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STORMERSFAN

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So I recently bought myself a 4k TV(Samsung nu7100) and upgraded my Fibre to a 50/50..i wanted to see the big HooHa about 4k..so I tested blacklist in 4k..and too be honest I can't see the difference between HD and 4k.. Is it just me or am I doing something wrong?
 
Put a hd tv next to the 4k tv. I have a 55inch samsung fhd and a 55inch samaung 4k tv. The difference is definetly visible to the eye.
 
STORMERSFAN said:
So I recently bought myself a 4k TV(Samsung nu7100) and upgraded my Fibre to a 50/50..i wanted to see the big HooHa about 4k..so I tested blacklist in 4k..and too be honest I can't see the difference between HD and 4k.. Is it just me or am I doing something wrong?
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4k porn surely beats 1080p porn hands down?

haha, jokes aside. It's not just hoohaa, but there definitely is a difference between 4k and the normal 1080p. Well was quite clear on my 7QFN 55" with gaming, movies, and series.

You could always try 4k/4k HDR 60 fps sources from YT?


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4k is VISIBLY better. You are doing something wrong
 
STORMERSFAN said:
So I recently bought myself a 4k TV(Samsung nu7100) and upgraded my Fibre to a 50/50..i wanted to see the big HooHa about 4k..so I tested blacklist in 4k..and too be honest I can't see the difference between HD and 4k.. Is it just me or am I doing something wrong?
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Try googling for some downloadable files. Lotsa tech demos out there. Huge difference in picture clarity
 
Someone just gave us a UA43KU7000 - I think it might be 4K but my eyes can't really tell the difference.

I guess it means I'll have to upgrade one of our Rokus to a 4K model sooner than planned unless I want to rely on the LIT box or the [cr]apps than come on it.
 
bwana said:
Someone just gave us a UA43KU7000 - I think it might be 4K but my eyes can't really tell the difference.

I guess it means I'll have to upgrade one of our Rokus to a 4K model sooner than planned unless I want to rely on the LIT box or the [cr]apps than come on it.
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I don't really have 4k content, but with a good quality 1080p, my amp does a good job upscaling.
 
Does it say 4k when you pause it? My Netflix used to be limited to 720 when I had a data drought.
 
Crowley said:
Does it say 4k when you pause it? My Netflix used to be limited to 720 when I had a data drought.
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And you need to be subbed to the 4k tier :whistling:

But even netflix's HDR isn't so great either, I think. WhatIf seems a bit off however it might be some required fine-tuning I haven't done.
 
Nemoneiros said:
And you need to be subbed to the 4k tier :whistling:

But even netflix's HDR isn't so great either, I think. WhatIf seems a bit off however it might be some required fine-tuning I haven't done.
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I limited it to 720 on my account at that time and forgot about it. Was also disappointed in the 4k stream until I removed the limit.
 
Dan C said:
I don't really have 4k content, but with a good quality 1080p, my amp does a good job upscaling.
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Thats a good point. I've only got VDSL so realistically speaking 4k content is probably out of my grasp unless I download it... and that's going to take way too long.
 
If I want to test or show someone UHD, I use YouTube 4k channels. In fact, I use some of the videos posted above... They look fantastic!
 
bwana said:
Thats a good point. I've only got VDSL so realistically speaking 4k content is probably out of my grasp unless I download it... and that's going to take way too long.
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When I had 20Mbps VDSL, I used to get a real world 17 or 18Mbps which was just enough for Netflix and Amazon UHD.

But I don't have anyone else running anything else in the background
 
4K is really much ado about nothing at the size of most people’s TV’s and the distance they sit from it.

The real difference is HDR and sadly most people don’t get that because they don’t pay for it.

I’ve made this statement before that the jump to a 4K input (Xbox One X) on my 1080p TV was far more important than the native 4K TV itself.

I would buy a full blown proper HDR 1080p TV like LG’s OLED over a crappy 4K TV that doesn’t do real HDR as you’ll reap much more benefit from that.
 
bwana said:
Thats a good point. I've only got VDSL so realistically speaking 4k content is probably out of my grasp unless I download it... and that's going to take way too long.
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You only need 20MB VDSL.

Netflix caps out at 15.6 Mbps so if you aren’t doing much else on the line it works comfortably.
 
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