To watch BBC iPlayer in 4K you'll need to be watching on a supported device.
We don't know what the next 4K trial will be, but we hope it arrives soon.
After a series of successful trials, the BBC streamed live 4K broadcasts of the 2018 World Cup and the Wimbledon Championships in 20. There has also been live 4K sport, including football, rugby league and tennis. Blue Planet II and Dynasties then made it to 4K Blu-ray disc, too.
On both occasions, the David Attenborough-narrated nature documentaries have appeared on iPlayer in 4K just after their live HD broadcast, staying available to watch in full 4K and HDR for 30 days. It finally progressed to showing an entire series - Blue Planet II - in Ultra HD 4K and HLG (Hybrid Log Gamma), which was then followed by Dynasties.
22 of the best TV shows on Amazon Prime VideoīBC has been delivering 4K content on its on-demand streaming platform for a couple of years now, having kicked off proceedings with a snippet of Planet Earth II in 4K in late 2017.To buy, you're looking at between £5 and £14. Rental prices start at £1, though £7 is more standard (and not all films can be rented). You'll find TV shows, including Amazon Originals such as American Gods, The Man in the High Castle, The Grand Tour, Transparent and Red Oaks, all available in 4K and all included in the Prime price.įilms available to stream include Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Paddington 2, Blade Runner 2049 and more - all on a pay-as-you-go basis.
If you have an older set, you might need to perform a software update.Īmazon's service offers a good selection of 4K films and TV shows. You'll find the necessary Amazon app pre-installed on all the latest TV models from most of the major manufacturers. You can watch 4K video through the Amazon Prime Video app on compatible TVs and the aforementioned Fire TV Stick 4K, as well as some other external sources such as the Apple TV 4K. For those with Prime Video (£5.99/month) or Prime (£7.99) memberships, a range of Amazon Original TV shows are available at no extra cost.
The first generation of 4K TVs didn't support this, they instead came with the H.264 codec, which doesn't support most of the 4K content now available. It will need to support the HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding)/H.265 compression standard – which yours should unless it's a fair few years old. To watch Netflix 4K online, you obviously need a 4K TV. But to access the content, you need to have the right kit. Netflix was one of the first video-on-demand services to announce it would be supporting 4K streaming, and in April 2014 it went live in the UK.