[citation][nom]pedro_mann[/nom]Just for a test, hook a laptop hdmi output into your tv and try to web browse. It is a dismal experience. That is what us HTPC enthusiasts get with a 1080p monitor, barely readable text and you have to hit ctrl+ a bunch of times then it is like browsing on a 640x480 monitor. Just go look at large 30" monitors and tell me what resolution they run at (2560x1600) Now lets jump up to a 55" screen. See where this is going? The quickest advance will be to the text readability on a computer based source, the pixel density needs to be at least 4k to improve usability, 8k would be even better.O.K. So how about non-PC sourced feeds? Like your cable box. Have you ever noticed how junky a left to right pan looks when you are watching tv? Part of the problem is cable companies awful compression, but the other problem is because of aliasing. I could see a 4k tv up-sampling and doing some video tricks and truly creating a beautiful picture from a 1080p source.Let's just try to think outside of the box and enjoy the benefits of evolving technology, instead of being haters.[/citation]
i have a 1920x1200 monitor and i use it from 3 feet away ot less, its i believe 22 inches big. and for most webpage i already press ctrl+ 3-4 times to make the text more easily readable. 4k in living room would be even smaller than it is now, and impossible to navigate without pressing ctrl + 7-10 times, higher resolution makes this crap smaller, not bigger.
1080p is realistically all you can see at about 8-10 feet away, thats about how far most people who would get a 40inch " screen would sit from it. in fact, you would probably be hard pressed to see the difference from 720 to 1080p at that distance, in fact if you are useing anything less than 50inch at 10 feet it may as well only be 720p. in fact at 10 feet, to make just 2560x1440 worth it, the tv would have to be over 80 inches big, and for full effect would need to be 105 inches.
what needs to happen with monitors is deaper blacks and larger viewing angles, not higher resolutions.
and we have 2560x1600 monitors not because we can, but because in a computer setting, the higher resolution is a viable option, we have the close enough that we can see all the detail. now on the same note, you know how big a 30 inch is? its honestly the biggest i would want a monitor to be that im sitting less than 3 feet from. now tell me you want to sit about 3 teet away from a 55 inch screen to really use that resolution.