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Re:Max is taking 4K away from its legacy ad-free subscribers by boppo1 on Sunday November 05, 2023 @12:33AM (#38148249)
I had a 30" sony wega from 2001. I didn't care about 4k. It finally died and now I have a 65" sony Xsomething. Now I care about 4k.

On a good TV, 4k really is impressive.

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Re:Max is taking 4K away from its legacy ad-free subscribers by ShadowBanThis01 on Sunday November 05, 2023 @03:01AM (#38149231)
From what source? Nothing streaming at typical cable bitrates is worthy of being called "UHD," let alone "4K."
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Re:Max is taking 4K away from its legacy ad-free subscribers by boppo1 on Monday November 06, 2023 @10:23AM (#38163798)
The on-device TV demos and Sony's 'core' 4k streaming service

>Nothing streaming at typical cable bitrates is worthy of being called "UHD," let alone "4K."

I agree! However, by that same token, 1080p streams aren't really 1080p. A not-actually-4k stream still looks dramatically better than a not-actually-1080p stream.

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Re:Max is taking 4K away from its legacy ad-free subscribers by ShadowBanThis01 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @06:34PM (#38198812)
At the same bitrate?
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