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Published on 23 October 2014

In this week's column, Bob explains how the 4K plan of Netflix, and likely fast followers, can be good for NFL fans even though the streaming kingpin and rivals Amazon and eventually Sony, won’t include any live sports content at all.

Pro football and other live sports will drive the 4K ultra-HD (UHD) movement the farthest forward. But for now, they're taking a back seat to the likes of Netflix, movie studios and video games with the online streamer launching a service tier that includes 4K content such as House of Cards and Breaking Bad series and a few movies for a mere $11.99 a month.

So those buying (or planning to buy) increasingly discounted very large-screen UHD TVs for the four-times high resolution than 1080 dpi HD sets, as the holidays approach and CE shopping spikes, will find themselves watching original series, regular TV shows and movies in 4K, not live football.

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