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LG joins Sony and TCL in abandoning 8K TV market (www.techspot.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 57 points 9 months ago (12 children)

For a lot of people most of their content isn’t even 1080p. Plenty of people watching DVDs and many TV channels only broadcast in SD.

Display technology has long outpaced content delivery.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago* (7 children)

    Yeah, surprisingly DVD is still heavily outselling 4K bluray. Seems weird to me but I guess the players are ubiquitous.

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  • [–] 20 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    New blurays are 30-50 each. New DVDs are 5 or less, each. Libraries usually have bigger dvd collections than bluray collections. People use what they can afford, not what is best.

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Also there's nearly 30 years worth of DVD content available, it's basically for the same reason why VHS still has a present following.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    Well, that, and vhs is one of those things that is fun to play with. It's never going to be perfect, and that's enough to keep people like me coming back to see what new improvements I can make to my vhs setup this time.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    When 4K players cost $500 to get something considered “good but not great”… yeah no wonder no ones buying

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    That is not what they cost. Mine was 180 euro. It has HDR support and plays everything I throw at it.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    HDR, or Dolby Vision? From my research, anything less than the Panasonic UB820 either has missing features, or longevity issues.

    Even still, 180 euro is well above the under $40 you can lots of DVD and even Standard Blu Ray

    Personally, I grabbed a MakeMKV compatible UHD optical drive from eBay for $150, and just remux my discs to Plex… and then use CoreELEC on the Ugoos AM6B+ to ensure proper Dolby Vision and Lossless Audio support…. but I know that’s not exactly a mainstream option.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I still watch most streaming like YouTube and twitch on 720p because I really don't see nor care about the difference to 1080p.

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    It's crazy how different people experience things. I find it annoying and less pleasant to watch YouTube at 1080p since they downgraded the bitrate and locked it behind premium. I actually almost always watch at 4k or 1440p60 even on a phone screen just because of the bitrate.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago*

    It really is always crazy to see the different perspectives. I've actually unsubscribed from a channel for the bad quality youtube put on all their 1080p videos. I'm also still eagerly awaiting the slomo guys bluray release of their greatest hits.

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