Anyone else feel resolution is overrated?

[SvennoJ]

Machina said:

Marth said:
I have to go with no.
Resolution is damn important.

I can't speak for the 1440p+ people since I am still capped at 1080p but have you ever turned down a youtube/twitch video from 1080p to 720p? Things get so much worse.
Notice it the most when watching Dota 2 or SC2. From pretty clear and sharp image to blurry mess in one step. Ofc compression also is a part of that but the loss of pixels is noticeable and I would rather have less overly fancy stuff then a lower resolution.

Also that poll is a bit silly since more resolution = more detail.

This this this. The difference is huge and very much noticeable - to the extent that you instantly can tell whether you're watching 1080 or 720 without looking at the settings panel.

It depends how close you are and on the content. I did some tests a long time ago. Put these picture up on a 1080p screen full screen and walk or lean back until you can't tell the difference anymore.








First two are 1080p and 540p. The last two go down to 270p. It's simply the first picture resized, then pixel doubled to original size.

Detail and clean AA go before resolution. Ofcourse clean AA requires resolution in the first place as the best way to do it is still super sampling. You tube always looks way worse than the resolution it runs at due to the heavy compression. Blue ray still looks a lot more clear than Netflix at 1080p.

Last edited by SvennoJ - on 03 December 2018