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LG joins Sony and TCL in abandoning 8K TV market (www.techspot.com)
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[–] 39 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Not sure what the manufacturers were thinking, this chart has existed for a long time, you have to be sitting pretty close or looking at a rather large screen for 8K to make sense

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)

    Yeah, most people aren't within 6 feet of their TV, and most people aren't buying 100" TVs either. 8K is relevant for virtually nobody.

    A lot of companies are successfully working on larger panels (I saw something about a 165" TV recently), so 8K may have a good place in a theatre room one day, but that still leaves you a lot of problems to solve first, and is far from mainstream until all of that becomes a lot cheaper.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago

    We bought a 60" LG LCD first. It was too big for our living room, so when the backlight went faulty and we were offered a refund we chopped it in for the 55" OLED, which is basically perfect for our room.

    Turns out 5" really can make a difference.

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