Lightknight said:
This rendition of the chart is actually a little misleading in the way they've labled the areas. The top line of each cone is where the difference starts to become noticeable but is the least "worth it" with the bottom line being where the difference is most noticeable compared to the previous resolution. So it's actually 3 meters where the difference even starts to be noticeable for anything over 1080p but that doesn't necessarily mean it is "worth it" if the difference is a matter of inches. If you sit at 5' from the TV, sure.
My TV is 1080p and something like 52 inches. Now, If I were to be honest, I sit almost 10 feet away. I am just barely in the "it makes a difference" category. You've got to try this. Try actually measuring out the two meters. It is NOT as far as you really think. I have a good gauge of this because I know the dimensions of my office which is something like 7 by 9 and I could not fit my TV in here at a distance from where I watch it at home.
If you have a ruler or have feet that are about 12 inches long, measure it out heel to toe And look at how close you are to the TV. I doubt you're within 2 meters. 2 meters is shorter than people think. It's just over 6 feet and that's only going to happen in a really cramped environment.
I picked a chart that has both feet and meters in it so people using both systems can read it. Most have one or the other.
Yes, 3 meters is the line where its the least noticable, hence my comment about it being "more than 3 meters to stop noticing".
Personally i have measured it before. I sit at 1.5 meters from my TV, which admittedly is small enough that UHD would not be worth it and something like 1440p would be the barely there. Though admittedly i sometimes stand firther away from it as i use it mostly when im cooking food or if im not alone.
I sit at less than 1 meter from my monitor, which is where i do most of my watching (i watch movies and play games exclusively on PC. TV is just that - for television programs). My monitor is 27", which means UHD would be worth it, although currently im only using 1080p.
Not everyone has mansions and rooms for TV. One thing to note is that Americans (and thats not only US but the other american nations too) actually lead in size-per-inhabitant in housing. Rest of the world actually live in smaller houses.
All it has to do is reach a point where we no longer notice the difference from any reasonable distance. I do wonder about devices like the occulus rift where they are inches from your face but also very small like a 3 or 4 inch screen.
See, what i meant by that is that noticing pixels is not enough. Thats because of how antialiasing works. The "true" antialiasing (as opposed to blur to hide edgies) is actually generating the video in higher resolution and then downsampling it. So you are for example generating a 2160p video and then resizing it to 1080p. however, if you had a 2160p monitor and just put that image in there it would look better even if you are far away that 1080p would be the limit. This is because then the pixels would be more precise even if you wouldnt see it, thus the "Smearing" when resizing down would not occur and your eyes would be doing the limiting, which to people with good eyesight (example: dont need glasses) will be a difference. Not a huge one, granted, but at that point companies will be competing for that as everyone will be doing the standard stuff.
It looks better than a modded Skyrim? I do doubt your claim as I find it extremely hard to believe. I've looked through several videos on the matter and the difference is still quite apparent. Modding has made a huge difference from the vanilla version in what I see, but the assets are still 9 year old assets with a fresh coat of paint.
I never said this. I said that it looks better than Titanfall. Moders have remodeled and resambled the "normal mapping". The engine is 9 years old, but the models are new, at least some of them.
Also what videos you saw? Because im sure you are aware that Youtube quality of video is quite poor because they compress it heavily since they need to save space on servers.
Not sure how me saying it doesn't really impact the enjoyment of the game means I don't care. It's nice, it's just not as important as say, good writing and gameplay mechanices. I don't really enjoy a good game any less on an old standard TV than I do on a 1080p. But it does make scenery shots more enjoyable.
Im confused. you say it does not make it any less enjoyable and then you say it makes it more enjoyable. Which one is it?
Also even if you personally did not care about it, does not mean it stops existing. Others may care. You may care in the future (opinions change)
