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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 artifex@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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 :)

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 20 points 10 months ago (8 children)

If you read RTINGS before buying a TV and setting it up in your room, you already knew this. Screen size and distance to TV are important for determining what resolution you actually need.

Most people sit way too far away from their 4K TV.

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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago (5 children)

People that have their tiny displays on the opposite side of a room is so funny to me. It's a similar reaction I have to giant-guy tiny-car.

I remember one time I saw a maybe 27 inch computer monitor on the wall above a fireplace and it was just like.... I need to leave before I say something.

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[–] PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Something like a dozen years ago I visited my father and sat 20+ feet away from his 27" television struggling to make things out. It was comically small for the room. I asked if he was interested in buying a newer and larger one. He agreed and we made the change to a 43". A modest increase and it helped quite a bit, though an even larger model would've been my choice. This satisfactorily infuriated his wife who then had to learn a new remote. Change is hard for some.

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[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 4 points 10 months ago

As someone who grew up with a 20-some inch CRT in a console format (think TV-as-furniture that sits on the floor and not a TV that sits on furniture), and then eventually got a 19" hand me down for bedroom use... yeah, the commonality of enormous flat panels still makes me shake my head in wonder sometimes.

That said, when my parents' 27" CRT died about 10 years ago, we gave them our old 55" plasma. It was hilariously oversized for the space. But it was free (to them) and we made it work.

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