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TheShape31 on 09 January 2014
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oldschoolfool said:
TheShape31 said:
This is amazing, I can't wait to get something like this for my PC. And anyone who says that there's no visible difference between this and 1080p just simply doesn't have a clue. Those arguments existed between 480p and 1080p and guess what... huge difference. 4K is 4x the resolution of 1080p. 4x.

If you look at one monitor with lower resolution vs. another monitor with 4x that resolution from the same distance, it's like night and day.


that's all good,but the average consumer just doesn't care enough to make that comparison. 

So then explain why the "average consumer" decided to upgrade to an HDTV from an SDTV?  If no one cared, and if "the human eye can't discern", then 9 out of 10 people would have been perfectly fine getting a signal converter (remember those?).  Guess what, the average consumer cares, and they will upgrade when these technologies become common place.  So when 4K/UHD monitors start showing up everywhere with reasonable price tags (see Vizio's p-series), everyone will be making the transition.  Because that's what happens.  Technologies progress, people adopt.  When blu-ray came out I heard so many arguments about the "average consumer" not caring or being able to see the difference... and now it's the norm.  People appreciate a significant bump in quality as long as it's affordable and convenient.  So when Netflix jumps up to 4K/UHD resolution, it's going to end up fitting into the grand scheme of things as well.  Also, Samsung has just announced 4K blu-rays by the end of this year.  Forward progress is going to happen (it's happening right now), and it's going to be accepted by the masses no matter how you look at it.