Post #2762705
2026-02-04 12:43 UTC
Yeah, _most_ people aren't within 6 feet of their TV, and _most_ people aren't buying 100" TVs either. 8K is relevant for virtually nobody.
A lot of companies _are_ successfully working on larger panels (I saw something about a 165" TV recently), so 8K may have a good place in a theatre room one day, but that still leaves you a lot of problems to solve first, and is _far_ from mainstream until _all_ of that becomes a lot cheaper.
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@djdarren@piefed.social 2026-02-04 13:58
We bought a 60" LG LCD first. It was too big for our living room, so when the backlight went faulty and we were offered a refund we chopped it in for the 55" OLED, which is basically perfect for our room. Turns out 5" really *can* make a difference.
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@SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2026-02-04 15:04
I am sitting within 6 feet of mine, well lying in bed really. The 50 inches of my TV are huge from that distance and it's still well within the 1080p zone of that graphic. And this 4k TV was already pretty cheap when I bought it almost a decade ago. I gave up watching 4k content years ago when I could not tell the difference to high quality 1080p content.