They'd better support 1920 x 1200 for a change...fastbilly1 wrote:2k is quasi believable, 4k is a jokeForlorn Drifter wrote:There's a rumor that the new PS4 will be able to pull a 4k resolution. Which is okay, if you have a $20k TV. I seriously don't get why a large group is hailing this as something they can reign over the world. Its cool and all, but until I can afford it, I give 0 Fucks.
By the time the PS4 comes out the 4K TVs will probably not be $20K, I guess we'll see!fastbilly1 wrote:2k is quasi believable, 4k is a jokeForlorn Drifter wrote:There's a rumor that the new PS4 will be able to pull a 4k resolution. Which is okay, if you have a $20k TV. I seriously don't get why a large group is hailing this as something they can reign over the world. Its cool and all, but until I can afford it, I give 0 Fucks.
It is more of a joke since the market will not have the screens for it. To get the benefits from it you will have to have a very large tv, a very calibrated monitor, or a very good projector. Also, broadcast tv wont be in 4k for atleast another five years (at the earliest). Sure you can pump a 4k signal into a 1080p tv, but a 1080p image will look good enough for everyone but the picky. To answer your question, there are several GPUs that can run 4k, a 3 gig 580 GTX can do it fine. To do 4k right you will be spending atleast 3k on your computer right now. The guys at Brightside of News did a build for this exact reason recently:D.D.D. wrote:So what PC video cards do 4k now? If 4k has been done on the PC for at least a year or so, I'd say it's not that much of a long shot for the PS4 as Sony probably won't make it cheaper than $400.fastbilly1 wrote:2k is quasi believable, 4k is a jokeForlorn Drifter wrote:There's a rumor that the new PS4 will be able to pull a 4k resolution. Which is okay, if you have a $20k TV. I seriously don't get why a large group is hailing this as something they can reign over the world. Its cool and all, but until I can afford it, I give 0 Fucks.
CRT ► HD Ready ► Full HD ► 3D ► 4KAppleQueso wrote:I'm sorry but the entire notion of a 4K format already just kinda pisses me off. A lot of TV hasn't even moved over to HD yet.
A lot of current 1080p HD film transfers are made from 4K masters, many of them at even lower resolutions than that. They'd have to do new transfers all over again to take advantage of 4K.
I mean, if this is something that'll probably remain exclusive to the enthusiast market or something, that's one thing, but I think the idea of pushing 4K as a new standard for average consumers is absolutely insane.
The human eye can't even friggin' see the level of detail that you'd see in 4k unless the average TV size for the home was hitting 90" or something. You'd need a good 60" TV minimum to notice any difference at all.elmagicochrisg wrote:CRT ► HD Ready ► Full HD ► 3D ► 4KAppleQueso wrote:I'm sorry but the entire notion of a 4K format already just kinda pisses me off. A lot of TV hasn't even moved over to HD yet.
A lot of current 1080p HD film transfers are made from 4K masters, many of them at even lower resolutions than that. They'd have to do new transfers all over again to take advantage of 4K.
I mean, if this is something that'll probably remain exclusive to the enthusiast market or something, that's one thing, but I think the idea of pushing 4K as a new standard for average consumers is absolutely insane.
Insane?... Yes
Improbable?... No
We live in a consumer society afteral...
I have a projector. A lot of people already have a 42 inch TV. Which in Europe wasn't that self-evident untill a few years ago, since rear projection TVs never took off here like they did in the States. Heck, my neighbor already has a 50 inch 3D TV. So I still see larger 4K TVs as an option. Even though admittedly, the difference between what we have now and 4K isn't that revolutionary. Then again, same thing has been said about consoles before too I'm sure...AppleQueso wrote:The human eye can't even friggin' see the level of detail that you'd see in 4k unless the average TV size for the home was hitting 90" or something. You'd need a good 60" TV minimum to notice any difference at all.
