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It is a great article and what investors (IMO) need to grasp is the advantage Ultraflix, the only ALL-4K Streaming Service in the World, has over services that offer some 4K content like Netflix and Amazon Instant Video.
With Netflix and Amazon Instant you need 25mpbs or faster bandwidth to stream 4K.
Ultraflix can do it under 8mpbs, visually lossless. It's such a new concept, It's easily dismissed by critics but when you do a tiny bit of DD and see how this can be done, you may not be so sure.
I could site a company who was at CES 2015 right now who is claiming to be able to compress HEVC by 50% and under 10mpbs 4K. NTEK was on to this (and has achieved this) way before anyone thought this was even possible. In fact NTEK still has them beat by 16% in efficiency. Another key difference is that NTEK already has the infrastructure to Stream Content in place with Ultraflix!!
NTEK's adaptive bandwidth technology? Dig a little into Akamai and Elemental technologies and figure it out. NTEK - Leading the way in 4K Streaming, period.
Wake up investors!!! It's right in front of you.
NTEK$
"Gawking at CES 2015"
by Andy Marken
1/16/15
I agree. Things are going to get really interesting when the .044 area becomes support. A lot of readjusting and scrambling going to take place IMO.
Expect NTEK to feature SONY CONTENT:
Let me help you finish the second half of this story:
Again, possibly nothing. For all we know they could have converted more (currently un-named) MGM films in 4K as part of the agreement. I certainly expect to see more MGM and other big name studio content in the future.
ChitownMike wrote,
There we go put up a block at .042, widen that spread, all about the margin baby.
That sounds about right, but I'm sure there are many variations of this theme. Not that anyone would admit to being part of this, I'm sure some will vigorously almost righteously deny doing this if for no other reason than we haven't "EXACTLY" described their version of cellar boxing.
Doesn't sound too exclusive to me now, does it to you?
Ultraflix will feature 3 month exclusivity on some of their future titles. Maybe FX got 4 weeks of exclusivity?
GO NTEK!
I don't have inside knowledge of this, do you? Ever hear of the term cellar boxing?
Expect PR's about United Artists, Orion Pictures and more (Who should we add? - Magnolia, Warner Bros?) to follow. The existing titles already in Ultraflix is HUGE as it indicates to anyone with a brain who NTEK has been securing content deals with.
FOR EXAMPLE:
MGM 20th Century Fox, United Artists, Orion Pictures!!
Rocky, Rain Man distributed by UNITED ARTISTS:
http://www.imdb.com/company/co0026841/
https://www.hearst.com/entertainment-syndication/united-artists-media-group
Fargo distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
http://www.mgm.com/#/our-titles
RoboCop distributed by Orion Pictures
http://www.imdb.com/company/co0001995/
Poke a few holes in that .0435 "wall" and watch it come down. Ntek!
ULTRAFLIX:
"Visually lossless 4K sub 10Mbps
making it available to over 90 percent of the TV subscribers today."
Repeat:
"Visually lossless 4K sub 10Mbps
making it available to over 90 percent of the TV subscribers today."
And again:
"Visually lossless 4K sub 10Mbps
making it available to over 90 percent of the TV subscribers today."
"Visually lossless 4K sub 10Mbps
making it available to over 90 percent of the TV subscribers today."
"Visually lossless 4K sub 10Mbps
making it available to over 90 percent of the TV subscribers today."
Netflix: Min 25 Mbps.
Netflix: Min 25 Mbps.
Netflix: Min 25 Mbps.
Netflix: Min 25 Mbps.
Hmmmm..
NTEK
Great news. As many of us have been stating for weeks, studios like MGM don't just accidentally let other companies like NTEK stream their licensed content without distribution deals. Go look at the titles we know about, who the studio is and mark it, there IS a distribution contract/deal in place. We should expect many more titles to be announced and many more distribution deals as well. Go NtEK!!
Good Morning NTeKers. Patience is key here as NtEK continues to develop. Cellar boxing coming to a close shortly!
Glad to see you admit UF is becoming a household name, because it's true.
The only thing people will be thinking about is how cool UF is and the content they are enjoying. That can be summed up in one important word for ntek: revenue.
1/14/15: "We saw lots of 4K TVs at CES. 4K content? Not so much."
http://mens-brain.com/we-saw-lots-of-4k-tvs-at-ces-4k-content-not-so-much/
Excerpt:
"So how much 4K content is out there right now? According to Ultraflix, which wants to become the Netflix of the 4K generation, not a lot: Just 500 hours or so, according to Aaron Taylor, Nanotech Entertainment’s senior vice president of sales and marketing. This includes the MGM movies Rocky, Robocop, Rain Man, Fargo, and The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly; some IMAX documentaries and concert footage; and miscellaneous other productions. Content providers are also holding back some of their own 4K content as incentives for consumers to sign on to their own services. But more and more will become available, especially as filmmakers continue to shoot in the 4K format, and as studios (once again) mine their archives.
Expect to pay up to $9.99 for a 48-hour rental of 4K content, Taylor said, although electronic sales are also coming. M-Go, a joint venture between Technicolor and DreamWorks Animation, will allow users to download 4K content that they have purchased and play it back on a Samsung SUHD TV."
Jan 14, 2015: "CES 2015 In Review"
http://m.electronicdesign.com/blog/ces-2015-review
"The 2015 Consumer Electronics Show was as busy as ever where one could find the latest in wearable tech, curved OLED UHD screens, 3D printers and flying drones. There was plenty on display for the public and even more hiding behind closed doors. I got a chance to check out some of both. Of course, not all of it. That would take many weeks and we had less than one.
Last year was the introduction of the 4K or UHD (Ultra HD) but they were everywhere this year (see “Ultra HD Displays Are The Next Big Thing”). There is finally more content available although don't count on a massive wave of real time 4K content. What is available tends to be streaming movies from providers such as Netflix, Amazon and NanoTech Entertainment. We will continue to have low res SD, 720p and 1080i content upscaled for quite a while. Investment in 4K and higher cameras is still in progress but it will come, eventually.
In the meantime, it was impressive to see booth's like Samsung's (Fig. 1) arrayed with massive UHD displays. Curved displays were just about everywhere and there is even a flexible one that can convert between flat and curved courtesy of some servos.
The displays keep getting thinner but the electronics still make the displays rather thick. In fact, the electronics tend to us up more depth although they do not take up the entire back area.
OLED technology was the big thing this year. Massive OLED displays are still pricey but much more affordable than last year. They look great and are the technology to beat. Of course, LCD displays with quantum dot support are delivering wider spectrum backlighting (see “Q&A: Cadmium-Free Quantum Dots Offer Low-Risk Benefits of True Color”).
What was impressive were various demos of 3D displays that do not require glasses. These were not the tiny, washed out screens of yore. They were as large as most of the large screen UHD displays. The 3D effect is noticeable and the viewing angle has been increased but it is not quite up to the glasses-based 3D of which there was still some, detractors not withstanding.
There was a lot of 3D technology floating around CES even though 3D has not driven HDTV sales. Super3D had an interesting popup 3D display that foregoes glasses (Fig. 2). It uses a tablet to project images on a mirrored glass plate. An eye tracking system helps improve the effect.
I did not see a lot of Google Glasses around CES but there were plenty of competitors with an array of products or prototypes on display. Toshiba's Toshiba Glass (Fig. 3) projects an image onto the back of the lens instead of using a plastic mirror in flexiglass.
Another concept system was Sony's Smartglasses (Fig. 4). These clip-ons look more like Google Glass using the same type of imaging system. The approach could be used for sports or leisure. You need a pair of glasses if you don't already have a pair but it provides more flexibility and does not have to be used all the time.
Not everyone was chasing the general Google Glass field. Aero Glass is targeting pilots with its augmented reality system (Fig. 5). The demo presents a pilot's checklist. It is not quite comparable to the heads-up display in an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter pilot's helmet but it could be extremely useful in replacing the paper or tablet-based checklist needed for every flight.
I got to try out Samsung's Gear VR that uses the Note 4 and was on my holiday gift list (see “Real Techie Holiday Picks From Lab Bench”). It works although it does not track as nicely as the Oculus Rift that incorporates more advanced tracking. The Gear VR is a lot less expensive and useful if you have a Note 4. I was hoping they would have a version for the Samsung Galaxy S5 that I have but no luck. Also, the line for testing out the latest Oculus Rift was a bit long. It was the newer, hi-res version that is more expensive and worth looking at.
We did check out Beverly Hills 3D's technology called 3D Head (Fig. 6). The demo version used a projector but it was supposed to have a 3D tablet that was also at the booth. The prototype plastic unit was a bit heavier that what the final version should be. It is an interesting alternative that may be worth another look at next year's CES. Like many demos at the show, it could have used a little more polish.
Finally we got Whooshed (Fig. 7) while wandering through the North hall looking for automotive tech. It is the “Next Generation Screen Cleaner.” It did a number on my Samsung S5 making it look like new and it has remained so since I have returned from CES. In theory its polymer-based formula builds up over time to help resist dust and smudges. That is not something I can easily test nor did I have a way to test their other cleaning claims but it would be an interesting science project.
I was going to add some more about other things I saw at CES like 3D printers and flying drones but it will have to wait. This is getting too long as is and it only touches on image technology. Check out Engineering TV (playlist link to be added) for some of the videos we shot at the show. I will also add more links to article like Wearable Tech at CES Unveiled 2015 that will address these and other items at the show. There was a lot of transportation related tech I saw as well."
This is extremely interesting. Great DD package here thanks.
What about them? .20-.25 was called out by one or two posters who have likely learned the reason not to make pps predictions.
The only good way to make reliable predictions is if you were say, for example, affiliated with a hedge fund (a large one or collective group) who has their own mm(s) and you were aware of trading activity.
Other than that, I think we know making predictions are not reliable.
Audited fins have already been discussed ad nauseum. They were never "promised". Something that some get hung up on here. Show me where ntek "promised" fins in 2014?
This will be large IMO. People will love building cloud based 4k libraries of movies that they own and will be able to access anywhere they wish.
Sticky please. There is overwhelming circumstantial and empirical data to support this. Thank you.
europtiger wrote:
Nitwit wrote:
Jim01 wrote:
Another telling statistic is the number of posts from certain posters on day's where the pps spikes to new highs and closes much lower. Very interesting indeed. Like 12/29/14 for instance..
Open .0412
High .045
Low .038
Close .039
Maybe some forgot to check off the disclosure box..
One may note that with the many hours that have passed following the pcworld article today citing Ultraflix working with major movie studios - despite the hundreds of posts written, concerted efforts weren't taken to deny it.
I'll take that as a step forward. It tells me that "shock" has been achieved and "awe" is about to follow.
Nice.
Ntek$
$ULTRAFLIX$: 1D - All the Way To the Top
1D fans are fanatical.
Nice accmumulation/distr. rise, RSI perfect, Bolli's are pinching - it's move time.
ULTRAFLIX: "They will be with the “likes of” Sony, NBC Universal, Paramount, Lionsgate, and Disney, he said."
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2867018/ultraflix-wants-to-become-the-netflix-of-the-4k-generation.html
3 Month Content Exclusivity - HUGE. The content that WILL be propagating on ULTRAFLIX as alluded to (note the aforementioned studios above) by Mark Hachman of pcworld.com (headquartered in San Francisco btw) in the article referenced above, will create for everyone (both long and short), moments of jaw dropping pause, IMO. I'm anticipating big name titles, mass market recognition in the very near future. Add to that gaming license approvals/contracts on the horizon - 2015 will be explosive IMHO. NTEK$
"Ultraflix wants to become the Netflix of the 4K generation"
CEA: "U.S. 4K UHD display shipments to reach 4 million in 2015"
Monday, January 5th, 2015
CNBC on Hisense: "Record-breaking number of Chinese firms at CES"
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102321340#.
"Hisense also distinguished itself by already becoming one of the top three ultra-high definition 4K television manufacturers in the first nine months of 2014."
It's Android 4.0 +, HDMI 1.4, "Air Mouse". Sound familiar? Again, this is solely my theory. I find it worthy of investigation, as an investor.
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http://product.tech.sina.com.cn/detail/361/360704/param.shtml&prev=search
http://www.avmagazine.it/news/4K/hisense-55h8e-lcd-ultra-hd-da-55_8634.html
Air Mouse: http://en.agreetao.com/taobao/view/id/37506131468
Ok, here's MY recent theory on the NP-1 units:
On the Google List: https://storage.googleapis.com/support-kms-prod/D9E52CEA2646E4F148A1B29C7C839C628B61
… You will see Hisense lists the LED55xt880g3du
http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=zh-TW&u=http://item.taobao.com/item.htm%3Fid%3D19794089112&usg=ALkJrhioKjqZGBRn7JttQ7zwSwdpzmR2vg
This is the 4K 55” also listed on the USA site: http://www.hisense-usa.com/tvs/XT880/55/120
Operating system: ANDROID.
Recent Hisense / NTEK Press Release: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nanotechs-ultraflix-4k-streaming-network-to-be-featured-on-hisense-4k-ultra-hd-tvs-300017056.html
Now, if NTEK upgraded the chip to stream H.265, and Hisense is installing what may be the "NP-2" (not the dongle, but successor to NP-1), the Hisense PANEL would show up on the Google Approved Devices list (and it has), NOT a new NTEK device ("NP-2").
Just MY theory and opinion on where the NP units could have been re-routed to. GLTA. NTEK!!
This is what I feel is the most understated strong point of the Ultraflix platform. Visually lossless 4K at sub 8mbps bandwidth. Note that Netflix and Amazon have stated nothing except the necessity for bandwidths north of 15-20mbps to stream 4K. SONY's newest 2015 uhd panels boast an new chip that now all of the sudden provides stutter free Netflix 4K, hmm.