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g911turbo on 17 September 2016
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WC4Life said:
Raistline said:

I hear this myth all over the place... the whole if you sit too far away you cannot tell the difference. This whole thing is just that, a myth. 

You are Doubling the resolution on the screen, you are adding HDR and even without HDR content the screen will be brighter and more vibrant because it is HDR capable and has to be able to be brighter to conform to HDR standards.

There is an easy experiment that you can do and really just about anyone has access to it. Go to you local Best Buy, WalMart or Target. They will all have 1080p TV's and 4K TV's on display. If you are at WalMart or Target they will usually have the exact same feed going to all or most screens. Just stand outside the Electroncis department and without looking at the signage you will be able to tell the difference between which is 4K and which is 1080p. And this is under non-ideal lighting conditions with the TV's playing content that is of terrible quality because the signal has been split to hell and back using crappy splitting tech.

Don't let anyone fool you into thinking that you will not see the difference between a modern 4K TV and it's 1080p sibling.

Lol

I agree with you and don't understand how this got so widespread.

You would think people who are purchasing a 4K tv would go to a electronics store and see themselves but it seems most are just e-shopping and reading reviews. I personally have done this exact same test many times and for me the difference is instantly noticeable.

Read the rebuttle above.