I bought Evil Dead and watched it all in 4K. Right after, I popped in the Blu-Ray and couldn't notice a difference. Oh well. I'm sure some content will be hit or miss, just like it is on Blu-Ray. However, Evil Dead in 4K costs $35 to download, which seems a bit silly to me, considering I couldn't really tell a difference between it and the $15 Blu-Ray. Unless the price drops and the quality improves, I can't see 4K taking off in the home. If I, a hopeless videophile with more money than brains, am actually leaning towards a version of the movie that's $20 cheaper, good luck trying to convince the general population.
I had a few people over today and had the 4K movie on the server on one input, and the Blu-Ray on another input. I switched back and forth for my guests, not telling them which was which. I asked them to guess which was the 4K version of the film. They picked the Blu-Ray of Total Recall, the Blu-Ray of Battle for LA, the 4K version of Spider-Man, and the Blu-Ray for Evil Dead.
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