A new study published in Nature by University of Cambridge researchers just dropped a pixelated bomb on the entire Ultra-HD market, but as anyone with myopia can tell you, if you take your glasses off, even SD still looks pretty good :)

  • Credibly_Human@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Seriously, articles like this are just clickbait.

    They also ignore all sorts of usecases.

    Like for a desktop monitor, 4k is extremely noticeable vs even 1440P or 1080P/2k

    Unless you’re sitting very far away, the sharpness of text and therefore amount of readable information you can fit on the screen changes dramatically.

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      23 hours ago

      The article was about TVs, not computer monitors. Most people don’t sit nearly as close to a TV as they do a monitor.

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        23 hours ago

        Oh absolutely, but even TVs are used in different contexts.

        Like the thing about text applies to console games, applies to menus, applies to certain types of high detail media etc.

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      22 hours ago

      Complete bullshit articles. The same thing happened when 720p became 1080p. So many echos of “oh you won’t see the difference unless the screen is huge”… like no, you can see the difference on a tiny screen.

      We’ll have these same bullshit arguments when 8k becomes the standard, and for every large upgrade from there.

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        3 hours ago

        I agree to a certain extent but there are diminishing returns, same with refreshrates. The leap from 1080 to 4k is big. I don’t know how noticeable upgrading from 4k to 8k would be for the average TV setup.

        For vr it would be awesome though