Why Gamers should wait until 2018 to by a new 4k tv
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I got a 40in Bravia in my bedroom that I got back in 09 too... shyt still works fine, picture is still dope, and it's the only TV that I have turns on when I activate my Chromecast
I have a 55in Plasma in my living room, picture quality is still dope, only thing that I'm monitoring on it is this buzzing noise that it makes while it's on. Not unbearable, but slightly annoying, then I have a 70in Sharp downstairs in my studio/mancave that I don't even turn on anymore
I don't even game on tvs anymore, just in my office on a monitor
The first one I'd upgrade would be the plasma in my living room, but I'm not in a rush as long as they all work fine... which they do
Killigraphy
Banned
Still not worth it. Besides the fact that not even a handful of games are 4k supportive, broadcast on live tv isn't even close to 4k. Game companies are just now making 1080 the standard for both in game and cinematics. Its a gimmick, like the curved tv. Completely useless.
4K is not a gimmick. It's an industry standard resolution. TV doesn't broadcast in 1080p, lots of games don't reach 1080p native on consoles. Were 1080p sets a gimmick too?
We'll get native 4K on consoles with the next console generation. You can already stream in 4K and broadcast TV isn't likely to go to 4K because of the required bandwidth which is why they didn't go to 1080p.
Killigraphy
Banned
OaklandCertified
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I had my 4k t.v. for a year now.
KillbertArenas
Superstar
I got a 4k recently just because I thought I missing out..
I shouldve waited..
My Sony bravia 1080p impresses me more
I shouldve waited..
My Sony bravia 1080p impresses me more
I wouldn't say gimmick but right now it's still not worth it for the most part.
It's just a screen resolution. A gimmick is 3D TV. That failed and they quit making them. 4K won't fail because it's the standard for TVs now. If you but a new TV today it's a 4K TV by default. The standard might be somewhat ahead of it's time but that hardly makes it a gimmick. All new tech isn't a gimmick because it's new.Winb....we rarely disagree...but on this, you're gonna be wrong...
The bad part about 4K is that up until about a year or 2 ago the standards were still being set so there are people now who have 4K TVs and they can't even plug a 4K Blu-Ray player up to them and get a good picture because the HDMI ports don't have HDCP 2.2 on them.
This was something the TV manufacturers rushed into because in the tech world if you don't have a new product you're in trouble.
Yeah this is far from a gimmick, and in two years I might be kicking myself for spending 2,500 on a tv only for it to literally be out of date because of a hardware jump. Part of the reason i didn't spend another grand is because I feel like hdmi 2.1 is really significant and once the newer consoles drop playing on anything else is just not going to be as good.
You know you just pretty much described 4k also, right? Maybe not exactly, but damn near.
Like usual, these companies and their genius marketing has the majority of us looking like fools
4K is a gimmick?Winb....we rarely disagree...but on this, you're gonna be wrong...
VR is a gimmick?
Your entire posting is a gimmick.
Rich Spirit
#LeveledUp
ehh im good with my KS8500
It's not even close to describing 4K. You can buy a 4K TV now, PCs can play games in 4K at 50+FPS on a 1080ti and 30FPS on a 1070, some game consoles play games in native 4K, you can stream in 4K, you can buy physical 4K media.
4K is like you just have an infant child. 8K is like talking about what your infant child's grandchild will be like. There's basically nothing on the consumer market that really supports 8K and it's such a high resolution that why bother anyway? People sit too close to their too small TVs to see the gain of it. I don't doubt the industry will eventually move in that direction but it's going to be an almost worthless upgrade for most.