• Venia Silente
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    1311 months 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).

    • @AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml
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      611 months 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

      • Venia Silente
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        311 months 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?

        • @AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml
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          311 months 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.

      • @Shapillon@lemmy.world
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        211 months ago

        And still, do you need a 4K video stream for a music video?

        I understand wanting higher res audio (which still amounts to minuscule amounts of bandwith compared to the video stream) but I don’t get how image quality is important in this setting.

    • panCat
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      411 months ago

      Cannot agree more with this , most screens those are used at homes are good to go with 720p , or at least i fail to see a difference !

    • @Tvkan@feddit.de
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      111 months ago

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

      Have you considered seeing an optometrist instead?