Isnt it obvious? More pixels...

As why it's important, bigger TVs will need more pixels to keep the DPI viable.

4K content is not coming from TV channels, but from internet based sources.

It's consumers that buy hotter color boxes.

There isn't even a wide enough adoptability with 4K TVs and Monitors.

I feel like they are moving faster than the consumers and media can move. 4k is only now starting to be more adopted, which still isn't all that much.

I assume this was the prototype, and the final design will be smaller and more streamlined. That's the way it is with a lot of electronics. They are designed using wires and full sized components. Once the function is established, then they design circuit boards and smaller components.

It’s hard to argue either way without specifics but the average tv size I’ve come across is about 55” viewed from around 2.5 meters away at which point the added pixels make no difference - it’s impossible to see. However what people are Lilley seeing at this distance is the difference a decent screen or broadcast will make and don’t forget many 4K broadcast use Dolby vision and other tech not related to pixel count.

Those TVs defo have labels saying "powered by Nvidia" lol

>stagnation of innovation

Yeah restrictions are famous for stifling innovation and creativity. /s 🙄

Also if a livable planet means we won't have 32K tv's.. idk I think we'll manage, somehow

Sales tax is avoidable. You can simply not buy anything and put it all in a bank account, so I agree that its something the consumer pays.

You cannot receive income without paying income tax. For that reason you might as well consider the tax part of the payout. Your income is paid by someone, and they are effectively paying your income tax as well.

> So, what’s going to end up happening is either > - stagnation of innovation > > - 4k and 8k TVs no longer being sold in the EU.

Or something else that you didn’t think of.

Yes, anime/animation and porn is where I'm most likely to notice a difference on my TV. But still, FHD ( on 42 inches, with 65+ then eventually 4k) is actually enough for me, I prefer better colours / black levels.

Maybe they do not need to have "bigger marketing numbers". To me display devices have way too much brightness ... tv @ 30%, monitors @ 25%, phone @ 15%. Lower max. brightness == lower max. energy usage.

I have shivers seeing commuting people blasting their phones so bright that you can read the text on their faces.

Yes. Easy to see. Particularly if you use an OLED as a large format monitor. I can see 4k pixels on a 65 inch screen easily at regular viewing distances. 5ft back or so. EU rules for tvs are dumb. Eco settings ruin TV display quality. First thing to turn off on any TV.

We don't even need 8K.

Is there any reason to upgrade at this point? Our eyeballs were actually quite content with 360p at one point, but then things changed and showed how much ass that sucked.

I don't need to see 8K just to get pissed off at currently 4K content. Let's ride that for as long as possible.

"Oh no! I will be forced to buy a 4K 120 Hz monitor! Boo hoo!"

If you have a phone in portrait mode you probably don't have many more pixels than that for a video.

I've done it a few times scrolling comments while the video played.

Big advertising billboards. The TV style ones.

There's some good information on that topic in this YouTube video talking about YouTube experimenting with requiring a subscription for viewing at 4k, by someone that runs a major YouTube channel and small side streaming network (that does support 4k also).

https://youtu.be/MDsJJRNXjYI

It was about 44% penetration for 4k TVs, but for his content, TVs only made up 11% of viewers in total.

I suspect Netflix has more TV streamers so it would be different for them.

Yeah at present a 1080p blu ray is a better picture than a 4k stream, because streams are compressed to hell.

Fantastic. Tv is not more important than the planet. (Do cars next!)

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Ohhhh boy.... whatever you do, do not look into water usage.

>The power consumption limits on 8K TVs (and microLED-based displays) are set so low that essentially none of these devices will pass

The association seems to be implying that MicroLED is also at risk, a technology that actually presents benefits the the average viewer. But as I understand it, that's not the case.

It seems perfectly fine for the EU not to want an arrival of 8k displays to be accompanied by a big uptick in power consumption.

They do on the $60 version. Great value (sound quality for the price) but unlikely to be a chart topper. The ones without ANC are still really quiet though.

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