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Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs (www.howtogeek.com)

submitted 4 days ago by TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 18 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (8 children)

i can't tell the difference between 1080 and 4k at the distance i use it. let alone 8k.

we already have nice enough tvs. what about you guys focus on healthcare and shit now?

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 9 points 4 days ago (4 children)

That's... not how that works.

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[–] suicidaleggroll@lemmy.world 28 points 4 days ago (4 children)

What's the point? Even if you pay extra for "4K" streaming, it's compressed to hell and the quality is no better than 1080p. What are you going to even watch on an 8K TV?

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[–] handsoffmydata@lemmy.zip 29 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Will it make the 480x720 videos I watch on my 4K tv look twice as good?

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Four times worse, actually!

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[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (8 children)

I think 8k has a use, just not in consumer televisions for things like Netflix or gaming. 8k's real use is most likely in the medical field where high high high high detail is extremely important.

[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 4 days ago (8 children)

How high detail if 300 dpi is already almost impossible to separate into dots for a human eye?

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[–] derry@midwest.social 12 points 4 days ago (8 children)

4k ought to be enough for anybody

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[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Who is out here filming at that resolution anyway? Cannot fathom the file sizes of anything made for these TVs

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 11 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Yeah, no shit. The only possible use is gaming, and even PC owners have been upscaling for some time now.

The only case where you might even notice a difference by going to 8K resolution is high end VR, but that's no reason to have 8K in a TV.

Even 4K is overkill for most movies. The HDR is the selling point there, which I'll admit looks nice.

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[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I would be fine with an 8k TV if there was 8k content and they were affordable. I haven’t purchased a TV in over a decade however and my TVs all work fine so I’m not even in the market

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