Re: AMD weighs in on HD versus 4K

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On 5/30/2025 1:46 AM, JAB wrote:

On 30/05/2025 04:30, Justisaur wrote:

On 5/29/2025 8:24 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Thu, 29 May 2025 10:09:13 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
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On Wed, 28 May 2025 05:22:56 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Xocyll wrote:
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Hell I don't even buy Blu-Ray if DVD is an option - I literally see no
difference between them, so 4K Ultra was never in consideration.

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I do Bluray for the audio. There I can definitely hear a difference. I
found this out when I got Fight Club on Bluray.
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But a 4k picture is only noticable to people with 20/10 vision on a
minimum 90" screen from 5-10 feet.

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Heh. I saw a 98" UHD TV the other day in a store. THERE I noticed the
difference... when standing less than a foot away. The pixels were
big!
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But even I wouldn't be using a TV that big unless I was sitting on a
couch. And I'm the weirdo who uses a 47" display as one of my
monitors. Just the thought of dragging a mouse across a screen that
big makes the carpal tunnel flare up! ;-)
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(I was surprised at how inexpensive screens that big had become
though; it seems that just a few years ago anything larger than 60"
was in the $5-6000USD range, and now you can get a 98" screen for less
than 2 grand).

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The 2 grand isn't the problem, it's the couple hundred thousand I'd
need for a bigger place where I even had a wall that big around here
without going to a worse neighborhood.
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It's something I did think about when we got our last one. If we got a
TV that was too big it would have to go above the fireplace which is
probably not good for it and it'd be a poor viewing angle. The other
option would be to remove the sofa and sit on high chairs instead!

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Not a bad idea, I could probably figure some way to mount a bigger one
in front of the fireplace.  Besides living in a hot area (it was 100 f
today) I have severe asthmatic reaction to wood smoke, so I've never
used it, and have wished I could've found a house without one for some time.
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There's two large windows next to the fireplace though, might be hard to
watch with the light glaring through during the day, although maybe not
any worse than the glare from them half the day now anyway.

Good heavy curtains will fix that, or decent curtains + black garbage
bags taped over the glass.

Xocyll
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