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I stupidly gave myself a hernia by trying to lift one of the big CRT widescreen TVs in the late 90s. It was a really nice picture though, PAL was decent resolut
by bloopernova 3y ago
I stupidly gave myself a hernia by trying to lift one of the big CRT widescreen TVs in the late 90s. It was a really nice picture though, PAL was decent resolution for back in the day.
The hidef 1080p CRTs used by Sony Broadcast R&D in the 90s were absolute beasts. Gorgeous displays, I remember so many people really were blown away at the hidef content, and it wasn't even close to 4K! (I haven't yet seen any 8K content on an 8K screen, I prefer high refresh rates for 4K, at least 120Hz, rather than more pixels)
- bombcar 3y ago4K is nice, but even that it is a bit much at "TV" sizes; I swear the main reason it sells so well is that the line of TVs at Best Buy or Walmart is right next to you, so you're a few inches away from the pixels.
- _carbyau_ 3y agoI'm a big believer that if the story isn't good enough to "suck you in" then pixels isn't going to help.
- bombcar 3y agoOnce you go from VHS to DVD, everything else is just gravy (assuming the DVD isn't a very bad VHS rip). 1080p, 4K, and 8K are nice to have but they're not groundbreaking the way VHS to DVD was.
- albrewer 3y agoI have a 4k@120 Hz projector and it's downright amazing on my 120" "screen" :) They're not that expensive, relative to some of the larger TV screens[0]. Plus, when it's off, there's no bulky appliance to navigate around. [0]: https://www.benq.com/en-us/projector/gaming/tk700/buy.html https://www.benq.com/en-us/projector/gaming/tk700/buy.html
- bombcar 3y agoThose sizes are where the resolution starts to matter again