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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: BazaJT on 28 November 2015, 20:26:12
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I see a lot of adverts for tellys that state they're 4K or 4K ready.What is this 4K? What does it do?Why would I need it?
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it's super duper HD telly
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it's super duper HD telly
That's not really being broadcast by anybody yet.
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it's super duper HD telly
That's not really being broadcast by anybody yet.
Apart from BT, Amazon Prime, Netflix, YouTube ;)
It's also called Ultra HD which is how BT brand it. But basically it's 4 times better than standard full HD which could be considered 1k :y
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it's super duper HD telly
That's not really being broadcast by anybody yet.
Apart from BT, Amazon Prime, Netflix, YouTube ;)
It's also called Ultra HD which is how BT brand it. But basically it's 4 times better than standard full HD which could be considered 1k :y
so ....... is that better than 405 lines? ::) ::) ::)
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it's super duper HD telly
That's not really being broadcast by anybody yet.
Apart from BT, Amazon Prime, Netflix, YouTube ;)
It's also called Ultra HD which is how BT brand it. But basically it's 4 times better than standard full HD which could be considered 1k :y
so ....... is that better than 405 lines? ::) ::) ::)
Could be ;D
Thing is you need a big ass TV to get 4K benefit. Needs to be at least a 50" I'd say
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I`ve got a full HD 55" Samsung and when shown a 4k model, couldn`t really see what all the hype is about
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I`ve got a full HD 55" Samsung and when shown a 4k model, couldn`t really see what all the hype is about
Even on a 55" set, you've got to have your nose touching the screen to notice it. It's the next marketing gimmick, now that 3D and "smart" TVs have tanked. ;)
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full HD which could be considered 1k :y
tut tut, YOU should know better.
Full HD is 1080p. Or roughly 1920 x 1080 pixels.
4k/UHD/Whatever is 2160p. Or roughly 3800 x 2000 pixels.
This means "4k" as 4 times the pixels, BUT its only double the resolution. "4k" being something dreamt up by the TV manufacturers (I think Sony came up with it, along with 8k) as a marketing ploy.
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...I think Sony came up with it, along with 8k) as a marketing ploy.
Sony treating their customers with contempt? Nah. Pull the other one. ;)
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Ah,so no real benefit at least to me.Anything much above the 40" tv I've got would dwarf my room,so needing something over 50" would be pointless.Thanks for the info though.
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it's basically twice the pixels wider and twice the pixels taller.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4K_resolution
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At the end of the day it is a little like spending crazy money on hifi, if your eyes / ears ain't up to the job anymore and you don't have the sources, don't bother ;)
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At the end of the day it is a little like spending crazy money on hifi, if your eyes / ears ain't up to the job anymore and you don't have the sources, don't bother ;)
Who said that, where's me glasses, nothing wrong with my arms.
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At the end of the day it is a little like spending crazy money on hifi, if your eyes / ears ain't up to the job anymore and you don't have the sources, don't bother ;)
Who said that, where's me glasses, nothing wrong with my arms.
;D
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Ah,so no real benefit at least to me.Anything much above the 40" tv I've got would dwarf my room,so needing something over 50" would be pointless.Thanks for the info though.
Also worth pointing out that under 40" you would really struggle to see the difference between 720p and 1080p content at a comfortable viewing distance anyway.
At 4k, apart from demo content, most new 4k media will be films in Cinema Scope, so you'd lose about 30% of your pixels anyway (upper and lower black bars, unless you want to chop the sides off), so until someone brings out a extra wide, wide TV screen to view Cinema wide content its all a bit pointless at the moment for home use.
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At least I don't have to bother updating to one of those then :y The 40" I've got now is 1080p,and given that my room is 14ft at it's widest/longest I've got a viewing distance of approx. 12ft.
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At least I don't have to bother updating to one of those then :y The 40" I've got now is 1080p,and given that my room is 14ft at it's widest/longest I've got a viewing distance of approx. 12ft.
12ft is a good viewing distance, especially over the Christmas period, your head is almost guaranteed to miss the telly when you fall over blind drunk. :y
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Whatever next?
Twenty years from now we'll all be watching televisions with flatter squarer tubes......Tosh. :)
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My B+W 19" bush tv is just fine, cheap licence too. ::)
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My B+W 19" bush tv is just fine, cheap licence too. ::)
I'm envious. Even more envious than I am of your Astra. :)
I can still remember the first two televison sets we had 50 years ago.
A Stella followed by a Dynatron. :y
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My B+W 19" bush tv is just fine, cheap licence too. ::)
I'm envious. Even more envious than I am of your Astra. :)
I can still remember the first two televison sets we had 50 years ago.
A Stella followed by a Dynatron. :y
They sound more like sextoys! :-X ;D
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My B+W 19" bush tv is just fine, cheap licence too. ::)
I'm envious. Even more envious than I am of your Astra. :)
I can still remember the first two televison sets we had 50 years ago.
A Stella followed by a Dynatron. :y
They sound more like sextoys! :-X ;D
A drink followed by a fairground ride.
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My B+W 19" bush tv is just fine, cheap licence too. ::)
I'm envious. Even more envious than I am of your Astra. :)
I can still remember the first two televison sets we had 50 years ago.
A Stella followed by a Dynatron. :y
They sound more like sextoys! :-X ;D
Yes indeed. The Dynatron was the model prior to the Orgasmatron. :)