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0 pointstheshackleford1y ago0 comments

> 4K video reaches you only because it's compressed to crap.

Yes, but I assume when they say the "consumer" they mean everyone not us. Most people i've had in my home couldnt tell you the difference between a 4K bluray at 2 odd meters on a 65" panel vs 1080p.

I can be looking at a screen full of compression artificts that seem like the most obvious thing i've ever seen and ill be surrounded by people going "what are you talking about?"

Even if I can get them to notice, the response is almost always the same.

"Oh...yeah ok I guess I can see. I just assumed it supposed to look like it shrug its just not noticable to me"

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sureIy1y ago

You can't ask someone today to see what they're not used to see.

I expect a future of screens that are natively subtly 3D and where you could see someone's nose hair without focusing. Only then they will notice "why do they look blurry and flat" when comparing it to an old TV.

Today if you get closer to a TV you will see blur. Tomorrow you will see the bird's individual strands of feathers.

"Good enough" is temporary.

theshacklefordOP1y ago

> Only then they will notice "why do they look blurry and flat" when comparing it to an old TV.

They either won’t notice or won’t care and even if they do, it takes far longer than enthusiasts expect for the line to move.

Large numbers of people still say in 2025 that ‘4K is a gimmick,’ so I’m not holding my breath. ‘Good enough’ lasts much longer for the majority than most realise.

Look at displays today: I can’t even buy a modern one with motion quality that matches what I had 20 years ago. Why? Because for the average consumer, what we have is ‘good enough’ and has been for a long time.

> Today if you get closer to a TV you will see blur. Tomorrow you will see the birds individual strands of feathers

No, I’ll see blur. Unless you’re suggesting we’ve magically solved sample and hold induced motion blur in the consumer display space?

Of course, I know you meant in a still frame however if I wanted to stare at a high quality still image, I’d save myself the money and just go with some nice framed artwork instead.

> “Good enough” is temporary.

I’ll grant you this on a long enough timeframe. But it’s got a long tail and it’s gonna be a slow ride.

vel0city1y ago

It reminds me back when HDTV was starting to roll out to things like cable television. Often cable companies kept the standard def versions of the channels on the normal channel numbers while the HD version of the channel would be that number +500 or +1000 or whatever.

I would constantly see friends and family just tune to the standard def 4:3 version of the channel often being terribly stretched despite having a new widescreen HDTV. I'd ask why they're watching the SD channel instead of the HD version, and it seemed like most people didn't even notice it. I'd often suggest/go ahead and change the channel to the HD version and talk about where these HD channels are, but the next time I'd visit it would be on standard def 4:3 again.

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