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Lack of 4K Content

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Hi @Anonymous @Dancer @nonplussed  Paige, have a look at what is scheduled on the 4K channel at the moment and tell me if you would pay for it yourself if you didn't get it free from working at Foxtel which is I presume what happens. I have subscribed to Foxtel for nearly twenty years now and I don't think I have seen a time when there has been less new content, not old repeats which form the majority of the schedule now. Also have a look at what Netflix and Stan are offering most of it in 4K.  What are Foxtel going to do now that Games Of Thrones has finished?

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Agree with JeffPoll, what we’re getting is not what was advertised. One 4K channel doesn’t cut it in any case.

I’m all for 4K Sport, I’ll be watching the Rugby World Cup and every F1 race. I don’t watch the AFL or Footy, but that’s great for those who do. The nature docos etc are great in 4K, but I am not seeing anything new for months I haven’t already watched. Movies are a big disappointment, the few older movies shown all look like dreadful upscaled conversions of original film.

it’s a question of what content is out there. New movies are now often shot on 4K, no conversion required. There’s plenty more 4K TV content out there, largely from U.K. but also US. Why wasn’t Wimbledon in 4K except badly upscaled finals delayed to the next day? The Ashes would have been great too, (although Nine have the rights I suppose.)


and why not do a deal with Optus Sports to get EPL back on Foxtel in 4K? Either native channels or their streaming App a la Netflix?


I always assumed Ch444 was a temporary pilot station and there would be a bunch of 4K channels by now, at least one for every genre:








and some standalone 4K channels like BBC Earth when that replaces BBC Knowledge soon...



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"So I want to take this opportunity to grab some realtime feedback, a good old fashioned Straw Poll if you will."

Paige, Like those who have posted above me, I'm growing weary of old sporting repeats in 4K, particularly AFL and a series of second rate music concerts. I upgraded to the 4K package with the expectation (marketed by Foxtel) of seeing range of live sporting events and quality 4K movies. What we've actually been given is numerous sporting repeats and a tiny number of upscaled  movies or those made in the 80's which have been reprocessed from the masters into a 4K format. My own preference is to see many more recently made 4K movies (have we actually had any recent time 4K movies on Ch444?).


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guys and gals,  i get what all of you are saying and i am not disagree'ing with you either


however though a bit of defence for foxtel  and they can only bring true 4k content if they are using their own 4k cameras that they use to film cricket, Afl etc


they can not control What movies are in true 4k and what are not,  even Netflix and Stan are bringing you  upscaled 4k content


take the Movie "Wild things"   i think its on netflix or Stan in there 4k content,  this is an upscaled version as the  filmakers never used 4k cameras back then


if the film makers wether it be movies , documentries etc  dont use 4k cameras then its either going to be 4k upscaled or just in HD


is this the fault of foxtel  that they cant bring enough 4k content


if foxtel don't have the rights to broadcast certain channels and movies etc , then its hard to blame foxtel for that..


as more and more people buy 4k tvs then the film  makers will bring more 4k content


Sure foxtel advertised they will bring 4k content.  but they also have hope the film makers are filming in 4k


ya know at the moment with 8k now available how much content do you think is out there for that .  99% of that will be upsaled as well



its great to have the high tech tvs but  we have to wait for everything to catch up

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If that's the case then they shouldn't have promoted the movies etc as part of their 4K announcement. They would have known about any restrictions for a long time before their announcement. There are virtually no movies on Ch444 these days at all, let alone 4K movies. We are asking for nothing more than what Foxtel promised.

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Lots 4k movies out more drama 4k out you go bskyb they got lots movies 4k and drama 4k
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Hi @ozdevil  Netflix and Stan are producing new series that are filmed in 4K. At least it looks like they are e.g. Billions, The Loudest Voice, The Cathedral, Our Planet. etc. Why can't Foxtel get hold of some of these and then I won't have to pay for my Netflix and Stan subscriptions and just have to pay the $100 a month a pay them now, for what I don't know. 

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I have no idea how to quote other users' posts on this rather clunky forum software aside from doing @ozdevil , so copypasta in italics it is!




That film - and everything of its era and before - was photographed on film. The 4K versions of those movies result from the studios taking the best possible version of that film - in most cases the original negatives - and scanning them to digital video in very very expensive 4K film scanners, then using modern digital tools to remove scratches, dirt, and so on. Sony Pictures in particular (the studio that owns Wild Things) has been on a program of scanning its library of movies in 4K over the past few years, which is why they show up in 4K on Stan - and could be sourced for Foxtel's 4K channel as well.


The 35mm (and 65mm) film used for making those films holds a lot more detail than it used to be possible to capture on video - that's why these new scans genuinely make those older movies look better in 4K than they've ever looked before.


You're right to be sceptical about many modern movies advertised as 4K - most (but not all) modern movies are finished digitally at 2K, then upscaled to 4K if needed. But all those old classic movies right up to around 1998, if you see a 4K version, it will have been a brand new 4K scan that's going to look a LOT better.

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Hey Hey Community,


Thank you so much for your detailed responses in regards our 4K content. Your contributions have been passed back to the Programming Team for consideration. I dig how passionate you are about this channel and hope that you see some of the content you love. 


Have a good week.


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but isnt that another way of just upscaling and i think it is great  that some of the older movies etc that are now appearing in 4k on stan etc have had that lift  from the production companies

hopefully we will start to see more  4k stuff come online.  and foxtel brings us more 4k stuff

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