[ExI] new tv

Henry Rivera hrivera at alumni.virginia.edu
Mon Jan 6 12:46:16 UTC 2020


I’ve been using a home theater style 1080p projector for a while now, and I had a 720p one before that. Screen is 8ft wide. 

I don’t think I’d bother with a 4K TV unless I was going for a projector. You need a pretty big screen/tv plus a good source to appreciate 4K worth of pixels imho. 

>> On Jan 5, 2020, at 3:12 PM, Dylan Distasio via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> 
> I'd add that while streaming 4K does look nice, it is still very heavily compressed compared to a UHD disc player which makes it even harder to view 4K in its best light for those of us who don't want to invest in a UHD player and disc purchases.
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>>> On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 1:46 PM Dave Sill via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> 
>> For TVs, though, the real limitation isn't so much the TV as the content. Little is 4k and less is 8k. Non-interlaced 1080 is still pretty rare.
>> 
>> -Dave 
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