Comment on Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs

afk_strats@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Thorry@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Tell me Legolas, what do your elven eyes see?

  Fucking pixels Aragorn, it makes me want to puke. And what the fuck is up with these compression artifacts? What tier of Netflix do you have?

  Sorry Legolas, could we just enjoy the movie?

  Maybe if the dwarf stops stinking up the place. And don’t think I didn’t see him take that last chicken wing, fucking dwarves.

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• Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Not sure where 1440p would land, but after using one for a while, I was going to upgrade my monitor to 4k but realized I’m not disappointed with my current resolution at all and instead opted for a 1440p ultrawide and haven’t regretted it at all.

  My TV is 4k, but I have no intention of even seriously looking at anything 8k.

  Screen specs seem like a mostly solved problem. Would be great if focus could shift to efficiency improvements instead of adding more unnecessary power. Actually, boot time could be way better, too (ie get rid of the smart shit running on a weak processor, emphasis on the first part).

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• FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  8K content is only perceived by average eyesight at living room distances when screens are OVER 100 inches in diameter at the bare minimum.

  65-75" tv’s are pretty much the standard these days. I’ve got a 75" and I’ll want the next one I replace it with to be even bigger, so 100"-ish will be what I’ll be after.

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  • czardestructo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    My 36" TV is fine, you monster.

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    • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’m sure it’s fine, but I much prefer my 75”. 36” would be way too small in my game room.

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      • Lumisal@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I like a big screen for gaming too, but just wanted to mention it also means you’ll do worse at games. You can look it up, but a smaller screen gives you better performance, because your brain can properly see everything that’s happening on screen at once.

        Unless your screen is significantly far away that is.

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  • Lumisal@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yeah but do you also watch tv from about 1.2 meters away? Look at that chart again.

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    • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yeh, pretty much.

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      • Lumisal@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Well if you’re watching it that close, sounds like what you want is total immersion. Have you considered an Apple headset? Or something similar

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• PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  8K would only work well in a movie theater type setting I guess.

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• snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  4k 25" was worth it for me but I only spent about £140 on it so YMMV it’s nice but not essential and after 1080p the extra pixels only add so much

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• cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  so if you're in the movie theatre sit as close to the screen as possible

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