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IGN: The naked eye cannot perceive the difference between 1080 and 720 before 50in
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what? There are a ton of 4K threads on this forum with people insisting it's hype and no one can see the difference. That's not an accusation, it's a statement of blatant fact that it's been said often here.
Edit -- in this thread! http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=101873036&postcount=265
Paracelsus
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Is it fair and just to hate them? Can I hate them for how lying they are? I wasn't into tech before the PS3 gen and I could tell when a PS360 game was barely subhd or definitely such.
You use a fifty inch phone? Well that's stupid.
Imperfected
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Maybe by "naked eye" they mean the state that results from having the protective layer of the eye shaved off, as is sometimes done in laser-eye surgery. Things do get insanely blurry when it's growing back!
(However, having had laser-eye surgery I have no trouble telling the difference between 1080 and 720, so I guess it still gets a recommendation.)
(However, having had laser-eye surgery I have no trouble telling the difference between 1080 and 720, so I guess it still gets a recommendation.)
I don't think distance from the screen makes sense. I mean even if you were ignorant about how resolution works, the idea that the further away from something you are the less detail your eye can resolve should be understood innately.
FinalStageBoss
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You serious? You'd have to be legally blind to not see a difference.
Cizeta-Moroder
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15 incher here, playing regularly from "couch distance". I constantly feel 1080p is not even nearly enough.
According to IGN, yes, yes you are
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lol why does anyone need to explain anything? As long as you are not a braindead moron with shit eyesight you don't need any explanation. It's called *looking at it.* You sure are getting defensive for IGN.
There aren't a ton of 720p Blu-ray movies, so I assume you mean TV broadcasts? There's more to video than resolution, there's also compression, contrast etc. A Blu-ray looks better than a DVD when both are played on an SDTV.
You see, this is what Jobs was afraid of, escalation.
FrostuTheNinja
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As long as the main ingredient is bullshit, yeah, totally agree.
They are just regurgitating this chart. If you notice, its from AVS forum and is talking about movies. Things that are "rendered" in infinite resolution because its real life. You are not going to see a huge differences between anything recorded with perfect image quality between 720p and 1080p.
BUT you can't use the same chart for video games. Video games are rendered in realtime in its native resolution and that resolution makes a huge difference in image quality. The fact that these guys work for IGN and can't see the difference should be stunning.
justjustin
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Exactly. I play NES games at 256x240 and have plenty of fun. Any resolution higher than that is basically unnecessary. 1080p? lol. It's scientifically proven we can't really tell the difference. It's just a marketing buzzword, and anyone who claims there is a difference is just getting swept up in the "HD" propaganda.
PachinkoChampBruh
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it's easy actually.
This isn't even a console war thing. If you boot up any polygonal pc game and switch between 720 and 1080 on a 20" monitor it's night and day difference.
Ridiculous, but maybe they've never done something as trivial as this to actually have a real life observation and not just spew "lolz it's fine looking, resolution doesn't matter" all over the Internet.
Ridiculous, but maybe they've never done something as trivial as this to actually have a real life observation and not just spew "lolz it's fine looking, resolution doesn't matter" all over the Internet.
Juliet's 8½ Spirits
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What are the qualifications needed to become an xbox shill at IGN?
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He obviously means it that the difference can't be perceived at a common or particular viewing distance. It's disingenuous to assume he's making a claim as broad "1080P doesn't matter on any display under 50 inches".
Of course it's equally disingenuous of him not to mention the viewing distance thing either.
There's a ton of charts out there that pretty much claim that 1080P isn't particularly perceptible until you're talking about 45-50" displays at a distance of 8-10 feet.
Of course it's equally disingenuous of him not to mention the viewing distance thing either.
There's a ton of charts out there that pretty much claim that 1080P isn't particularly perceptible until you're talking about 45-50" displays at a distance of 8-10 feet.
jacksepticeye
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Fishing for clicks? fishing for clicks
Metalingus5150
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EatinOlives
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Mine is 19in and the difference couldn't be more apparent.
This is some serious misinformation. Gaming "journalists" spent all of last generation freaking out over smaller details to "prove" that the PS3 version of a major game was inferior. Now that the tables have turned suddenly a 1,152,000 pixel difference is completely imperceptible. They've even stopped saying "well WE can't see it", now it's "the naked eye can't perceive it".
The deliberate spread of lies is disgusting. IGN and any other "journalist" out there perpetuating it should be ashamed.
The damage control was strong before it released and they arent planning on giving up.
I don't think you're correct. They certainly aren't coming from the direction of that bullshit chart that is based around perfect visual acuity.
They are downplaying the difference between 720p and 1080p, not trying to show that 4K is necessary.
Link to this happening, ever?
As a wiiu owner this answer is easy. Idgaf what red or p my games are. As a one owner titanfall was fun. As a 3ds owner I wouldn't mind a touch more res lol
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