Shhh – the ISPs need a reason to sell bigger data plans. Please think of the ISPs…
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Isn't it just a limitation of human vision? No matter how much resolution we can create, the human eye will only ever see a certain level of resolution ... anything beyond that is imperceptible to us. I think I remember reading that 4K is the maximum we can realistically appreciate and anything beyond that is impractical because no one would ever notice the difference.
The only way higher resolutions work is if you start blowing up the size of the image itself. A 20" wide image at 720p looks good but the same image blow up to 60" becomes noticeably pixelated. A 20" wide image at 8K looks sharp and blown up to 60", it still looks sharp.
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OP, please update the post to reflect the current article title. It may have changed since you posted.
I watch 576i DVDs on a 24" 1366x768 TV and I don't mind because I sit reasonably far.
HDR 1080p is what most people can live with.