Steve May of TechRadar reported today that Panasonic has exclusively confided to TechRadar that its ravishingly spec’d AX800 UHD screens, unveiled earlier this year at its European Dealer Convention, and now heading out into retail, can’t do Netflix 4K – and never will.
Whoa! But is it really a big deal?
TV product manager Craig Cunningham doesn’t believe so.
“With 4K Blu-ray, Sky 4K and other services potentially launching, and the ability to view 4K video content shot on a Panasonic GH4 system camera, I believe there will soon be plenty of native content available,” he told TechRadar.
“It’s unfortunate but we won’t be able to offer Netflix 4K on this particular model,” says marketing director Simon Parkinson.
Of course, it’s too early to tell just how important Netflix will be to mass 4K adoption. Remember none of 2013’s 4K TV launches could offer the service either.
Source: TechRadar