[HN Gopher] The TV industry concedes that the future may not be ...
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       The TV industry concedes that the future may not be in 8K
        
       Author : kristianp
       Score  : 5 points
       Date   : 2026-01-31 21:52 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | willio58 wrote:
       | As someone with a 4k tv and an Apple TV 4K, I thought that all of
       | my streamed content was in 4k.
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       | When I recently switched to self-hosting, I was almost certain
       | since I was so used to 4k that I'd need to self-host all 4k
       | content.
       | 
       | I realized the whole time most of the streaming services I used
       | barely even gave me 4k content, and when they did it was so low
       | bitrate it was basically comparable to 1080p.
       | 
       | So now I specifically download 4k movies for ones that I really
       | care about being 4k (e.g nature documentaries) and for the rest
       | 1080p is more convenient space/time wise.
        
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