As a matter of fact, I'm not seeing a new format war, but a massacre on the horizon.ġ. I was hopeful, but now I truly believe that the only way 4k content will be viewable on a PC is via streaming. Also no videogame system so far supports 4K Ultra HD discs yet.

It is disappointing that no computer BD-ROM drives exist that play the new 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs. When the DVD format launched in 1997 and when the standard 2-D 1080P Blu-ray format launched in 2006, there were computer drives released to play the new format. One will also need to own a 4K Ultra HD computer monitor and graphics card (Both need to support HDCP 2.2 or the signal will be downscaled to 1080P quality). In addition, a computer software program will need to be created in order to watch 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs on a computer. Therefore, some manufactory will need to create a special computer BD-ROM drive in order to use 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs in a computer. I tested a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc in both a standard Blu-ray drive and a BDXL drive, and the disc is unreadable. There is currently no way to watch 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs on a computer

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