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Frankly HDTV, much like 3DTV, has been a bust from day one. And i expect 4K to go the same way. The only people that "notice" are those with a private movie th
by digi_owl 9y ago
Frankly HDTV, much like 3DTV, has been a bust from day one. And i expect 4K to go the same way.
The only people that "notice" are those with a private movie theater room.
- gruez 9y agoYou don't notice that HD (even 720p) is visibly better than SD?
- loeg 9y ago720p is easily visibly better than SDTV. I have more trouble telling 1080p from 720p, unless I'm very close to a large screen (computer monitor). I doubt I could tell the difference between 1080p and 4k, even on a 4k monitor.
- Sharlin 9y agoYou mean you think people will go back to 480p?! I'm sorry but that ship sailed about ten years ago and it would have been a ridiculous statement even then. And 4K is certainly not just a fad either, however tiny the perceived difference for most people.
- xbmcuser 9y agoIf you can't tell the difference between 720p, 1080p and 4k. Get a better tv/display. I was the same couldn't tell much difference till I got 4k hdr tv and played blueray files on it shit is different. Though maybe I notice it more because of hdr.
- izacus 9y agoI'm guessing a lot of these comments are due to how streaming video works. 4K content on both Amazon and Netflix is very bitstarved - they stream at 15Mbit at most (might be better these days), which is VERY low for 4K content (for comparison, 4K Blu-Rays are usually encoded in something like 60-100Mbit/s). It's no surprise that there's not much visible difference between 1080p and 4K content in this case. Could be similar for HD content as well - if you have a poor internet connection, you might not even be getting 1080p.
- SirZimzim 9y agoIt's an interesting play on human desires, I always notice the people bragging about their 4K devices are somehow proud of it.