4K content rolls out in Google Play Movies

19 November 2016
Google has started rolling out 4K content in Google Play Movies, as was promised back when the company announced the Chromecast Ultra.

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korbindallis, 19 Nov 2016its not double as 4K is 4times the resolution of HD so we a... morethat size looks like a bluray rip..yeah..100gb sounds about right..i was talking about youtube mp4 files..i shall look into the size later...but essentially...hevc support needed..

    no fhd, 2k?

      Much better

        WOrld1, 19 Nov 2016Unfortunately because many many phones use display under 72... moreThat ain't the problem( unless you choose to download them) at all. I think even download them won't be the problem( except the size). Because all of these movies that sold from Google's playstore, it is in YouTube(forever), so that you can watch them whenever you want. It problem is that the SD(standard HD quality), it is 480p and it is very bad quality for its price(s)! 12.99 - 14.99 are SD(up to 480p), 16.99 - 19.99+ are HD( from the worst to 1080p).
        The SD quality are so bad that even watching them on the phone screen are sometimes unbearable!

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          Big Daddy, 20 Nov 2016The price of movies at google play is more than the price o... moreBecause you get to keep them with you forever and watch whenever you want

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            Big Daddy, 20 Nov 2016The price of movies at google play is more than the price o... moreIndeed. Way too expensive. Especially in developing countries. They should lower prices some 2-4 times for developing countries.

              The price of movies at google play is more than the price of movie tickets.. LoL.

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                • 19 Nov 2016

                So could you watch them on a Sony Z5 Premium? Hmm mm.............

                  FromChinaWithLove, 19 Nov 2016This is stupid for Google! Why keep SD(480p)? They should h... moreUnfortunately because many many phones use display under 720p (usually 560p or worse 480p) and with your idea you're excluding lot of potential buyers

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                    viveksubhash, 19 Nov 2016Lol nice...unless they implement hevc the sizes are going t... moreits not double as 4K is 4times the resolution of HD so we are looking at around 100GB

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                      I wish Google Play would offer the same extras features that are offered on other services.

                        Lol nice...unless they implement hevc the sizes are going to be huge..for example an mp4 720p rip from youtube is around 1-2gb, full hd goes to around 4gb..so uhd will mean about 10gb..

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                          • 19 Nov 2016

                          Nice but one 4K movie would be of huge size..

                            This is stupid for Google! Why keep SD(480p)? They should have go with 720p as standard, and get rid of the 1080p and just use 720p as standard HD quality and 4k as UHD quality. That way they can re-adjust the prices to be more reasonable.

                              "The prices are higher than the SD version but not significantly so."

                              Its double the price of the HD option!

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