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At the distances people sit from their TV, taken with the average TV sizes, going higher than 1080p is not needed. You'd need to sit closer than 2m (!) to a 55"

by jorvi 6y ago

At the distances people sit from their TV, taken with the average TV sizes, going higher than 1080p is not needed. You'd need to sit closer than 2m (!) to a 55" TV to be able to observe the fidelity increase from 4K.[0] The same goes for very fine particle effects or extremely high resolution textures. You just won't notice it. That is not to say those things don't have a place, they are amazing and definitely look amazing at the close distances one sits from a PC monitor. Its just not an apples-to-apples comparison. I also feel that past 60Hz+FPS, the higher numbers bring very diminishing returns, especially for controllers. Although I'd much rather see modern consoles go 1080p120fps than 4k60fps. [0] https://www.hellotech.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/screen-size-value-proposition.jpg https://www.hellotech.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/sc...

amatecha 6y ago
Unfortunately your assertions don't correlate with my experience at all. I recently swapped my 1080p 60hz 23" monitor for a larger 1440p 144hz 27" one and it makes a substantial difference, not only for gaming but also for computing in general. And yes the high-resolution textures make a difference frequently, for example when your game camera is near any game geometry or model and you see nice sharp details rather than smoothed scaling artifacts. Even in terms of the entire game experience, for instance at 5:29 in this video, this isn't even 4k vs 1080p, these are both 1080p at different graphical quality levels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo5Nh9am3RM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo5Nh9am3RM The difference in detail is immediately clear.
GordonS 6y ago
> You'd need to sit closer than 2m (!) to a 55" TV to be able to observe the fidelity increase from 4K You do realise that not everyone lives in a mansion? 2m is a fairly common distance from eyeballs to the TV here in the UK.
- jorvi 6y ago
  When I was still in university even in the tiniest of student rooms I pretty much always sat at least at 2m distance from my/a TV. No mansions involved. Take out your measuring tape and extend it 2m from the middle of your couch, or conversely extend 2m from your TV. It is not as big a viewing distance as you think.

by jorvi 6y ago

amatecha 6y ago

Unfortunately your assertions don't correlate with my experience at all. I recently swapped my 1080p 60hz 23" monitor for a larger 1440p 144hz 27" one and it makes a substantial difference, not only for gaming but also for computing in general. And yes the high-resolution textures make a difference frequently, for example when your game camera is near any game geometry or model and you see nice sharp details rather than smoothed scaling artifacts. Even in terms of the entire game experience, for instance at 5:29 in this video, this isn't even 4k vs 1080p, these are both 1080p at different graphical quality levels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo5Nh9am3RM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo5Nh9am3RM The difference in detail is immediately clear.

GordonS 6y ago

> You'd need to sit closer than 2m (!) to a 55" TV to be able to observe the fidelity increase from 4K You do realise that not everyone lives in a mansion? 2m is a fairly common distance from eyeballs to the TV here in the UK.

jorvi 6y ago
When I was still in university even in the tiniest of student rooms I pretty much always sat at least at 2m distance from my/a TV. No mansions involved. Take out your measuring tape and extend it 2m from the middle of your couch, or conversely extend 2m from your TV. It is not as big a viewing distance as you think.