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Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs (www.howtogeek.com)

submitted 1 month ago by TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 5 points 1 month ago

I want 8K TVs, but only when there's abundant native 8K content to watch on it - otherwise there is no point.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And of course the comment section with "16k around the coner, progress doesn't stop".

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

I can not tell the improvement since 1080P. Are these TVs letting us see into the future?

[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I'll take one! Well, two really. One large one for TV/media viewing and one to replace my 43" 4k monitor. Quadrupling the resolution on that would be amazing.

The difference would be minimal on the media screen, TBH, but Ive seen them in person and can tell the difference. It's just not a big enough difference to warrant replacing what I have.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 1 month ago

I can't even see the difference between 1080p and 4k.

[–] harcesz@szmer.info 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah, and 640kb RAM Ought to be Enough for Anyone.

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[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Nobody will ever need an 8K TV, but 8K content would be nice on a (purely theoretical atm) pleasant to use head mounted display, one day

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh but what if it was in 3D!

Remember that time?

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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

LASIK actually made a huge difference in being able to appreciate the sharpness of 4K, but I doubt 8K is as big a leap.

[–] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I want one but my GPU can't drive games at 8k and 100+ FPS. Also there's no media for it.

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[–] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

4k is nice but at 1440p the diminishing returns are pretty obvious doubt 8k is somehow going to change that

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[–] arararagi@ani.social 4 points 1 month ago

2tb drives aren't as cheap as I would hope

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