At the distance I look at my TV screen (about 7 feet from the couch) I can't make out the pixels of the 1080p screen. 4k is lost on me. 2020 vision but I guess that is not enough.

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Tagbert 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

Resolution is much less important for video than it is for text and user interfaces.

	▲	rkomorn 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		This is exactly why I went to 4K. Used to have a 27" 2560x1440 monitor at home. Got a 4K 27" at work, and when I got home, the difference was big enough that I (eventually) decided to upgrade the home monitor.

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heavyset_go 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Unless the screen is right in front of your face, video codecs and their parameters matter more than FHD vs UHD, IMO.

At least to me, with corrected vision, a high quality 1080p video looks better than streaming quality 4k at the same distance.

	▲	dalmo3 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		Compare apples to apples, e.g. gaming, and the difference is glaring.

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madaxe_again 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I also have perfect vision in terms of focal length - but it turns out I have astigmatism in opposite axises in both eyes.

Glasses make a huge difference when watching TV, and are the dividing line between being able to tell the difference between 4K and 1080p and not being able to discern any.

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dontlaugh 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I’m 3m from my TV and I can absolutely tell 4K from 1080p, but it is indeed subtle.

But a fraction of that distance to my monitor makes even 4K barely good enough. I’d need a much smaller 4K monitor to not notice pixels.