New TV

andrew_bidlaw

It is on work PC due to app scaling. On TV it greatly depends on it’s quality, the quality of a source video and so on. Since I lucked into have an okay display, and mostly watch old 720-1080p shows and movies I never cared to update my TV, but since enormous 4k torrents are popular I guess people do seek and enjoy them. See if you have some friends with it and try watching a movie with them to know if you care about the difference.

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do you have any source that would provide 4k content? I feel like even 720p is good enough at a decent bitrate. But it also depends on the size of the screen and the distance to it.

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Depends on screen size and distance. Here’s a nice graph:

I do recommend an OLED or QLED, though.

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Just brought ours back out for Tanks in Wii Play. Solo, or VS, that game is still great

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This is just an admission of guilt by the author.

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Yes. 100%

Serious question 'cause I am out of touch with modern society: Does the Switch still have party games for groups of 4 like the Wii did?

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Oh, absolutely. The Switch is like the only console that still has a lot of couch co-op. Overcooked, Warioware, Mario Party of course, and there’s a Switch Sports as well. Lots of great options, and the hybridization of a handheld and a full console means it’s super easy to just bring your Switch along to a friend’s, so you have access to both of your libraries of games.

It definitely has its flaws, but my Switch is my favorite console ever for those reasons

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Cool thanks. I might just have to check that out…

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TVs can last for decades and it’ll be a long time if you’re waiting for it to get “broken”.

Ummm…who wants to tell him?

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Perfect answer. For most people, no. I actually did make the jump to a 4k TV and sit close enough to it that I can visibly see the difference. About 8 feet from a 65" TV, still barely in the “Ultra HD Worth It” category.

It truly is ridiculously large for the space, everyone who visits us comments on it. My wife likes to joke when we watch Make Some Noise that the people are “life size”. If you don’t have a small living room and aren’t planning at least a 65" or larger TV, than it’s almost certainly not worthwhile.

Crazy to me that most AAA console games push 4k as the standard at the expense of 60FPS, given these realities.

Scrubbles

For me, it does, granted what other people said OLED you’ll notice more than 4k. But ultimately it depends on what you like. If fidelity is your thing then go for it. If you don’t care and are happy, then no need to rush

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Xbox 360 Kinect vs Wii motion games, which one is superior and/or your favorite?

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Mine still works. It survived two wives and four kids (and me).

circuitfarmer

I am hanging on to my 1080p Samsung for dear life. It is about 12 years old, but the picture quality is still fantastic with LED backlighting and it has – get this – no smart “features”.

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The kinect and even PSMove had great potential, but they never did anything that really stuck out. The wiimote was mostly used for one thing across multiple games: wiggle it and get a function that a button also did more reliably. That said they somehow released multiple titles that stuck with people for a long time, even some of the shovelware type games that actually used motion tracking were kind of fun. Meanwhile with Kinect, while microsoft still actively supported it, you almost exclusively had shovelware type experiences but they had the word Kinect in the title. Even Disney joined in. Those games were unapologetic garbage and largely didn’t function, even with plenty of time setting up a kinect play space.

It took years after the kinect was no longer popular/supported for developers that actually wanted to do something with it to arise, with Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator. Hilarious results. steamcommunity.com/app/…/3192486000805884901/

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Oh yes! Well spotted!

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My 1080p plasma is still going strong. Sure there’s burn in but it’s had it since I got it and it’s a real big dumb tv. Dreading moving the monstrosity across the country, but it was the perfect price and I don’t want to drop a ton of money on a new tv during a time of uncertainty.

I will say my oled steam deck has made me want a better tv, but I can wait for it.

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I feel the exact same way about my 42" 1080 Sony Bravia. It’s heavy as fuck, so I had to hang it on the burliest monitor arm I could find, but it was built like a tank and the picture quality is still great. Bonus - since it’s not a flat panel, the built-in speakers are more than decent.

circuitfarmer

My Samsung is a 40". I definitely wish it was bigger but not enough to jump into the smart TV soup.

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I have been surprised at how good some of the early LED backlighting can look versus OLED. My understanding is that the backlight in dark areas on my Samsung can be shut off independently area by area, so while the black point isn’t as dark as an OLED, it is way darker than on a lot of other displays I have seen. So it’s a good example of good enough for me.