▲ 514 ▼ 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 306 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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 :)
[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 10 months ago (5 children) Can you see the difference without your glasses? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 1 point 10 months ago (4 children) Not as much, but yes. However, it may be because now I'm actively looking for the difference after this thread, hehe. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 10 months ago (3 children) Yeah... we have a 55" 4K tv, and from across the room you sort of have to squint to tell the difference between 4K and 1080p, up close sure, but I don't watch screens that big from that close. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 1 point 10 months ago (2 children) Next year, when our house construction is completed, I need to choose 2 new TVs, an 85 and a 65. At this point I'm looking for longevity more than all the marketing sticker BS being pushed now. I will probably go with a couple of Scepter non-smart TVs and just keep running my media from Jellyfin with a couple of NUCs attached to them, hehe. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) The closest thing to "Smart TVs" in our home are Blu-Ray players, and they've never been network connected. I like the ViewSonics we have, and we've had a series of NUCs over the years, but lately I'm finding that the N100/N150 fanless PCs like this are perfectly capable of HTPC duty: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWV439YW permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 1 point 10 months ago Yeah, I've been weighing those as options too. Great little media centers for little money and lots of privacy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 1 point 10 months ago (4 children) Not as much, but yes. However, it may be because now I'm actively looking for the difference after this thread, hehe. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 10 months ago (3 children) Yeah... we have a 55" 4K tv, and from across the room you sort of have to squint to tell the difference between 4K and 1080p, up close sure, but I don't watch screens that big from that close. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 1 point 10 months ago (2 children) Next year, when our house construction is completed, I need to choose 2 new TVs, an 85 and a 65. At this point I'm looking for longevity more than all the marketing sticker BS being pushed now. I will probably go with a couple of Scepter non-smart TVs and just keep running my media from Jellyfin with a couple of NUCs attached to them, hehe. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) The closest thing to "Smart TVs" in our home are Blu-Ray players, and they've never been network connected. I like the ViewSonics we have, and we've had a series of NUCs over the years, but lately I'm finding that the N100/N150 fanless PCs like this are perfectly capable of HTPC duty: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWV439YW permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 1 point 10 months ago Yeah, I've been weighing those as options too. Great little media centers for little money and lots of privacy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 10 months ago (3 children) Yeah... we have a 55" 4K tv, and from across the room you sort of have to squint to tell the difference between 4K and 1080p, up close sure, but I don't watch screens that big from that close. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 1 point 10 months ago (2 children) Next year, when our house construction is completed, I need to choose 2 new TVs, an 85 and a 65. At this point I'm looking for longevity more than all the marketing sticker BS being pushed now. I will probably go with a couple of Scepter non-smart TVs and just keep running my media from Jellyfin with a couple of NUCs attached to them, hehe. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) The closest thing to "Smart TVs" in our home are Blu-Ray players, and they've never been network connected. I like the ViewSonics we have, and we've had a series of NUCs over the years, but lately I'm finding that the N100/N150 fanless PCs like this are perfectly capable of HTPC duty: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWV439YW permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 1 point 10 months ago Yeah, I've been weighing those as options too. Great little media centers for little money and lots of privacy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 1 point 10 months ago (2 children) Next year, when our house construction is completed, I need to choose 2 new TVs, an 85 and a 65. At this point I'm looking for longevity more than all the marketing sticker BS being pushed now. I will probably go with a couple of Scepter non-smart TVs and just keep running my media from Jellyfin with a couple of NUCs attached to them, hehe. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) The closest thing to "Smart TVs" in our home are Blu-Ray players, and they've never been network connected. I like the ViewSonics we have, and we've had a series of NUCs over the years, but lately I'm finding that the N100/N150 fanless PCs like this are perfectly capable of HTPC duty: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWV439YW permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 1 point 10 months ago Yeah, I've been weighing those as options too. Great little media centers for little money and lots of privacy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) The closest thing to "Smart TVs" in our home are Blu-Ray players, and they've never been network connected. I like the ViewSonics we have, and we've had a series of NUCs over the years, but lately I'm finding that the N100/N150 fanless PCs like this are perfectly capable of HTPC duty: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWV439YW permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 1 point 10 months ago Yeah, I've been weighing those as options too. Great little media centers for little money and lots of privacy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 1 point 10 months ago Yeah, I've been weighing those as options too. Great little media centers for little money and lots of privacy. permalink fedilink source parent