SvennoJ said:
What material were they playing on it though? At my local best buy all the 1080p sets display a standard hd cable tv channel, 7-8 mbps mpeg2 720p/1080i feed, while the 4K sets display pristine demo material at higher than 4k blu-ray quality with enhanced HDR footage. Perhaps Walmart feeds the same shitty feed to all tvs? I wish these shops were more honest and put a blu-ray next to a 4k blu-ray to actually see the difference. Then you can actually walk back and check at what distance/size it's worth it for you. |
The most expensive 4K displays at this Bestbuy each had their own unique demo reel, while the cheaper 4K sets had ads for Netflix, Hulu, etc. 1080p sets were playing seemingly random footage. One was what looked like a DVD of TDKR, and some of the others had TV ads running, so it could have been cable. Walmarts in my area tend to have the same footage showing on all their TVs usually with one special exception, so you may have hit the nail on the head, there.
I didn't realise cable was still capped at 1080i. 7-8mbits? Wtf? Does that include channels like HBO and Starz? Bummer, if so. I guess this explains why the Walking Dead looks and sounds so much better on Netflix than it does on TV.
