Is 8K Completely POINTLESS?

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[@TheSlayerV1]

8k does have a use. It makes 4K panels cheaper.

[@Dragonk116]

And boy are they cheap, I got a 4k tv for under 200 bucks thats crazy!

[@asdanjer]

Yea and that is gonna make 1080p cheaper so I can finally buy a 720p one

[@Dragonk116]

@@asdanjer you can literally buy a 1080p monitor at a thrift shop dude

[@asdanjer]

@@Dragonk116 you ever heard of a ***joke***

[@Dragonk116]

@@asdanjer Oh yes as the Americas say hahaha very funny

[@connorexester8797]

"Is 8k useless?" "yes" Todd Howard : "16 TIMES THE DETAIL"

[@A.Froster]

"NEW IMPROVED ENGINE"

[@louisphilippe1100]

@@A.Froster 4 TIMES THE SIZE OF FALLOUT 4

[@calebdaggett3700]

It all is starting to make sense now!

[@GuvernorDave]

came to the comments looking for this

[@theq4602]

jensen juan: 100x time price!~

[@LtRaziel]

8k in Japan when most people's houses there weren't big enough for kinect.

[@MatthewBaka]

Well if you're stuck 20 inches from your tv you might as well get more pixels.

[@SalveMonesvol]

@@MatthewBaka In that case, 1440p will be plenty.

[@Laittth]

The Olympics are watched worldwide

[@emilmullerv3519]

Tbf smaller countries really do have a problem with space. Now the UK and Mexico, for example, we are just bad in distributing homes

[@antenna_prolly]

@@emilmullerv3519 so's the U.S.

[@tecFPS]

"The upcoming 2020 Olympics" uhhh

[@mrguest3749]

yeah that aged well

[@mantis0427]

Best Joke Linus ever made

[@electricsheep007]

Truly ahead of his time

[@PetchyJ]

it was a simpler time

[@ten._.s]

Yea lol...

[@MalteSpieltYT]

missed the perfect opportunity to upload this video in 8k

[@moltenlava1877]

It's not even 4K

[@bradhaines3142]

youtube can barely do 4k, 8k you dont even want to imagine the bandwidth required for it. it also proves his point

[@user-ex3bh7fn2i]

@@moltenlava1877 2160p tho

[@moltenlava1877]

@@bradhaines3142 one min of 4k video takes up only 375 MB 😅

[@venturoes1912]

@@moltenlava1877 We don't have to talk about compression do we?

[@LumaTr1xx]

"16x the detail"... Now where have i heard that before 🤔

[@joheri85]

Tod, is that you??

[@entitledapple1619]

TODDDDDDDD!!!!!

[@cthax9181]

😂😂 i knew someone will write that

[@blacklyfe5543]

1080p

[@ahmedrazavadiwala]

@@cthax9181 who is Tod

[@juliorodino7236]

2020 Olympics, that's so funny

[@tridiots3681]

What even is that?

[@shroppywill]

😥

[@parentheses7777]

We don’t know her

[@baljeetbavde]

Just what I was thinking of…

[@thespecialkeynote2856]

Haha so true

[@IrrationalThings]

Linus 2019: Don't buy 8k Linus 2020: OMG 8K IS THE HIGHEST FIDELITY GAMING I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED! THIS IS SO AMAZING, THIS BRINGS A NEW LEVEL OF IMMERSION OMG!

[@malazan6004]

It's still kinda pointless from normal viewing distances

[@Ceu.Noturno]

Yeah it's almost as if technology and market prices changed with time

[@IBaitman]

He'll say anything for $

[@Reczack]

"Is 8K pointless? Yes." "Speaking of yes, say 'yes' to Squarespace!"

[@minglee9288]

Speaking of useless: Squarespace!

[@xpodx]

No

[@maslelviz]

it is literary "pointless", because you can't see individual points

[@joshuadehart8601]

That’s a way better segue than Linus usually manages.

[@M3h3ndr3]

I think 8K is useful but only big format displays and VR you can see individual pixels in even the newest oculus so shrink the panels for vr please, sony made a 4k phone so that shouldnt be too difficult.

[@thepunslinger9349]

Linus: 16 times the detail! [Todd Howard liked this]

[@ExcedereInInfinitum]

16 times the bullshit!

[@JohnAmanar]

I was about to write this comment instantly. xD

[@as7river]

"Giving them 16 times as much detail...!" Let me stop you right there for a moment, Todd Howard.

[@egygdi]

LOL YOU ARE A LEGEND I JJST COMMENTED THAT AND I THOUGHT SOMEBODY ELSE MITHT HAVE NOTICE DTHAT

[@dinonuggiemonster1288]

It just works

[@hectordelarocha10]

@@dinonuggiemonster1288 Lol

[@jake1173]

Exactly what i thought lol

[@Liquid-Lithium]

Lair!

[@pneumonoultramicroscopicsi4065]

Woah, it's 16 times the detail.

[@whatsup7690]

T-todd, h-howard..

[@JonGon005]

"16 times the detail" sounding a lot like Todd Howard there, Linus.

[@felixthefox100]

It just works

[@farawaythrower]

@@felixthefox100 It just works.

[@samuraivader3814]

FarawayThrower little lies

[@tomsite2901uk]

LOL that comment made me actually giggle. But still... better God Howard than Pete Hines. Pete would say 8k is not paid mods, while grabbing your wallet and giving you absolute junk.

[@xpodx]

It is..

[@-ll-l---l-]

Still here with my 1080p monitor :D

[@gajbooks]

Honestly for a monitor, refresh rate and color reproduction are more important than resolution. They're just not big enough to justify much more than 1440p.

[@BitterCynical]

Even if I bought a higher resolution screen my GTX1060 couldn't run the most demanding games at 60fps anymore. Same thing with high refresh rate, what's the point when I don't play CSGO or something else competitive that will actually run at above 60fps on my hardware? At least high resolution screens allow for watching high detail videos on relatively cheap hardware.

[@xpodx]

Must suck

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

3440x1440p is the sweet spot for monitors. Great 21:9 ratio and super crisp image. To get a 4k that same size you're talking several thousand dollars. Most 4k monitors are simply too small to matter.

[@kekw3271]

1080 for phones 2k or qhd for monitors and phones. 4k for tvs

[@spoofy0760]

I’d much rather have 120 hz as a standard rather than 8k.

[@venturoes1912]

Well once 8k becomes a standard 120hz probably will too around the same time, actually once 8k becomes the standard, 240hz might become it.

[@memeweaver2553]

I'm afraid 120 hz will never be the standard as it's too smooth for TV's for most people. In terms of gaming, it would be great but people don't like high frame rates for video.

[@OhKnow379]

No. Higher hertz looks weird and too smooth for video. Standard broadcast is 24-30fps. Make HDR better and mainstream. It makes such a big difference.

[@OhKnow379]

@@memeweaver2553 it looks hyper smooth and even 60fps feels strange to watch for real life video and takes twice as much space for literally no actual visual benefit apart from “it’s smoother”. You don’t need smooth when you’re not the controller like in a game.

[@Koyomix86]

@@OhKnow379 Higher hertz is bad for videos but higher hertz is way better than higher resolution for gaming

[@hardcorehenrik1792]

8K is pointless, the TV manufactures should rather spend time improving HDR on their TVs instead

[@TDamsma]

Exactly!

[@TDamsma]

@Warm Soft Kitty that's bogus, because I have a great 4k tv (Samsung q6fn) with some excellent brightness around ~1000 nits and it's awesome. 4k is not that much of a improvement to be honest, but HDR is definitely a game changer!

[@JynxSp0ck]

​@Warm Soft Kitty It's literally just the colour version of higher resolution. The only way it can look like shit is if the content itself looks like shit.

[@blacklyfe5543]

Have u saw a 8k tv before? Do you owned a 8k tv? I guess not

[@delgadoj8]

And national broadcasters rolling out 4k for live sports on a consistent basis! Hello ESPN!

[@TheNegronomicon]

I'll just wait five years and grab one from Walmart for a couple hundred bucks.

[@DuvJones]

More or less how it goes, does anyone remember the HD transition, and how long that took? Yeah, that is what Linus is suggesting there about 15+ years.... maybe.

[@TronIILorule]

@@DuvJones It did take a long time, but the transition from FHD to 4k only took like 4 years in comparison

[@Aelfraed26]

More like 15 years.

[@jamesisaac7684]

@@TronIILorule because HDR not because of resolution.

[@TheGentry000]

Idk what you guys talking about 4k tvs are still expensive, you can find 500$ to 2k. Cheaper ones have a shitty processor so they are useless

[@jedics1]

Id much rather see content go to 60 fps as a minimum standard...

[@AF-qn9hc]

jedics thumb this

[@OkesTreeProductions]

120-144 minimum I think, and I'm on 60 fps monitors.

[@jedics1]

@@OkesTreeProductions I notice when it drops below 90 fps immediately and younger eyes than mine are probably more sensitive so 120 would be a good safe minimum for active viewing but passive viewing isn't nearly as important so with the majority of content being 24/30 fps and 60hz I'd consider it a huge win just getting the world to 60. 1440p60 is already a lot of cpu resource and bandwidth as it is currently...I guess my point is resolution has well and truly reached the point of diminishing returns, 4K is more than enough and fps is far to underrated.

[@TheManinBlack9054]

jedics and here I am trying to reach the 30 fps mark in games

[@domdittyful]

Why not both? You don't have to choose.

[@Kevinb1821]

Can we get 4K to go more mainstream before going to 8k? We’re still stuck with 1080i 720p on cable.

[@alumlovescake]

I am still on 480p on cable because I ain't paying more

[@okami93kage91]

Think your missing the point here, 8k won't be mainstream for another 5 year at least, by which time ...

[@uhm175]

@@okami93kage91 No

[@Zorro9129]

"16 times the detail" Hmm, where did I hear that before?

[@fabio5286]

oh god humanity will be a fallout after this reference

[@gabrielt8844]

Fun fact: the human nose can only hear up to 12 gb of RAM.

[@flameshana9]

You can hear up to 32gb if you add rgb lighting to it.

[@Aussie_Damo]

Pfft it's just easier to download more ram then hear it from your nose

[@elijahcorpus3]

shut the f up

[@luciddreamer4372]

@@flameshana9 that will be cool

[@SuspiciousAra]

then here is the new RED camera 32k which can be run at 200ft deep

[@jaxonking]

Australia: "we have 5G now" also Australia: *internet speeds of like 30MBit/s and gigabit internet is urban legend*

[@LuisC7]

Mbits or MBytes?

[@feedme7307]

@@LuisC7 bit. We have shit internet.

[@SergiuszOlszewski]

In Poland we have 1 Gbps for 20 euro available in most big cities. Nice to live in Europe huh

[@LuisC7]

@@SergiuszOlszewski In Portugal, I also get 1000/100 or more for about €25, but it's cheaper in Poland because people also earn less on average.

[@jaxonking]

guess I'm moving to Europe because we pay about €40 for internet that'll either be 300mbit or 20 :|

[@blokkypixel2760]

8K *IS BAD* ME WITH MY 480P: *FINALLY*

[@stefanandrejevic2570]

I have an 1080p tv, but the cable tv is completely crap. Probably like under 480 or 720p lol

[@saturniunyttech679]

@@stefanandrejevic2570 is it a smart tv? Use youtu.be

[@CowMowTV]

Your display still probably supports HD or higher. I have a UHD tv, but most stations are only in 576p/i. Some like Discovery are in 1080p/i.

[@silverwatchdog]

Oof that's rough. Those old panels from the early 2000s all looked like that and were do pixelated🤣

[@unstablebadluck]

Got 1080p recently and it's very nice!

[@jackleviant]

I’m going to build a room with 4 8k tvs that take up my walls just so I can have Linus screaming tech tips at me all around my room.

[@uhm175]

Ok

[@dazzlerweb]

"sixteen times the detail" ~ Todd Howard ~

[@shiguo]

8K wasn't scary until imagining 8K Linus on a 100 inch TV.

[@strider029]

Lol I agree, + you can also use a vertical speaker as big as your your 100 inch TV with maximum volume to hear Linus' ads.

[@hotdogswindler9777]

I would be beautiful

[@tinyguy9398]

Linus on a 100 inch screen would not be that bad. He's pretty attractive for a dude that sounds like an anime character.

[@uhm175]

K?

[@lopeo2324]

I’m ok with my 1080p monitor, thanks

[@x32i77]

😂

[@rarespetrusamartean5433]

who the hell would spend so much to just see slightly better, it's stupid

[@x32i77]

@@rarespetrusamartean5433 me, you have no idea what 8k is so 🤫

[@rarespetrusamartean5433]

@@x32i77 I do more fucking pixels at a price that could save someone's fucking life in a pitch

[@kalijasin]

@Lopeo2324, 1080p is all you need. Everything else is marketing BS.

[@fuzzythoughts8020]

I'm still in the camp that 4k is a scam and 1080 is all you need, just here to see someone more qualified's reasons

[@fuzzythoughts8020]

I have, and it looks barely any better while requiring far more powerful hardware and internet which all together make it ludicrously more expensive. AKA, a stupid gimmick meant to separate people of middling intellect from their money.

[@aarspar]

Linus: Is 8K Completely POINTLESS? Me: *watches this on a 1366x768 pixels screen

[@whitebeartigtig]

Andrean Romanky 1600x900 is what I have and it’s good

[@Tofu3435]

Watching on my 3DS 400x240

[@hello_ree]

@@Tofu3435 i used to swatch youtube on my 3ds but now when i try to it say "address not found"

[@youtubeshadowbannedme]

Watching this on a 6" FHD smartphone. Lol pixel density is too high for this resolution on such a small screen

[@bazsi_hun]

watching on a 1024x768

[@mike15.]

90% of TV channels are not even in 720p 😂 hilarious... im quite fine with my 1080p TV.. from 2011

[@CommodoreFan64]

Yep, I dropped cable years ago at home for Roku boxes on all my TV's, but have it at my work if I want to use it, and so I finally plugged up the little cable box yesterday, and most of the channels where 480i with horrendous combing artifacts that made them unwatchable, so I just unplugged it, and went back to my 1080p Roku Express I brought from home for my clients to use.

[@CommodoreFan64]

@UCXz5f7sqP0_EekuqynRns8A well 1080i is the highest the current North American OTA ATSC standard went up to when it was fully adopted in 2008, and Analog 480i was phased out. the new OTA ATSC 3.0 will do 4K along with more guide features, weather alerts that only activate in your area, so someone else does not have their programs interrupted, and even free OTA on demand content(I'm guessing ad supported though lol). So yeah that's why, because the companies know they can get way with it, as that's all the government mandates them to broadcast at OTA, Sat, or cable.

[@xpodx]

1080p is pure shit

[@jmckee5676]

I gotta give you that 1080p for videos are great. But on bigger tvs the resolution and upscaling software can make a different. Anime for example upscales really well atleast on my Samsung mu8000.

[@aok9153]

@@xpodx 1080P OLED looks good on my phone

[@MichaelJOneill333]

Linus: "Including the upcoming 2020 Olympics!" April 2020- Coronavirus: 😏

[@N0Xa880iUL]

You forgot the problem of field of view. If you sit too close to a huge screen to see the detail, you can't see all of it, all at once. 4k is truly the benchmark in home media for decades to come. Other things that'll become better and more widespread are: Higher refresh rate, HDR, Color accuracy. Basically increasing the quality of the resolution instead of just the resolution.

[@Tofu3435]

"4k gaming is dumb, 8k TV is completely pointless" I think the real sponsor is Nintendo

[@husainhusain1341]

4k gaming is way better then 2k the reason why your saying 4k dumb because you are watching 4k video in your 1080p or 1440p monitor thats why you cant see the diffrences between 4k to 1080p

[@adoniskomplex91]

Using a gaming monitor with 30+ inch could benefit from 4k. The size plays the important role here rather than the distance to the monitor.

[@virtuaconker85]

@@husainhusain1341 - I have a 43" 4k Monitor as well as a Acer predator 34" 1440p ultrawide and I have to say that 1440p ultrawide is hands down better than the 43" 4k as that visually its hard to tell the difference between them, also the fact that I get better fps with higher graphic settings at 1440p ultrawide is why I still think 4K gaming is "Dumb".

[@husainhusain1341]

@@virtuaconker85 cheap 43 inch 4k displays are just trash thats why you cant differences between 1440p to 2160p go buy a good 4k oled tv like lg c8 or c9

[@virtuaconker85]

Husain Husain - why would I buy a tv for my gaming pc? They can’t compete with pc monitors in terms of input delay, also I didn’t say anything about pricing as it wouldn’t matter at 43” as it’s too small for 4K and that’s why you can’t see a difference. You will only see a difference on larger tv’s like 80” or bigger and then it’s too big for a desktop computer setup.

[@jaack278]

This upload isn't 8k? *Not good enough.*

[@erickauffmann_official]

haha!

[@Hirnlego999]

Not terrible, not great

[@mrcoffee6767]

@@Hirnlego999 It was a little more than 3.6

[@whitebeartigtig]

And it was recorded with an 8K red camera

[@andreiarg]

@@whitebeartigtig *no it wasn't*

[@kotaspremiere2931]

Tod howard: HEY HEY! 16 times the detail is MY motto!!!! Hands off!

[@joseph88190]

0:58 for a moment I heard Todd Howard’s voice goes “16x the detail”

[@catboybubs]

Linus: Does 8k matter Also linus: HoLy $h!t- We bought a 12k tv!!! Edit:Thx for the 1k likes.

[@Ardkun00]

Yeah like they bullt a 16k gaming setup.

[@thegeniusfool]

To his defense, they live on being on the edge between sense and craziness.

[@catboybubs]

Vault Dweller. Hows that Minecraft on 16k doing.😂

[@Ardkun00]

@@catboybubs Hahaha

[@Karishin32]

"Bought" How naive

[@zoltanr15]

have you ever tried editing spreadsheets on a 4k monitor? imagine 8k...

[@christopherfortineux6937]

Zoltan R sounds great lol scaling has gotten good

[@grzegorzklimek6023]

No i didn't. Is there some problem doing so?

[@zedg7473]

@@grzegorzklimek6023 Look at 0:56. You know how on a normal 1080p screen most of the individual buttons and text are a bit small (without zooming in)? Well now imagine them being 16 times smaller and scattered around the whole perimeter of the screen... Thats why image scaling is a thing, to make the ui bigger and actually usable.

[@Ember-ww7me]

As long as it's a large monitor, then it's great. The text is clearer and/or more information can be displayed at once. I do have good vision though.

[@jasontiscione1741]

It looks great on my monitor, but if there's an earthquake I'm going to get crushed by this thing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJy8o4RjgbScjqc

[@NotAn_NPC]

The "what you should have" for every kind of device. Phone: 1080p Tablet: 1440p Laptop/Monitor: 2k-4k TV: 4k Cinema: 8k or way more

[@itstotallynotsai6577]

This list is ridiculous, 1080 is fine for home items like phones, laptops and tablets. Tvs are fine at 1440p and even 1080p, it just rises the price for little to medium difference. 4k is fine for cinema as 8k doesn't give too much of a difference from what I've seen (could be due to by dying eyes).

[@itstotallynotsai6577]

I just h a t e this list because you placed tablet as 1440p and phones at 1080p, when was the last time you saw someone use a tablet casually for everday uses that isnt little kids, elders or people testing it out for reviews. HOME DEVICES ARE FINE AT 1080P

[@NotAn_NPC]

@@itstotallynotsai6577 this list is based on the size of the devices. Maybe 1080p is enough for you and thats fine but 4k is just todays new standart and i have a pretty big tv and you can see the difference to a 1080p

[@itstotallynotsai6577]

@@NotAn_NPC thats a tv, of course a tv would have a higher resolution BUT WHY WOULD A TABLET HAVE 1440P

[@itstotallynotsai6577]

I know you say its based on size, but cmon. Tablets are fine at 1080p

[@egygdi]

0:58 Todd howards claim about having "sixteen times the detail of fallout four" referencing fallout 76 is coming true!!

[@casualgamerreed]

I watch all my KZbin videos in 480p

[@azalkathegunpowderdragon9439]

Same

[@xenonram]

Most people watch 1080 or less.

[@justwill3435]

I watch this video in 240p

[@CommodoreFan64]

Most of the time 1080p here, unless I'm one of my Lenovo Thinkpads then it's 480p, or 720p.

[@szymongrabarczyk3561]

Me too, but only YOUR videos.

[@fishheadset1219]

TV Walls, Fahrenheit 451 called it !!!

[@mikecoshan3752]

fish headset shame about the book collection though 🤔

[@punitchoudhary1490]

he wasn't knowing 2020 Olympics won't happen

[@The23rdGamer]

Further reducing the purpose of 8k lol

[@SiLVERiCE8707]

This video was uploaded last year lol

[@TommyConlin]

Olympics posponed to next year

[@NoMoreForeignWars]

Yes but the 2021 Olympics will!

[@DonCristian_DPB]

Yeah, obviously.

[@prestonak]

“2020 olympics” Emotional titanic flute music plays

[@Vaxtin]

"while you enjoy your sugared cereal..." Bro wtf. I was eating frosted flakes.

[@blacksmith4855]

Literally was eating mini wheats while watching this video on our tv

[@SchlossRitter]

Reese's Puffs watching on 720p TV here

[@abubakrakram6208]

@@SchlossRitter 720p is still awesome. My 720p plasma looks better than a lot of modern non-OLED TVs.

[@slimestoneexpert9804]

SchlossRitter du armer :(

[@9yearoldepicgamersoldier129]

@@ouwebok3356 Bruh you seem to have some hatred towards americans like jeez just chill

[@Denis-zo6qo]

My eyes are so bad, I’m happy I can make out my 65“ tv in the room

[@laurentamiot8709]

Nice production value there, Linus, with the effects. Noticeable jump up. Keep up the good work!

[@Quantium]

Christ, it's a breath of relief just to watch a video that doesn't have commercials at the beginning.

[@gameondude726]

I am using 24" 1080p, 60hz monitor since 2009 with DVI-D input and still happy with it.

[@jonyzom6055]

same here

[@tamimdari997]

Me too. I'm using hdmi to dvi cable

[@Mart-E12]

I finally got a pc and 1080p monitor last year so...

[@TheGauges420]

I just got a pc and 1080p monitor 3 months ago, AFTER I owned an Xbox One X, Ps4 Pro, and a 4k Samsung 😂😂. Sold the One X for my PC.

[@katakouzina]

same but through vga

[@tomfurstyfield]

most films are shot in 2k and upscaled to 4k, because it would add a long time on the cgi render times

[@douglasreyes4251]

Loadatat not true at all.

[@tomfurstyfield]

@@douglasreyes4251 it is, most movie theatres only have 2k projectors, those shot in 4k are usually finished in 2k due to render times

[@tomfurstyfield]

Also the upscaling studios use are a lot better than what you find on a TV

[@AngDavies]

Err this is skipping over important details, it is not true that most films are shot into 2k, many are shot higher, in potentially many different formats even: partially in film, partly in 4k, sometimes in 2.8k, depending on which cameras are being used for each shot. To put all those different sources together and add CG a common intermediate format has to be picked. Usually in 2k, with few exceptions, which means that most 4k Blu-ray's are indeed upscaled- mad Max, the Martian, the Avenger's. Oddly enough, Deadpool was apparently 4k all the way.

[@howardlam6181]

Many are still shot with actual films, not digital storage.

[@magusx1125]

"While you way your sugared cereal" LINUS IS WATCHING ME

[@jdharm360]

I'm watching this now off my projector in my movie room 4:16 Your face alone is about 5 feet across. XD

[@marwanhamze6329]

Short answer: It is pointless.

[@brandoloudly9457]

Uchiha Madara ahead of its time* Someone has to do this shit or it would never happen

[@xpodx]

Wrong

[@xpodx]

@@brandoloudly9457 its been out for like 4 years. And we have the capability to do 64k if we wanted on a 32" monitor

[@johannes914]

Yes sir. Most movie theatre display 2k and I have never experienced someone telling that's not sharp enough... Most people seat as far as possible from the screen anyway.

[@olican101]

Linux: forgets that 40 inch + monitors exist. Also Linux: 8k is pointless.

[@FrodoMaster1996]

"Sixteen times the detail" Todd Howard joined the chat

[@EragonxVxRevan]

Sounded similar to him too

[@jmoney211]

Unless you have a giant TV, differences between a 8K and 4K are negligible.

[@Emerald29]

"The upcoming 2020 Olympics" I wonder how good thats going....

[@axe693axe]

Me: spends 15k $ on a 8k, 80 inch TV. also Me: watches 720p Anime On It.

[@xpodx]

You can buy a 8k tv for under 4,000

[@diesertyp7822]

@@xpodx ... It's a joke.

[@nswattamwar]

Video about 8k watched in 240p

[@Ze-55]

Nah bro I only do 144p it shows wayyy more detail

[@howardlam6181]

240p is clear enough for the content of this video.

[@moustafadjekrif559]

Same here

[@thecaneater]

2:33 Hey Tokyo Olympics. Spring 2020 here to say go away till next year.

[@dr.python]

But at what resolution would you actually cover the most significant portion of the field of vision at resolving distances?

[@WilliamifyXyz]

"16 times the detail" oh my

[@EncikSejati]

linus : some stil watch 1080p (pfft) me : 480p so awesome 😂

[@Ardkun00]

360p

[@samuelkibunda6960]

😂 my phone often takes me to 144p

[@andy56duky]

@@samuelkibunda6960 same here, mate. *High 5*

[@dannycostello]

1440p

[@SamsonKing9]

My 2G internet can only play 144p with continuous buffering 🤪🤪🤪

[@lloyd26]

When your TV is 8K, but your internet connection can only afford 144p KZbin video.

[@fastfiddler1625]

My galaxy is 1440 and I leave it on 1080 because I cannot tell the difference other than watching my battery go down even faster than it already does.

[@ballin1234]

Same

[@_aullik]

Shoutout to the Editor that decided to make the lines at 0:48 follow Linus fingers exactly.

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

Taran sends his regards.

[@tostcudede1332]

SilverStone XAdvanced who said it‘s hard,he said „that decided“ not „that managed“

[@HAWXLEADER]

I don't see people in the cinema going "Boooo! It's too pixelated i want it higher res! " Imagine these people's shock when they discover that their perfect big(Lil) cinema runs at 2k, basically 1080p... And the fact that there are merely a few films in 4k. 99.99 percent of them are 2k.

[@FirestoneX]

I complain. Bluray looks better than theaters

[@HAWXLEADER]

@@FirestoneX ofc it does, you watch a professionaly upscaled version on a high contrast high brightness screen...

[@SMGJohn]

+FirestoneX Of course Blu-ray looks better because you watch it on a digital panel, majority of cinemas today still use projection to a black or grey matte background.

[@elBusDriverKC]

Fun facts: 35MM film movies that were projected for over a century are close in resolution to 4K. When digital projection first hit the market they were projecting 2K images (so we took a step back in resolution). Now cinema projectors have caught up to 4K projection resolution (now back to the similar resolution of 4K). IMAX 70MM film has a resolution somewhere in the neighborhood of 8 to 12K. So higher resolutions are better, and we've used them for years, but you don't notice them until blown up on movie size screens.

[@bwalyakauseni6218]

5:34 editor/shooter 'NO A ROBOT' 😂😂😂

[@NeilRoy]

I'm still happy with 1080P, though I could MAYBE see me moving to 4K in the future if I bought a large enough monitor, but with some of the insane costs involved, I would be happy if I never moved beyond FHD.

[@drifterz2578]

My 24" 1080p monitor is still going good . I can squeeze few years from it

[@silverwatchdog]

I mean it has the same ppi as my 4k, screen. It's just that it is 4 times smaller by area. Mine is 48".

[@DuudeWhatDoesMineSay]

8K may have a purpose even without 8K content. Less chance of seeing pixels or moiré patterns. Even on smaller displays. Also greater possibilities of scaling lowres content via integer scaling, resulting in a sharper picture.

[@Achiyugo]

Half the time I watch TV without my glasses on.

[@TDamsma]

Heheh, same here,I am far from a 20/20 vision and I own both a 4k tv and a 1080p monitor and don't see that much difference regarding pixels, but I do see a huge difference in colour, motion and contrast that where its at! BETTER PIXELS!

[@HelamanGile]

200K with all new microscope mode

[@BDalyPeoples]

But Linus, you already are my whole wall while I enjoy my sugared cereal!? How else can I listen to the tech gods!?

[@cgme7076]

Synopsis: If you buy an 8K TV just make sure to buy binoculars and not need any money for a few years.

[@tcmk3697]

Someone: I can't wait to watch the 2020 olympics on my 8k TV! Coronavirus: you wish

[@cactusmann1268]

*Linus made this video just to justify his purchase of an 8k tv.*

[@azadanes]

Cactusmann He done it to justify buying an 8k camera

[@social3ngin33rin]

Tax write-off lol

[@kazedcat]

@@azadanes 8k camera are for 4k content. You want your sensor twice the resolution of your display. It allows you to have additional detail for editing.

[@alaskanhybridgaming]

@@kazedcat did you miss the part where Linus said 4 times the resolution of 4k?

[@paulwin9036]

@@alaskanhybridgaming Twice as the length of each side but 4 times more surface area. A * B * 4 = (A * 2) * (B * 2)

[@underflip2]

yes 8K is pointless. 4K is already on the brink of being pointless imo. 1080p still looks great to me and I have perfect vision. I don't sit 1m from my tv

[@shad0wrune]

Yeah.... The internet (1995): Never to be going to be happening.... In 10 years you will be astonished...

[@thegeniusfool]

@Paul Dybala Agreed! That is actually exactly why we need this seemingly insane resolution and pixel density race. Strange that so few see this. The merger of VR + 8k/16k + AI is the future, cross-feeding.

[@coows]

Try 1440p.

[@eventusvantos2770]

*ahead of its time. Its not pointless. Its just not worth the price.

[@ChristopherPuzey]

“640K is more memory than anyone will ever need.” -Bill Gates

[@rs72098]

8k streaming will use up your bandwidth and topple your cable companies TB limits within a few days. It's a great way for them to charge you more money.

[@linkthehero8431]

The solid gold toilet at 1:22 made me laugh at Donald Trump and I ain't sorry about it 🤣 Trump had one installed in his private jet.

[@micckeymol4396]

I'm still on 1080p and I'm fine with it tbh

[@gus473]

👍Alan Smithee reference! 😂🤣😎✌️

[@Supreme_Court.]

2:02 Lol that TV costs more than my mortgage

[@salepien]

The internet up in my room is at such a speed that youtube defaults to 480p. It can handle higher resolution usually, but it tends to be noticeable to fellow internet users in the house at that point. Therefore it is house policy to only watch HD quality if it actually gives you more information (i.e. a video like this one where you wouldn’t lose a lot of information if you only listened and didn’t watch the screen, is not really justifiable to watch in HD)

[@JohnOverholt]

I was eating cereal when linus said eating your sugared cereal!!! Linus is now transdimensional!!!

[@andrewroberts5988]

"Frank's 2000 Inch TV" song by Weird Al. We also need smellovision...

[@theMPrints]

-and what is the 8k in the name ? -plus one zero in the prize.

[@lazarusblackwell6988]

8K would have a point if there was something good to watch on TV. Sadly there isnt.

[@OvAeons]

i do not think i will ever move from 1440p monitor since i have best of all worlds with it

[@carl3710]

@@1tangyboy no u

[@Fr4ncM]

Can't wait to watch Linus drop stuff in 8K!

[@itm154]

If i even got an 8k my internet can only stream at 360p at maximum with buffer every minutes

[@ohb9894]

8K TVs: we're gonna need sixteen times the detail.

[@demonjo2001]

Watching this video in 360p talking about 8K 🤣🤣

[@Agumon5]

Fuck 8K I'm holding out for 32K.

[@luizfigobr]

No point going above 4k if your TV is up to 70'

[@user-mc5pl6xk9x]

Japan: *making the Olimpics 8K* America: *Making Netflix movies at 4K* Europe: *1080p is just fine* Bulgaria: *480p. Get it or leave it*

[@DacLMK]

Same in Macedonia. Most of TV is still 480p and sometimes even lower.

[@moltenlava1877]

In India, Most standard channels have 480p, But if you want FHD, You will have to pay a lot morw

[@user-mc5pl6xk9x]

@@moltenlava1877 we don't even have that option for most of the channel. There's HD option only for the HBOs and Eurosport,for which you'll have to pay. So,we're limited to shitty 480p TV programs that are full of annoying ads,playing after every 10 minutes

[@user-mc5pl6xk9x]

@@DacLMK I'm sorry to hear that,man. All Balkan countries are fucked up.

[@pzakkly3976]

People watching to much TV go outside for a walk instead I haven’t turned my tv on in 2weeks haven’t missed a thing

[@pielover5671]

Guy in 2075: Remember 32k was like 100000$?

[@justanallosaurus6997]

HotS Lights guy in 2348: remember when 186k was $1100?

[@elijahkulpinski4983]

@@GoogleUser-wf8mt Technology never stops, I do believe the whole resolution phase will slow down to catchup with 4k and 8k but I do believe it will continue.

[@elijahkulpinski4983]

@@GoogleUser-wf8mt But here we are at 8k. I personally can't tell, no matter location or time spending viewing an image, the difference between 1080p and 4k, but yet we still are arriving at 8k. With the "high end" and "cutting edge" type individual it's just about having the best possible technology for whatever reason and even though not practical, not everything in the market is practical.

[@-..._._-.]

More like 2077

[@trakaiszeks]

Watching this in 2024 on a 8k tv.

[@ghettosteeve]

LOL at the mention of a "2020 olympics"