>'Most people' can't distinguish 1080p from 4k from 6 ft away 6ft away (and screen size) being key. From up close, everyone can and the difference is obvious.

>'Most people' can't distinguish 1080p from 4k from 6 ft away 6ft away (and screen size) being key. From up close, everyone can and the difference is obvious. Whereas with lossy audio, a well encoded track will sound transparent to ~99% of people, no matter how they listen or what equipment they use. Digital audio is pretty much a solved problem in terms of transparent encoding. Consumer digital video still has a long way to go. (That said, I do support the use of FLAC, just for that extra safety and because it doesn't really cost too much.)