Subjective obviously.
Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 3 days agoThey are a waste of time since the things with enough fidelity to matter run like shit on them without a large investment. Its just a money sink with little reward.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 3 days ago
Oh there are more pixels, sure. But not worth the money and most (and a big most) applications want more frames and smoother movement with less input lag over more pixels. The push for 4k gaming has went no where and it has been more then 10 years. You want to watch some 4k video? sure! That is a use case, but just get a TV with the nicer lumen, slower rates and comparably tiny price tag. I can not stop people from buying stupid crap, but I am judging them.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
What about the vast majority of people who stare at screens for work?
Frame rates aren’t really important, it’s making things more readable in less space.
The cost / benefit is a completely different dynamic.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 2 days ago
Oh I said it before there are use cases. Most working monitors are 1080p since excel is not really benefited from 4k+. However I have seen some graphic designers want the higher resolutions for example.
The vast majority of people working will get pissed at you if you changed their monitor to an ultra high resolution (I have been the one getting yelled at) without scaling it to look like 1080p. No one wants to squint to use their workstation.
michaelmrose@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Are you talking about 8K or 4K? Not only can you game in 4K with a cheap card depending on the game the desktop and everything else just looks nicer.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 3 days ago
Ether, 1440p is about the limit I draw before the extra fidelity is not worth the performance hit.
michaelmrose@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Your own budget is by definition your business but you can run some stuff in 4K on my desktop I bought in 2020 for $700. Not worth it “TO ME” requires no defense but it is pretty silly to say its a money sink with no reward when we are talking about PC gaming. You know where you game on a 24-32" screen 1 foot or 2 from your face. The study clearly says its not.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 3 days ago
I have at one point of time made my living in hardware, I would not advise running in 4k or higher without good reason. You being able to run at 4k does not in anyway change the terrible value proposition of losing frames and latency for fidelity. I would not recommend anyone not wanting to go absolutely silly to run a 4 or 8k monitor. Run an multiscreen setup at lower resolution like a normal person. Don’t make your own preferences or sunk costs your position on tech in general.