The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K
With virtually no content and limited benefits, 8K TVs were doomed.
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8K not the future?
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I really don't see the point in TVs, outside a few niche cases. More resolution wouldn't make my 55" 4k TV any better, just couldn't resolve any more pixels at normal viewing distance.
Monitors though? I do love my 6k 32" display.....makes a real difference having 200+ dpi when you're sat close to it.
Monitors though? I do love my 6k 32" display.....makes a real difference having 200+ dpi when you're sat close to it.
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The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K
With virtually no content and limited benefits, 8K TVs were doomed.
Would much rather see 4k streaming quality improved rather than push 8k as a standard.
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The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K
With virtually no content and limited benefits, 8K TVs were doomed.
Human eye can't see more than 30fps anyway
That's the biggest issue I find at 4K, if you want genuinely good video (and audio) you need to buy physical media as is. 4K blurays and competent players aren't cheap, and it feels like most companies are hell bent on phasing them out anyway.
I've seen 1080P blurays that look notably better than 4K streams from major platforms.
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it does make a difference in larger sized TV 100" and above, not only are they brighter but the resolution and picture clarity is very noticeable.
Niche cases.
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yeah most likely cinemas only I guess they use hard drives with TB's for a movie.
That's absolute horse ****.
I reckon after about 80, maybe... I'll struggle to tell the difference. I reckon more..
Whatever that human eye can't see above 30 fps thing was sponsored by people who made **** TVs and found a bunch of coke bottle glasses wearing window lickers.
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You mean sound quality.
Yes sound but I think there are image quality things being improved over time other than resolution.
Sound is a big deal though, I have a 2024 mid range mini led TV that was quite expensive and the sound is worse than a much cheaper 2017 TV it replaced.
I was giving them the benefit of the doubt and assuming sarcasm. Otherwise definite idiocy.
I'm pretty sure he was taking the proverbial.
Our eyes don't see in "frames per second" either so a hard FPS limit is hard to judge, and it'll vary from person to person. The perceived smoothness is absolutely noticeable however, I tend to see diminishing returns after 100-120 or so and a harder drop off after the 165-200. I'm also 41, I'm sure a teen or simply someone with better eyesight in general would have higher windows. That said, panel technology and latency also helps, OLED at 120fps feels a lot smoother to me than say a VA or IPS running 200fps.
Doubt it, there is a reason they disappeared - off axis viewing was awful, which means a curved TV is a single viewer experience, not a friends and family experience, at least in traditional TV sizes anyway - the bigger the screen the less impact the curve has on multiple viewers, a giant curved screen in a cinema might work better than a curved TV
I'd be happy if 3D came back though. One of my TVs still supports 3D but there is no content anymore and I lost the glasses as well
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Honeslty streaming services, general TV broadcasts and such all need to shift to 4k resolution as just standard. Forget the rest honestly on that front and it would be such better experience for everyone.
8k TVs at 77" + region then male sense with upscaling from 4k and the likes where size matters.
8k TVs at 77" + region then male sense with upscaling from 4k and the likes where size matters.
Similar to 8K I guess. In professional environments it’s good, but hard to justify for the majority of home users.
I’ll get flamed for this, but a great DVD can still provide a brilliant viewing experience upscaled on a projector with 5.1 DD/DTS surround. I’m not sure I’m ever going to be able to justify an 8K TV set with speakers firing up my nose and subwoofers under every cushion at home. I guess that means there limited profit for companies in this and why sound bars had become such big business.
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yup I agree with that, I watched Starship troopers and after I ejected it then I noticed it was the DVD version rather than the BD version.
DD 5.1 sounds a bit harsh , do to with the bitrate, but full bitrate DTS 5.1 1.5 mb sec sounds great. I can notice the improvement in HD formats. I have a fairly good system though 9.3.4. I doubt those with soundbar and budget systems can tell between 1.5 mb DTS and HD.
Atmos does add extra layer of atmosphere, for example there is a movie where the character is hiding in the basement, and the monster is stomping around upstairs, and it does sound/feel like someone is upstairs stomping around.