 and 950 series (the latter being up to 3 times the brightness range).

More information and all the prices after the break.

Sony has created a wedge shape to increase the internal volume of its 900 series 4K TVs for better bass and audio dynamic range.

In pricing, we found the 79-inch for under $9000 intriguing. This is the first 4K TV with this screen size and it represents a huge price drop when compared to the 85-inch class X950 ($25K). Could 78+ inch UHDTVs lead to a new TV segment we are calling "Luxury Televisions"? The 4K experience on this size screen really brings out the detail. It is something to experience first-hand.

The 2014 Sony 4K TV will start shipping to dealers by June.

XBR-49X850B 49-inch $2199.99

XBR-55X850B 55-inch $2999.99

XBR-65X850B 65-inch $4499.99

XBR-70X850B 70-inch $5999.99

4K Ultra HD, HD content upscaled to 4K, Triluminous for wider color gamut, Latest HDMI support for next gen 4K players & services, and stream HD entertainment wirelessly with built-in Wi-Fi, 3D

XBR-55X900B 55-inch $3999.99

XBR-65X900B 65-inch $5499.99

XBR-79X900B 79-inch $8999.99

Wedge TV design with front-facing speakers, X-tended Dynamic Range for up to 2x brightness range, Triluminous for wider color gamut, 3D, latest HDMI support for next gen 4K players and services, and stream HD entertainment wirelessly with built-in Wi-Fi

XBR-65X950B 65-inch $7999.99

XBR-95X950B 85-inch $24,999.99

Extended Dynamic Range PRO with up to 3x brightness range, Triluminous for wider color gamut, 3D, latest HDMI support for next gen 4K players and services, and stream HD entertainment wirelessly with built-in Wi-Fi.

Source: HD Guru