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Originally Posted by alchav21
Remember the first PC's, 1Mb of RAM and 20Mb HDD. They said we will never need more than that....It's OVER KILL! You can never say that about Technology, and I say we are headed for Fiber Networks to access all the Data Servers where 8K+ is Stored!
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This is completely different. We can always find a use for more storage and for greater processing speed etc etc etc. But with resolution you're coming up against limits of what the human senses can detect. Sure, for archival purposes let's have immensely high-resolution scans made and saved. 99.999% of people who don't have an imax theater in their basement will not be able to see a difference between 4K and 8K on their home TVs. Like, I care more than your average consumer and even I find most differences between HD and UHD moderate at best on a 65" screen. Most people either can't tell or don't care the difference between DVD and BD, can't tell or don't care when motion interpolation is on, etc. For the home consumer there are massively diminishing returns the more we increase resolution.