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I haven't even gotten on the 4k bandwagon yet. I fully expected to by now, but then again, my eyes aren't getting any better and 1080p content still looks... fine.
A few weeks ago I watched Ladyhawk on a 13" TV with a built in VHS player. I realized that my brain didn't care about the quality as soon as I started paying attention to the content. I still like my 1080p but there's definitely massively diminishing returns after that.
You are a genius! At least compared to everyone seriously discussing how important it is to replace one barely (if at all) visible pixel with 4, or better 9, or 16, more pixels. More of everything. If you are buying a movie that takes up 4 times more space, then it must be 4 times more content. There's such a nice word, "content", as if food for one's brain and soul, which is art, could be factory-produced by the schedule.
I have a 4k TV. I don't think I've ever actually watched something on it in 4k because finding the content isn't worth the effort.
I have to filter out all the 4K feeds I get on Kodi because I can't play them. I sure haven't seen a shortage of them. Now whether they play at an actual 4K would be the question, but they've been there for years.
That's fair. Maybe effort is the wrong word. Between the extra money for Netflix or HD space to borrow from my friends on the Internet it never seemed worthwhile over 1080.
1080p is fine, but I really like the colors of HDR. I am NOT a fan of the higher refresh rate for movies though.
Higher refresh rates for movies are meh at best, VRR OTOH is a godsend as 24Hz just won't fit into 60Hz. Gaming, too, is much nicer when you have VRR, figures that delayed frames are quite a bit less noticeable than dropped frames.
1440p at 120Hz+ is superior to 4k 60Hz and is much more achievable for most hardware anyway. That's the sweet spot in my opinion.
For media 4k is a pretty big upgrade from 1080p though.
Yes, but 1080p content looks like dogshit on a 1440p display
Yep. But it looks excellent on a 4K display.