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Problem is, very few things output or input DP.

HDMI, for better or worse, seems to be ubiquitous.

Thank you, I did find myself thinking theres a reason why I have the DP cables for my PC monitors which don't seem to have an issue running high resolutions... But then I'm not running 8k on anything so I wasn't really sure about that

There are 8K cameras, but the only reason to use them is to create stabilized 4K content.

There are a few broadcast 8k channels in Japan and South Korea. There’s some YouTube 8k videos and 16k is being worked on. 8k is pretty awesome, though I really just want 8k screens for large PC monitors. I currently use a 4k 43” and 8k would be even better at that distance. Both Samsung and Sony have 8k screens for sale right now and they’re not really that crazy expensive for cutting edge. (75” Samsung 8k QLED for $3k)

That's going to be harder and harder to find.

I got a new Android TV for offline use. Most people say you get an OK experience if you don't connect the TV into a network.

The biggest remaining annoyance is that it takes 45 seconds to cold-start. Almost as if it's booting an OS desgined for a phone or something.

That's just a commercial display. Most commercial displays don't have an OS and require a separate device for showing video like an Nvidia Shield, PC, etc.

Is DVI completely out of the picture? I hate the connector, but I've had a lot of issues with DP, mainly around Linux support and multi-monitor setups.

I was kinda hoping USB-C/4/Thunderbolt would step into this space and normalize chaining and small connectors, but all of those monitors are stupidly expensive.

I have a 4k TV. I don't think I've ever actually watched something on it in 4k because finding the content isn't worth the effort.

A few weeks ago I watched Ladyhawk on a 13" TV with a built in VHS player. I realized that my brain didn't care about the quality as soon as I started paying attention to the content. I still like my 1080p but there's definitely massively diminishing returns after that.

1080p is fine, but I really like the colors of HDR. I am NOT a fan of the higher refresh rate for movies though.

1440p at 120Hz+ is superior to 4k 60Hz and is much more achievable for most hardware anyway. That's the sweet spot in my opinion.

For media 4k is a pretty big upgrade from 1080p though.

Until Elon can install it into your occipital cortex, this will have to do.

Also, the DRM baked into the specification is such bullshit.

That's the one thing they have absolutely no interest in getting rid of. They'll change everything about the spec, including the connector, but that part's staying in.

Because the bitrate over streaming is garbage. Get physical media if you want good 4k.

Actual film doesn't work like that (35mm or 70mm IMAX for example), but you are correct that most cinemas these days are digital and they use "1080p" (more accurately DCI 2K which is 2048×1080 when the aspect ratio is 1.90:1). There are a few that do 4K, but overall not that many.

The main reason that's enough for cinema though is that those "1080p" films are like 500GB with very little compression displayed through a DLP projector, so they look a heck of a lot better than showing a blu-ray through a massive TV with palm sized pixels.

Or the GameCube...or an add-on to the N64.

The N64's codename was the Ultra 64 afterall!

I believe 4K is already basically there. I have a 50" 4K (2160p) that I sit 9 feet away from and based on the Nvidia PPD calculator, that makes for 168ppd, and according to that page 150ppd is around the upper limit of human vision. Apple's "retina" displays target around 50-60ppd (varies based on assumed viewing distance), which is what most people seem to consider "average eye visual acuity". Imo 4K / 150ppd is more than enough.

One day I might care about 4k, but it hasn't happened yet. So I really can't muster a shit to give about 8k.

This exaxt comment could have been for 1080 to 4K. That said 4k has had a lot less fanfare to HD.