What "K" will you draw the line at?

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Jegærn

Why should we bother with 4/8k when everything goes online streaming? Doesn't help with a super 8k tv when netflix takes over the movie industri. Compressed crap!

4K displays, and presumably 8K displays- I've yet to see one, work wonders with our existing physical media. Streaming is not so bad on them, either, but I will always much prefer my discs.

Online streaming may be a future, but it is not the only future. I personally will never subscribe to the "what's the use" attitude. I believe that physical media will continue as there are enough of us that care about the best in quality to sustain the market for it. I don't care how niche it may become, so long as it remains. Even if I am guilty of wishful thinking, I prefer that over being fearful or resigned about the future.

I still buy CDs in 2019 and for how many years have I been told that they were a lost cause? The Chicken Littles of the world have been crying "the sky is falling!" forever, but last I looked the firmament is firmly above us.

[Jegærn]

Originally Posted by Vilya

4K displays, and presumably 8K displays- I've yet to see one, work wonders with our existing physical media. Streaming is not so bad on them, either, but I will always much prefer my discs.

Online streaming may be a future, but it is not the only future. I personally will never subscribe to the "what's the use" attitude. I believe that physical media will continue as there are enough of us that care about the best in quality to sustain the market for it. I don't care how niche it may become, so long as it remains. Even if I am guilty of wishful thinking, I prefer that over being fearful or resigned about the future.

I still buy CDs in 2019 and for how many years have I been told that they were a lost cause? The Chicken Littles of the world have been crying "the sky is falling!" forever, but last I looked the firmament is firmly above us.

Yeah some of us still buy physical. I do. I just can't stand the compression on HBO and netflix. It looks aweful on my OLED.

And as many already pointed out, living rooms need to get bigger if 8k res is gonna be visible. I think 4k is the last 'k'

[The_Donster]

As other members have already pointed out, this isn’t about the future of home video. If anyone wants to discuss that give this thread a swing. So let’s take (leave) that particular argument to the appropriate thread.