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I have a very slow Internet connection (5 Mbps down, and even less for upload). Given that, I always download movies at 720p, since they have low file size, which means I can download them more quickly. Also, I don't notice much of a difference between 1080p and 720p. As for 4K, because I don't have a screen that can display 4K, I consider it to be one of the biggest disk space wasters.

Am I the only one who has this opinion?

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[–] Steve@communick.news 58 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

You're not alone.

On a good large screen, 1080p is a noticeable upgrade from 720p.
But the distance you'd have to sit at, to get much out of 2160p over 1080p, is just way too close.
However the High Dynamic Range that comes with 4K formats and releases IS a big difference.

On the other hand, storage is pretty cheep. A couple cents per GB really.
But you're talking more about bandwidth, which can be expensive.

But yeah. You're not alone.

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 30 points 6 months ago

the High Dynamic Range that comes with 4K formats and releases IS a big difference.

Pro-tip right here peeps

[–] crony@lemmy.cronyakatsuki.xyz 18 points 6 months ago

Storage is cheap if you are lucky, in my country storage is so overpricedto the point thatI don't wanna bother with it.

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 7 points 6 months ago

Spinning metal storage is cheapish now, but now a 4K movie takes up a much larger amount of space.

If you measure storage by €/1 hour media with 4k HDR vs older prices and 720p, it is likely quite similar.