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Even Samsung doesn't upload most of their videos in 4k (www.youtube.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

My TV is 4K and I wouldn't know if I'm watching something in 4K or not unless I was scrutinising it. Especially the attrocious bitrates services stream their 4K at. I do notice 720 is a bit "fuzzy", but that's about it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah 720 vs 1080 is very noticeable. I will say even 1440 has its place for specific types of displays.

But it all comes down to distance I think, the closer you are to the display the more the pixel density influences your experience; refresh rate is impactful at any distance and resolution

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I prefer a sharper picture, I even play cod on 60hz mode just to see better, but I can't say I wouldn't enjoy it better at 144hz at the same resolution.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

144hz is a game changer

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Would be, but the series x 4k 120hz is so good, it can't even run on a consistent 1080p 50hz

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Maybe because your TV is too small?

4k is not about a sharper picture, neither was 1080p. The sharpness was already good enough. The point of the increase in resolution is larger TVs at the same sharpness. Back when I had an SD TV it was 576p on a 28” screen. When I moved on to 1080p I got a 50” TV. Notice how the size and the resolution increase are in the same ballpark. Now with 2160p I have a 77” TV, so there is still a little wiggle room. I could get to 100” at 4k before I would have to consider 8k.

TVs got larger over the years, and that was made possible by the increase in resolution. There is still some room for growth in 4k.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Probably. It's only 65'.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

It depends a bit on your viewing distance. With 65” you should probably at about 1 to 1.5 meters from the screen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I always use the resolution above my screen's on youtube, because the bitrate's so bad, and the difference is very very noticable on monitors