The PS4 doesn’t handle 4k, but for those without a 4k (or better) TV, it is excellent.
stusser
1885
And just for completeness, the PS4 Pro doesn’t support Bluray 4k either. Basically Sony didn’t want to pay into the HEVC patent pool or license AACS 2.0 on every console for a feature most people don’t care about, and a rapidly diminishing market to boot.
Kolbex
1886
Oh, is the 4k market “rapidly diminishing”? I guess I figured I was just a dinosaur holdout with my 1080p TV and monitor.
I’m the same dinosaur holdout.
I think he meant the Blu-ray market was rapidly diminishing?
We all should talk Latin, such a better language.
I have 2 TV’s, one is 720p and the other is a CRTV. My monitor’s 1080. I have no idea what the point of a 4K display is, aside from as a marketing gimmick.
stusser
1890
The physical media market is rapidly shrinking.
I basically think 4k is bullshit for most living room purposes, based on TV sizes and couch distances. It isn’t BS for computers, where you sit much closer to the monitor.
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My biggest problem with HD is that blacks aren’t black. If 4K doesn’t fix that, I’ll reiterate that I don’t know what it’s for. I’m not looking at HDTV and saying “I wish this were sharper.”
stusser
1894
It doesn’t, for blacker blacks you need a different type of display, OLED being perfect at it.
Interesting, I wasn’t aware that you could get a modern display that handled that well. Something to look into one of these days!
Yeah, but that’s because you haven’t seen it sharper. I didn’t think I needed Bluray until I saw Bluray. 4K looks astonishingly good, particularly in games.
But yeah, nobody cares about 4K Blurays.
I don’t thank you enough for putting together these weekly lists. Keep up the great job buddy!
Sounds like I’m well served to live in ignorance. :) I actually have seen it, of course, in that I’ve been past an electronics section in the last few years. It’s not remotely worth it to me to upgrade (any more than I feel a need to rush out and buy a 1080p TV). Even if it were, very little of the media I consume is even available in 4K at this point.
Kolbex
1899
Wow, too bad I already have both Butcher and Devil Daggers, because $2.50 for those and, I don’t know, Stasis maybe, seems like a pretty insanely good deal.
VA panels with local dimming have come a long way, too. But, yeah, OLED is gold standard here.
stusser
1901
With an OLED panel, each individual pixel is either lit up or not. If it’s not lighted, it emits zero light and is thus perfectly black, offering infinite contrast. OLED looks startlingly good. HDR is another real perceptible image quality improvement.
4k, not so much. Most peoples’ eyes can’t discern any difference between 1080p and 4k at normal TV sizes and couch distances, particularly in motion. You can often tell with a static image and A/B comparison, but not while watching a movie or playing a videogame.
You sit much closer to your computer monitor, and often look at static images (like reading text) so 4k matters much more there.
I have a 65" OLED and I can tell a difference with some videogames, especially when it is HDR enabled.
Yeah, OLED sounds much more like what I would consider a meaningful advance in display technology (even if said advance is largely reclaiming something we lost with the death of CRT’s).
