DonFerrari said:
Diminishing returns, distance, screen size is all nice words we use to defend one position... doesn't matter the general situation (excluding anomalies) a 4K>2k>720p no matter the size and distance (and in most case is noticeable, you may not see the pixelation but you will feel the general change of quality of image)... And what is even more crazy is that a 1080p have around 2Mp, but for photo if you take a 10x15cm you can see diference going through 2Mp, 3Mp, maybe stopping at 8 Mp even looking from 30cm distance... If it didn't matter cameras wouldn't ever go over 10Mp unless for professionals doing GIANT frames. The same person that in some cases (not you) says 720p is almost equal to 1080p when seeing an analysis of cellphone camera say how important is a 40Mp sensor (its crazy since even top professional cameras don't go over 21Mp as far as I know). |
4K TVs more than 50 inches displaying 4K footage are incredible and just about any computer monitor capable of 4K looks amazing too at <1m sitting distance. But it appears that more people are seeing less of a difference between 720 upscaled and 1080p in their lounge rooms on the same TV.
My bias (for those interested) is gameplay > graphics. People claim better graphics means more immersion, but the focus on graphics at the moment has me a little concerned. Could just be that there's a new generation coming, but even with current gen I've seen almost gamebreaking framerate drops in very pretty-looking AAA games. I'll take a consistent framerate with tight controls and low response times over higher resolution assets any day. That's why I game on PC: so I can turn the settings down to guarantee a consistent framerate at all times.
Like I said, hopefully the focus goes back to gameplay after the new systems launch.
