First 4K Movie For Sale

CNET reports on the first movie available to consumers in 4K format. Called TimeScapes, it features award-winning cinematography of New Zealand night skies. The 50-minute movie is $299 for a hard drive, or $99 for a compressed (though still 4K) version on USB stick.

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File this away in the killing the format before it was born file. $99 for a USB stick? $299 for a hard drive? Please!

4K will get me to the movie theater, but I have no need for it in my home, especially since I just upgraded my home theater to a large-screen 1080p 3D DLP set last year.