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Originally Posted by Ruined
Hi,
1080p upscaled to 4k is going to look worse than straight 1080p given the same quality display components - likely a bit softer in actuality; you can't reliably invent new detail that did not exist originally. The reason you'd need to upscale, though, with a 4k projector is due to the fixed resolution of digital projectors. This is why we need to upscale DVDs to 1080p for 1080p digital projectors.
In other words, if you spend $20,000 on a 4k projector and $20,000 on a 1080p projector to watch Blu-ray Discs, the 1080p projector will likely look significantly better.
I am not against 4k but I am not for it either. I don't see it as particularly useful for the home market, it appears more a marketing gimmick to sell TVs. For the record I have a 120" & 73" screens in my two home theaters and my preamps are 4k ready.
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I haven't seen a $20k projector in a long time... But I am not following your logic here. Would you not have made the same argument that a $20k 480p projector would have made a DVD look better than a $20k 1080p projector for the same reasons? Having not done the test myself I just can't imagine this to be true. What few reviews I've read of the true 4k Sony projector is that it does a great job up converting blu ray.