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Re:Netflix: Piracy is difficult to compete against and growi... by josephg on Monday February 05, 2024 @02:20AM (#39258262)
It’s also kind of meaningless at regular tv viewing distances. I have a 4k tv but from my couch there’s no way I can tell 4k apart from 1080. And honestly, 480 movies (dvd resolution) still look fine to me too. They have a certain aesthetic softness to them that I quite enjoy. 30 seconds into a 480 film I stop noticing the resolution at all.
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Re:Netflix: Piracy is difficult to compete against and growi... by bayindirh on Monday February 05, 2024 @03:16AM (#39258549)
That's probably because your TV is seamlessly upscaling every signal it can receive to 4K. Newer TVs are very good at that.
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Re:Netflix: Piracy is difficult to compete against and growi... by josephg on Monday February 05, 2024 @04:04PM (#39267154)
That’s sweet of you to say, but it’s because I’m pushing 40 and my eyesight isn’t what it once was.
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Re:Netflix: Piracy is difficult to compete against and growi... by saiya-jin on Monday February 05, 2024 @06:14AM (#39259896)
There are no 'regular viewing distances' anymore, any guidelines were long ago thrown out of window. Some want to have cinema at home, some want a tiny screen in kitchen or bedroom, some want (or can only afford) something in between.

Just do what works for you. But with lets say 'cinema experience' distance:size ratio you definitely can see the difference. I could clearly see it on Netflix 4k on tiny 55" 4k screen from maybe 2-2.5m.

But of course after 1-2 minutes it becomes meaningless difference and your brain blends it, what you should focus is not seeing big banding pixels due to low bad compression in very dynamic scenes.

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