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4K TVs.. waste of time?
Arseen:
Yeah currently only advance in 4K TVs is that you can see whole 300DPI UGC cover on screen once. ;D
As for TV I'd buy something like this: http://www.lg.com/ae/tvs/lg-105UC9T Ultrawide "5K" TV... or similar resolution Video Projector.
palmer6strings:
The only thing I have personally seen that captures 4K video/images right now is the new Go Pro Silver and Black. Which I'm trying to get because it would help my life out quite a bit. But most of the stuff I record will only be viewed on a computer anyway lol.
sheep2001:
--- Quote from: monjici on September 09, 2015, 05:38:40 AM ---Yeah. it's still a bit early to adopt it. Thought ISPs are getting ready for this. In my region I can now have 940 mbits/s with FTTH. At 150$/month, share it with your neighbour and it's quite affordable :)
I wonder how upscaled BD look like on these.
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I can't even get close to 9 - let alone 940!
CrimsonEnigma:
--- Quote from: larryinc64 on September 08, 2015, 10:13:47 PM ---From a technical standpoint, almost nothing is shot in 4K resolution. All movies and TV shows are 1080p or lower currently, with probably a few expectations. Most game consoles are barely going at 1080p. I think some very powerful PCs can force 4K, but that's about it.
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While the second part is true, the first part is most certainly not. Film studios have been shooting films in 4K resolutions for years. Hell, some are done in higher resolution now.
--- Quote from: larryinc64 on September 08, 2015, 10:13:47 PM ---For a quick resolution lesson, the numbers represent the pixel height.
480p is 480 pixels tall, 1080p is 1080 pixels tall, 4K is around 4000 pixels tall. The higher the resolution, the smaller the pixels.
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This is no longer the case. It's true that the "480" in "480p" and "1080" in "1080p" referred to pixel height, but "4K" refers to video around 4,000 pixels wide (I say "around" because there's actually no agreed-upon standard - some say it's 3820 pixels wide, others say it's 4096, etc.).
One thing that is true is that there is very little 4K content available right now. Netflix has a few 4K streams...but they look worse than 1080p Blu Rays. Sony and Samsung have proprietary players that only work with their TVs (actually, Sony might've made one that works with other company's TVs, but most of their models are Sony-exclusive). PCs can play games at 4K resolution, but need some serious horsepower to do so. Thankfully, 4K Blu Ray discs (not "mastered in 4K" and downscaled to 1080p, but actually carrying full 4K resolution files for use in 4K players with 4K TVs) were just announced a few days ago, so the content gap should be solved quickly.
TDIRunner:
--- Quote ---This is no longer the case. It's true that the "480" in "480p" and "1080" in "1080p" referred to pixel height, but "4K" refers to video around 4,000 pixels wide (I say "around" because there's actually no agreed-upon standard - some say it's 3820 pixels wide, others say it's 4096, etc.).
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Right. They are just rounding it off now because 4096 just doesn't roll off the tongue.