How Will Consumers Use Faster Internet Speeds?

Re:How Will Consumers Use Faster Internet Speeds? by sgt101 on Thursday December 31, 2015 @03:18AM (#10816794)

>But currently the limits are more tied to physiological limits - the highest bandwidth channel for a human is the eyes and we know their limits (somewhere between 1080p to 4K depending on various things), and we've almost covered that.

This goes counter to my experience and thinking. I am sure that this is true on a phone form factor but 8k TV is definitely better than 4k on a 60"+ screen (I've never seen them side by side on a smaller device and I am unsure how big the demo set up was).

Current 4k has limited colour capability, ramping up the stage to richer pallets will increase the bandwidth demand, as will high frame rates and the increase in resolution to 8k.

VR streaming is interesting but I guess that filming it will be a big challenge !

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Re:How Will Consumers Use Faster Internet Speeds? by petra on Thursday December 31, 2015 @03:20PM (#10819471)

Beyond resolution, sure there are other factors.

But if we only talk about resolution , 4K reaches the limits of the eye at around 1.1 meter [1], and most people sit farther than that from their tv.

But usually at display demos , they let you sit closer to the tv , this and other factors (compression, placebo, framerate , maybe brightness , etc etc ) might help create better experiences or illusions/salesmanship with 8K.

Another option is for rare few maybe the retina limit is higher .

[1]please use this calculatoe physiological limits of eyes r to see thhttp://isthisretina.com/

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