For the foreseeable future, I think 8k is just something for people to put on display on trade stands and in large department stores with unfeasible price tags just to say, "Aren't we clever?"
You probably need close to 100" screens to make 8k in anyway sensible. And in an increasingly urbanised world, that's an entire wall for many people. I don't think any broadcaster is doing this for ratings reasons - it's the R&D teams seeing what they can do and the company being able to press release it. For consumers, improved screen technology like OLED, HDR and improved audio systems are of far greater near-term impact. I think it's perfectly fine for broadcasters to shoot crown jewel events in things like 8k or 3D. They've always done that. But in no way does it really mean that consumers are going to watch it in any significant number. Adam On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 9:29 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > How well do these folks think the human eye can see? How much detail do > viewers really want? As a one-eyed guy, I’m grateful the rest of you > rejected 3D media. As a guy with average vision in my one good eye, can we > all stand together by rejecting the expense of a level of image quality > which benefits nobody? > > I swear, inside the offices of network executives, some toady getting his > ass handed to him over declining ratings panicked and, instead of arguing > that the lack of quality in the content of the programming is leading to > the decline, blurted out that viewers were tuning out because the picture > wasn’t clear enough, and the executives were stupid enough to believe him. > To believe 8k is wanted or needed, you have to ignore all the data which > shows the ever increasing amount of people of all ages who watch media on > their phones. > > Law and Order in 8k is still going to be as bland and formulaic as it was > when it was in standard definition in a 4:3 ratio. > > On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 1:11 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Industry article says 8K is on its way. >> >> LINK <https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/ready-or-not-here-comes-8k> >> >> On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 7:57 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 5:13 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> For what it's worth, I tend to think that investing in a decent sound >>> system is the best way to up the quality and really envelop you, rather >>> than work out if you can even get a 100" TV into your home! >>> >>> If people here don't know this, decent quality speakers need physical >>> depth which is not provided in thin flat screen TVs. Our local TV critic >>> publishes Q&As and one frequent question has to do with people having >>> trouble hearing dialogue over background music. After years of telling >>> people it had to be due to them growing older he figured out that the >>> problem could well be the crappy quality of the speakers in today's sets. I >>> invested in a sound bar and it made a tremendous difference. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
