Thought this was a good post:
Quote:. The family and I watched Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, a 2014 release with Chris Pine, Kevin Costner and Keira Knightly the other night on Ultraflix. I had it on the 6Mbps setting. Our screen is 120". I have the NP1 connected to my system.
At 6Mbps, the picture was clearly superior to Netflix or Apple TV. I would also say that for the most part it looked better than any Blu-ray that I can recall in recent memory. The reality is we are moving to a marketplace where most people, myself included, appreciate the benefit of streaming. Ultraflix lets you do that with the largest number of 4K titles, and maintain a really amazing picture. I would encourage you to do a similar test.
There are two realities at play here:
1. Many studios--not only Paramount--have little if any native 4K content. Even the new Terminator Genisys that Ultraflix offers was done in a 2K world. I am guessing the majority of Paramount titles on Ultraflix come from 2K digital masters.
2. Having said that, a ton of folks are buying 4K TV's and most will tell you that 1080P content looks worse on them than it did on a native 1080P set. The upscaling provided by the TV manufacturers is not very good. People are willing to pay a premium for content that looks good on their 4K sets. Compared to the built-in scaling, Ultraflix looks a lot better.
3. I am going to guess that the 2K content from Universal which Nanotech gets exceeds Blu-ray quality. And, based on my own viewing experience, the process they use to create the 4K files for Ultraflix is impressive. The simple fact is that the Ultraflix material looks very good, even at 6Mbps. So, I believe there are some extra pixels in there, and I believe they look quite nice.
With the Black Friday deal of $1.00 to $2.50 per title, Ultraflix is hardly charging a premium price. In fact, it's a pretty amazing value.
Regarding your other comments... People have been speculating on the company's demise for some time on this board, and it has not come to pass. There are many other talented folks behind the scenes that have taken on the challenge, and by the looks of things they are making impressive progress.
