Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes

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• Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I don’t know if this will age like my previous belief that PS1 had photo-realistic graphics, but I feel like 4k is the peak for TVs. I recently bought a 65" 4k TV and not only is it the clearest image I’ve ever seen, but it takes up a good chunk of my livingroom. Any larger would just look ridiculous.

  Unless the average person starts using abandoned cathedrals as their livingrooms, I don’t see how larger TVs with even higher definition would even be practical.

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  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    (Most) TVs still have a long way to go with color space and brightness. AKA HDR. Not to speak of more sane color/calibration standards to make the picture more consistent.

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    • SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The frame rate really doesn’t need to be higher. I fully understand filmmakers who balk at the idea of 48 or 60 fps movies. It really does change the feel of them and imo not in a necessarily positive way.

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      • brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I respectuflly disagree here. Folk’s eyes are just ‘used’ to 24P, but native 48 or 60 looks infinitely better, especially when stuff is filmed/produced with that in mind.

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    • JigglySackles@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      For media I highly agree. 8k doesn’t seem to add much. For computer screens I can see the purpose though as it adds more screen real estate which is hard to get enough of for some of us. I’d love to have multiple 8k screens so I can organize and spread out my work.

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      • brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Are you sure about that? You likely use DPI scaling at 4K, and you’re likely limited by physical screen size unless you already use a 50” TV (which is equivalent to 4x standard 25” 1080p monitors).

        8K would only help at like 65”+, which is kinda crazy for a monitor on a desk… Awesome if you can swing it, but most can’t.

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        I tangentially agree though. PCs can use “extra” resolution for various things like upscaling, better text rendering and such rather easily.

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• HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I think you’re right but how many movies are available in UHD? Not too many I’d think. On my thrifting runs I’ve picked up 200 Blurays vs 3 UHDs. If we can map that ratio to the retail market that’s ~1% UHD content.

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• killerscene@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  life changing. i love watching movies, but the experience you get from a 4k disc insane.

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