@Erpel@hai.z0ne.social no need at all.


well... for nature and animal documentaries... there it's needed!

@igwigg@sk.igwigg.space I understand the argument that it is more pleasing to the eye, but then 4K is enough and 8K is just marketing

@Erpel @aetios
Even more. Sometimes you can see the bigger display that anyway has set to lower 1080 resolution and is user only because it's bigger in size.

@yura@udongein.xyz @aetios@sns.minovsky.space Not sure if interpolaration would cause some artifacts though.

But yes: Mostly the bigger resolutions are just nice markeitng to trick people in buying something new.

(There was some marketing study a while back, that stated that to every bigger sports event people tends to buy new TVs. So Olympia and soccer world championships.

And I think that bonkers! [We have the same TV for 10 years now])

@Erpel@hai.z0ne.social in newpipe I've set the default resolution to 360p and most of the time it's not noticeable except when there is small text ​​

@Erpel@hai.z0ne.social I think most people wouldn't even notice the difference to 720p without direct comparison, except when the screen's bigger/closer than it should be. However, HDR sometimes does make a difference.

@mort@procial.tchncs.de Bigger contrast (or better said a more dynamic one) is always preferable instead of a higher resolution.

The later is just more easily marketable because "numbers go big"