Yesterday I was in an electronics store and saw a 65" 8K TV and a 65" 4K TV. The difference in image clarity is almost imperceptible even if you get up close. Maybe 8K will be useful for huge TVs like 85" or more.
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HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 8 months ago
4K came out in 2012 and 8K just isn’t that popular, in part due to content issues but also people’s eyesight. If you don’t need a new TV now, why would you buy an upgrade?
michael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
You say I need to get my wife to spend her yearly bonus on an 85" 8k TV … for science?
I’ll do it. It’ll be hard to pitch that but dammit it’s for science.
JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Exactly what im thinking.
Is it just that we have in the last few years reached the threshold for large TVs to have come down in price and up in quality for them to be worth the purchase - but also the incentive to get a new tv to have a bigger/higher quality picture isnt worth the upgrade (or just your satisfied with the product you have).
And then factoring in that practically worldwide inflation and cost of living is out of control and people sure can make do without a fancy TV when instead they can have food and pay their rent.Next article “is streaming dead? We keep putting up prices and consumers are dropping subscriptions!”
guywithoutaname@lemm.ee 8 months ago
TVs are also a product that seems to last, at least on my experience.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
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urda@lebowski.social 8 months ago
Smart people don’t use smart TVs.
Smart people get dumb panels and connect the steaming box / computer of their choice.
JWBananas@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Smart person here.
The Roku that I purchased 6 years ago just bricked itself until I agreed to forced arbitration. This, of course, has nothing to do with the data breach they just announced.
NutWrench@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Agreed. You shouldn’t have to trust that some third party software built into your TV won’t abuse your trust and shut everything down until you do what it’s owners want.
I’ve got an external Roku and if it starts being a dick, I can just unplug it and toss it in the trash and I still have a working TV.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Smart people with money perhaps. Not everyone can shell out several times more money to pay for privacy…
Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I don’t agree with this as it sounds a bit elitist.
Some people just don’t want to buy another device and use more electricity to watch a movie.
But I know what you mean.
guywithoutaname@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Most smart TVs have a dumb mode. As long as you can plug in anything you want you should be fine.
bus_factor@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I bought a 65" TV in 2013. It’s good enough for me. I don’t need 4k at home. It got zapped after 9 years, but there were tons of power supply boards on eBay for $40 each. Turns out a lot of people break the display and sell the other parts.
Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
And it should stay that way. I don’t want another product with planned obsolescence.
They could only try to end your TV by not supporting its apps because of its age, but luckily you can just plug a computer or a console on it to get all the apps you need.
Still, for now, I enjoy using my TV apps with an alternate launcher like Flauncher instead of the normal Android one.