• Venia Silente@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    It’s simple: don’t do 4K. It’s absolutely unneeded.

    I’ve never seen any big media content that actually benefits from more than 720p. Among other things, for watching comfortably on laptops. Heck, for most communication / reaction videos, 540p / 480p is more than enough (in those cases the audio is actually more important than the visuals).

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      2 years ago

      I’ve never seen any big media content that actually benefits from more than 720p.

      Have you considered seeing an optometrist instead?

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      2 years ago

      I watch a lot of music videos though so I love 4k. Don’t know why you’re getting down voted though. What you said is true. I don’t need to watch a talk stream vod in 4k

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        2 years ago

        Thanks. And it’s understandable, I’m guessing most of the people downvoting are the ones who are trying to defend their sunk cost after having bought into a solution without a problem.

        That said, there do are valid use cases for stuff like 1080p or 4K (or for, say, >= 120 fps). I just don’t think modern “big corp” media, or TV shows, are good examples of it. Like, honestly, what do you want to watch Avengers: Endgame in 4K for? To salivate at the warts on The Hulk’s groin?

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          2 years ago

          You’re right on that too. Those movies actually look worse in 4k because low resolutions hide the bad CGI.

          I have a large collection of 4k blurays for my favorite movies though. Like Blade Runner 2049 and Dune look fantastic. But not every movie deserves the hard disk space.