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Study Boldly Claims 4K And 8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes, But Is It True? (hothardware.com)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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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 :)

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[–] 9 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

Maybe a TV across the room, but for monitors, or content that is close enough, it sure does make a difference! I've even started to find 1080p a bit "blurry" feeling, like 720p before it when 1080p came out. Especially when it's YouTube's shitty bitrate vs a game rendering in 4k. Night and day.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I went to 4K monitors many years ago and agree there is a big difference, that said there are a lot of issues with HiDPI monitors on desktop OSs, plus it requires a strong GPU for gaming. Since then I've gone to 1440p and think it is an ideal middle ground for performance while looking almost just as sharp.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago*

    It really depends. I managed to play Cyberpunk 2077 at 4k on my old 1080ti with 30-50fps, and thanks to having a nice monitor and knowing how to tune graphics settings, my roomie that had a 2080 gtx was complaining that mine looked better. lol

    Anything that's not crazy levels of fidelity can be tuned to work totally fine at 4k on modern graphics cards. Every generation (that has more than 8gb of gRAM, anyways...) since the 1080 has been more than capable of 4k gaming with some settings tweaks.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    For me it's mostly for text and content with fine lines where the difference is the most obvious. I use a 1440p monitor at work and a 4k one at home. Text is noticeably sharper and easier to read on my 4k monitor and remains readable at smaller font sizes.

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