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Sony’s VPL-VW1000ES, reviewed on p19, gives us a glimpse of what the next stage of home cinema could look like – Blu-rays and DVDs upscaled to 4K resolution for an even more impressive image. But is upscaling alone good enough? No! We want native 4K movie content – and getting that seems to be a tricky proposition. Speaking recently to members of Panasonic’s Japanese R&D team, it’s clear that the idea of 4K Blu-ray discs hasn’t been abandoned, but it’s the movie studios that need to be persuaded there’s a market for such a format. And to do that will require a consumer base of 4K displays, be they TVs or projectors – in the same way that Blu-ray only arrived once hi-def TVs were widespread. So, while products like…
