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4K TVs.. waste of time?
Arseen:
Well both consoles output 1080P so that alone is definitely improvement.
And if 4K TV has great upscaler the improvement is tremendous.
Anywayhow the quality should only go up, how much depends on the TV.
TDIRunner:
Pretty much what Arseen said. Your concern about older systems looking like crap on modern TVs is valid. However, look at it this way. Standard definition video games should be played on standard definition TVs. High def video games should be played on high def TVs. Sure, the PS3 and 360 were meant for 1080p, but it shouldn't be a problem to run them on a 4K TV since it will upscale the image. You shouldn't need a different TV for each generation of video game system. You should really only need 2.
Einhander:
--- Quote from: TDIRunner on November 29, 2015, 01:32:57 PM ---Pretty much what Arseen said. Your concern about older systems looking like crap on modern TVs is valid. However, look at it this way. Standard definition video games should be played on standard definition TVs. High def video games should be played on high def TVs. Sure, the PS3 and 360 were meant for 1080p, but it shouldn't be a problem to run them on a 4K TV since it will upscale the image. You shouldn't need a different TV for each generation of video game system. You should really only need 2.
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Okay, that makes sense. However, I wonder if HD will no longer be HD anymore. 720 and 4k are very different. And when 8k comes out, I wonder if 720 or 1080P are even considered HD enough for it.
TDIRunner:
--- Quote from: Einhander on November 29, 2015, 04:38:59 PM ---
--- Quote from: TDIRunner on November 29, 2015, 01:32:57 PM ---Pretty much what Arseen said. Your concern about older systems looking like crap on modern TVs is valid. However, look at it this way. Standard definition video games should be played on standard definition TVs. High def video games should be played on high def TVs. Sure, the PS3 and 360 were meant for 1080p, but it shouldn't be a problem to run them on a 4K TV since it will upscale the image. You shouldn't need a different TV for each generation of video game system. You should really only need 2.
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Okay, that makes sense. However, I wonder if HD will no longer be HD anymore. 720 and 4k are very different. And when 8k comes out, I wonder if 720 or 1080P are even considered HD enough for it.
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8K is so far out from today you shouldn't even be worrying about it. If you are worried about 8K, then you should also be worried about 16K, 32K, 64K and so on.
Einhander:
--- Quote from: TDIRunner on November 29, 2015, 05:23:15 PM ---
--- Quote from: Einhander on November 29, 2015, 04:38:59 PM ---
--- Quote from: TDIRunner on November 29, 2015, 01:32:57 PM ---Pretty much what Arseen said. Your concern about older systems looking like crap on modern TVs is valid. However, look at it this way. Standard definition video games should be played on standard definition TVs. High def video games should be played on high def TVs. Sure, the PS3 and 360 were meant for 1080p, but it shouldn't be a problem to run them on a 4K TV since it will upscale the image. You shouldn't need a different TV for each generation of video game system. You should really only need 2.
--- End quote ---
Okay, that makes sense. However, I wonder if HD will no longer be HD anymore. 720 and 4k are very different. And when 8k comes out, I wonder if 720 or 1080P are even considered HD enough for it.
--- End quote ---
8K is so far out from today you shouldn't even be worrying about it. If you are worried about 8K, then you should also be worried about 16K, 32K, 64K and so on.
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Really? 4k will be standard in 2 years right? Isn't 8 a couple years after that?