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You know, I've read a number of articles/reviews/blurbs on 4K tv's and nearly all of them agree; 4K is a vast waste of money for 90% of consumers. Supposedly, unless you sit extremely close (<5'), have a very large screen (80" or more), or both, you wont see hardly any difference over 1080p. 4K was a hit with TV manufacturers because it was a simple number that was higher than the the previous number. It was marketable.
AMOLED screens are going to be the next big thing to vastly improve the viewing experience for those of us with realistic screen sizes. They provide much, MUCH better color saturation, nearly perfect picture uniformity, as well as natural, true blacks. Basically, your Android smartphone screen blown up to 55".
You know, I've read a number of articles/reviews/blurbs on 4K tv's and nearly all of them agree; 4K is a vast waste of money for 90% of consumers. Supposedly, unless you sit extremely close (<5'), have a very large screen (80" or more), or both, you wont see hardly any difference over 1080p. 4K was a hit with TV manufacturers because it was a simple number that was higher than the the previous number. It was marketable.
AMOLED screens are going to be the next big thing to vastly improve the viewing experience for those of us with realistic screen sizes. They provide much, MUCH better color saturation, nearly perfect picture uniformity, as well as natural, true blacks. Basically, your Android smartphone screen blown up to 55".
I tend to agree with you in regards to 4K. I do know there are people who will go out and buy the biggest TV they can afford and then sit about three feet away from it. Never made any sense to me, since nobody likes to sit in the first few rows of the movie theater, why would they want to do that at home? I also think that improvements with color saturation, natural motion blur correction, and other stuff is something to be looked at more than the resolution.
Now, 4K in the movie theater might be the way to go.
Anyways, one reason I would love to have a PS4 would be backwards compatibility.
Well I went and saw a 4K TV today and let me say, completely unimpressed. At normal viewing distance, the difference over 1080p is hardly noticeable and definitely not worth 10x the price you'll pay for one. If say the picture was on par with a $1,500 premium Samsung, LG, or Sony 1080p TV.
The positives were that it WAS a good picture and you don't really start seeing the pixels until you are about a foot away from the screen.
The articles and reviews I've read on 4K were accurate.
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