Study Boldly Claims 4K And 8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes, But Is It True?
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A new study published in Nature by University of Cambridge researchers just dropped a pixelated bomb on the entire Ultra-HD market.

A new study published in Nature by University of Cambridge researchers just dropped a pixelated bomb on the entire Ultra-HD market, but as anyone with myopia can tell you, if you take your glasses off, even SD still looks pretty good :)

  • youmaynotknow@lemmy.zipEnglish
    151·
    1 day ago

    This is so much bullshit. 4K does make a difference, specially if playing console games on a large TV (65" and up).

    • SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.orgEnglish
      7·
      23 hours ago

      Console games that all run at <720p getting upscaled to hell and back. We have come so far since the PS3 where games ran at <720p, but without upscaling. lol

    • MangoCats@feddit.itEnglish
      31·
      1 day ago

      If you’re sitting 3’ from the screen, sure. Even 8K is better, if your hardware can drive it.

          • youmaynotknow@lemmy.zipEnglish
            1·
            1 hour ago

            Not as much, but yes. However, it may be because now I’m actively looking for the difference after this thread, hehe.

            • MangoCats@feddit.itEnglish
              2·
              1 hour ago

              Yeah… we have a 55" 4K tv, and from across the room you sort of have to squint to tell the difference between 4K and 1080p, up close sure, but I don’t watch screens that big from that close.

              • youmaynotknow@lemmy.zipEnglish
                1·
                1 hour ago

                Next year, when our house construction is completed, I need to choose 2 new TVs, an 85 and a 65. At this point I’m looking for longevity more than all the marketing sticker BS being pushed now. I will probably go with a couple of Scepter non-smart TVs and just keep running my media from Jellyfin with a couple of NUCs attached to them, hehe.

                • MangoCats@feddit.itEnglish
                  1·
                  1 hour ago

                  The closest thing to “Smart TVs” in our home are Blu-Ray players, and they’ve never been network connected.

                  I like the ViewSonics we have, and we’ve had a series of NUCs over the years, but lately I’m finding that the N100/N150 fanless PCs like this are perfectly capable of HTPC duty: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWV439YW