| Davy said: 3,5 meters distance is acceptable for 65 inch TV. 4k isn't wasted on 65 inch , it is only 68 ppi. I don't use Tvs for pc gaming, pc monitors are much better. |
It's only not wasted when you get closer to the TV.
3.5m from 65" is only 23 degree fov. The TV only fills 23 degree of your fov (horizontally), so 1920x1080 gives you 1920/23 = 83 pixels per degree. Already no reason to go above 1080p. Above 90 pixels per degree you can't tell the difference anymore as studies have found out. ppi is irrelevant, only what you see from where you are sitting. (PSVR2 is over 800 ppi, yet max 20 pixels per degree to your eyes)
Only when the content is badly aliased you can have some benefit from higher resolutions, yet with modern AA techniques that should not be the case.
I can't tell the difference between 1440p and 4K on my TV, can hardly see benefit of 1440p. From Blu-ray to 4K Blu-ray, hardly a difference. (Just a sharper menu when starting the movie while standing in front of the TV) Much bigger difference between Blu-ray and Netflix at the same resolution. (Much less compression on Blu-Ray) I'm not paying extra for 4K streaming which I can't really see from the couch anyway.
PC monitors and games aren't good at HDR, but you have better pixel response times, better VRR, higher refresh rates. Cinematic games with good HDR are better on TV. Fast paced shooters better on a PC monitor. Another advantage of PC monitors is that you can simply lean in to read the small print, instead of having to move the couch closer to play BG3 on TV!
And yeah don't bother with 4K monitors unless you can actually render at 4K. Rendering at the monitor's native resolution still looks better than upscaling, especially when sitting that close. Smoother / steady fps beats 4K all the time.
4K is mostly a scam for TVs. It only looks better because compression of 1080p content is pretty bad. So you basically get charged extra to get highly compressed 4K which looks the same as Blu-ray's 1080p. Sure 4K Blu-ray can look amazing when standing in front of the TV, yet there it's still mostly HDR that makes it shine. The scam is no HDR for 1080p and low bandwidth for 1080p content (avg 7mbps on Netflix vs Blu-ray avg 25 mbps with peaks to 40mbps), got to have 4K to get decent 1080p quality...
PCs are now all about upscaling to meet the monitor's native resolution. 1440p is the sweet spot, 1440p monitor, render native 2560x1440 without upscaling will give you the best picture quality. 4K is good for screenshots ;)
