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Who only 16k for a camera sensor

Started Jan 21, 2020 | Discussions thread
Guy Parsons
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Re: Who only 16k for a camera sensor
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Tom Ames wrote:

43"? I have a 75" and if I go 8K in the future it will be a 85"

Anything will look good on a small 43" TV.

Yes, at the normal viewing distance. I buy screens to watch stuff, not to have it dominate the room when off or on. The 43" size happens to fit the furniture I had. To go larger I will need to clear the workshop and make some new furniture.

The 55" have been the norm for some years and now 65" is becoming the norm.

Yup, I've seen people trying to get those 65" and 75" screens into their cars at the shopping centres, what fun.

If 1mp is good on your TV good for you. It will not cut it for me.

It totally depends on your viewing distance.

My test was to take a good quality 16MP image and then make various interpolated versions of it at different MP and then set it to cycle though the lot while sitting back comfortably.

If you can see a difference as the display progresses then you can decide the point where it fails and know the minimum MP you need. If you see no difference as the display rolls on then anything works.

Test things for yourself, do not listen to marketing.

In stores, always stand back at your normal viewing distance when "reviewing" the available screens. Usually of course you can't and that's the whole point of the way they display them. It's the wow factor when too close that they are selling.

Regards.... Guy

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