Re: AMD weighs in on HD versus 4K

On Fri, 30 May 2025 06:46:31 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Xocyll wrote:

JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
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On 29/05/2025 22:21, Xocyll wrote:

My last TV purchase, in 2016, I specifically asked for a 1080p dumb TV
after everything had pretty much gone to 4k, because I*thought* there
would be a price break.
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They had what I asked for, but the 4k was cheaper. In the same sizes. All
the smart TVs were also inexplicably cheaper. (*shrug*)

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It's like car transmissions;  Used to be manual was standard and
automatics cost more.   Now auto is standard and you pay more to get a
manual (at least on a sports car.)

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The UK has seen a dramatic shift to automatic cars in the last twenty
years from something that was quite niche (and people would wonder why
you'd want an automatic) to now been the majority of car sales.
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I came late to the driving club and when I took my test I didn't bother
to even learn how to drive a manual just because I thought why have that
extra complication for something I'll never need. I've still had a
couple of people say but what if you have to drive a manual in an
emergence. My response is, have you or anyone you know ever had to do that?

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It's not really difficult.

Yes. What's difficult is transitioning from "get the car moving" to
"let's not burn up a clutch every 30k miles."

That and steep hills.

--
Zag

What's the point of growing up
if you can't be childish sometimes? ...Terrance Dicks, BBC