• doodledup@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Odd. I can immediately tell the difference.

      I did an empirical test with friends comparing various bitrates and resolutions of the same source (on a 100 inch projector screen with a good 4k projector). I could guess 100% of the time correctly.

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        1 month ago

        on a 100 inch projector screen

        That’s why. You notice it because more pixels do help a lot with huge screens. I was watching some old series shot for TV recently, on my 34" monitor it doesn’t look too bad. On my projector with a ~100" screen it looks terrible with artefacts all over the place.

        (My monitor is 1440p and the projector is only 1080p but I don’t think it mattered in this case since the source video was 480p)

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        I work in tech and I have a bit of a retail component to my job. This includes selling monitors.

        I assure you you’re (we’re*–I can also tell the difference easily) in the extreme minority. The vast majority of people buy color and size, not clarity.