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Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs (www.howtogeek.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 17 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Maybe if they add 3D, people will buy them!

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Man, I would. I am 100% the target demographic, jumped in the 3D TV rabbit hole and loved it. Totally knew it was a gimmick, but didn't care. Would have friends over for 3D movie parties.

    But adding them to my Plex server sucked. TAB or SBS files were half-assed and the PlayStation I used took sooooooo damn long to freaking start the movie and skipping was an issue.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Tbf one if the use cases for display technologies with high pixel density is vr headsets.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    Yeah, very much looking forward to headsets with 8k panels. Most are up to 4k now, and it's getting pretty good. If it stays at 4k for a bit, that would be fine. But it's definitely an area where 8k will still be a very noticeable upgrade.

    Even if the only short-term practical use for an 8k panel is how far away a 4k or 1080p screen would be clear to read in an augmented reality situation, that would be reason enough. But I personally will gladly lower quality settings to run VR games in 8k instead of 4k as well.

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