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4k ought to be enough for anybody
1080p is enough for anybody, 4k is fun sometimes though.
I was goofing on the old legend of Bill Gates saying "640K ought to be enough for anybody.” which is questionable he said it, but that's for another thread, another time.
Yeah, I appreciated the joke.
I just wanted to make the point that the difference between 1080p and 4k isn't massive, so the extra pixels w/ 8k likewise won't be massive. Going from standard def (480i/p?) to HD was a huge jump, and even 720p to 1080p is a big improvement, but going from 1080p to 4k isn't nearly as big of a leap. We're well into diminishing returns.
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Antialiasing is still absolute trash.
The only time I care enough about higher than 1080p displays is on my computer monitors so I can multitask on one display without UI elements getting mangled. If I'm playing a game or watching a video, I really can't tell between 1080 and 4k
Sure. I'm more talking about TVs though, where things like cinematography and HDR are much more important than resolution. 1080p is more than sufficient for that, and 4k content is sometimes hard to find.
I personally find having two monitors more useful than one higher-resolution monitor, though ultrawide monitors are also nice (have one at work). The vertical resolution isn't a big deal for me, since I mostly care about tiling windows next to each other.