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Granum22 t1_it8t5s7 wrote

Or be sitting 3 inches away

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kickerua t1_it8uh3d wrote

3 foot, not 3 inch.

For somebody monitor with 50" makes sense, I would buy it as I see it useful.

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GibsonMaestro t1_it8znam wrote

A 50" screen doesn't need more than 1080p (and HDR, which only comes with 4k screens).

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kickerua t1_it8zsfe wrote

I'm using 32" 4K at the moment, for gaming and productive work it's not a super high density

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GibsonMaestro t1_it90o3f wrote

Yeah, but you're what - a foot away? Most people are going to be watching tv or gaming from a couch across the room.

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kickerua t1_it91htd wrote

Yes, but I'm want to use it as regular monitor, so it's like 80 cm from me.

I totally agree for plain TV case 8k doesn't make any sense

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GibsonMaestro t1_it91mtl wrote

Yes, in your case, 4k and possibly 8k totally makes sense

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PeteThePolarBear t1_it9lx7a wrote

I reckon you just need glasses, it's pretty easy to tell the difference of 4k in a lounge room setting. Even with a smallish tv

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GibsonMaestro t1_itakchv wrote

To add to this (rather than edit my response) 4k streaming on most services is roughly the same (and often times less than) the bitrate of a 1080p blu-ray (max 28Mbps).

Unless you're getting all your media from Apple TV+, which streams at 20 to 40Mpbs or from 4K discs, your 4K Television is outputting the same quality as a 1080p blu-ray, but with the addition of HDR.

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walgman t1_itngjec wrote

Yeah but the modern pirate steamers playing out at max quality are well over 120Mbps at 4k. That’s Plex on Apple TV.

https://i.imgur.com/Y7DWU6Y.jpg

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GibsonMaestro t1_itnlivk wrote

Yes, but pirate streamers are easily the minority of (North American/Western European) consumers. Of course, fringe groups can do better. Hell, you can almost consider blu-ray owners a fringe group, at this point.

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GibsonMaestro t1_it9vbdv wrote

It's likely the HDR you're noticing, not the pixel density. Are you comparing to other televisions in your house, or upgrades to ones you've gotten rid of? Were the previous tvs low end?

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