So we have 1080p but has anyone read anything about what might come out in the next few years that will be even better than a 1080p?

And if so does this mean there needs to be an upgrade to the bluray disks?

The reason I ask this question is because I just dont see how the picture can get any better than a top of the line 1080p TV watching bluray on it

Trust me, it always gets better.

Next up, HDTV 3D, and it's coming soon.

Then, http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1072138

So we have 1080p but has anyone read anything about what might come out in the next few years that will be even better than a 1080p?

And if so does this mean there needs to be an upgrade to the bluray disks?
Suggest searching the D-cinema Equipment and Theaters and the Ulta High-End HT Gear AVS sections for "4k" threads. As the discussions point out there's a variety of 4k display hardware becoming available for home theaters, not just pro use. AFAIK, there's no source of consumer 4k programming readily available, although some movies are made at 4k or have digital intermediates at 4k for production use. The relatively new DCI standards for digital cinemas have 4k-resolution standards for 24 fps and 48 fps at 2k capture.

The reason I ask this question is because I just dont see how the picture can get any better than a top of the line 1080p TV watching bluray on it
Hope at some point someone will demonstrate 1080/24p with actual 1920X1080 maximum effective resolution. That, theoretically, could result when 4k productions are downconverted from 4k to 1920X1080, as with King Kong and some others, although AFAIK no one has spectrum analyzed King Kong etc. for maximum resolution. Without such measurements, it's not clear how the best Blu-rays compare with the best earlier/current 1080/24p master tapes on HD-D5 recorders, outlined here (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=9314235&&#post9314235), to have less than half of the full effective resolution possible with the 1080 format--even at HD-D5 bit rates of ~270 Mbps (versus Blu-ray ~40+ Mbps, although using different codecs.)

So, before we get to 4k and higher resolutions in homes, there's an intermediate step of routine full-resolution--effective (resolvable detail) matching the full format--for captured scenes containing such detail; that is, not filtered out at the camera or selectively focused out. -- John