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minus-squaresuicidaleggroll@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·3 days agoWhat’s the point? Even if you pay extra for “4K” streaming, it’s compressed to hell and the quality is no better than 1080p. What are you going to even watch on an 8K TV?
minus-squareBurgerBaron@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoNothing with Bluray stagnant at 4K. Not that I care, my aging eyes are fine sticking with 4K forever.
minus-squareHakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoIf memory serves, last year’s summer Olympics were televised (to some degree, anyways) at 8K, even if it was just a technological flex or test.
minus-squareMangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoI can’t imagine the bitrate was high enough to make much difference in quality… But I don’t know what the technical details were.
minus-squareHakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoHere’s something, though it seems to have a heavy “look at how great Intel is” spin to it: https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/news/the-olympics-is-being-streamed-in-8k-but-its-kind-of-a-secret
What’s the point? Even if you pay extra for “4K” streaming, it’s compressed to hell and the quality is no better than 1080p. What are you going to even watch on an 8K TV?
Nothing with Bluray stagnant at 4K. Not that I care, my aging eyes are fine sticking with 4K forever.
If memory serves, last year’s summer Olympics were televised (to some degree, anyways) at 8K, even if it was just a technological flex or test.
I can’t imagine the bitrate was high enough to make much difference in quality… But I don’t know what the technical details were.
Here’s something, though it seems to have a heavy “look at how great Intel is” spin to it: https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/news/the-olympics-is-being-streamed-in-8k-but-its-kind-of-a-secret