[darkpuma]

I think we're beginning to see the emergence of the videophile, like the audiophile, in which a small minority of consumers become obsessed with video quality and pursue it to the ends of the earth, all the while illogically neglecting obvious issues like "Gold plated TOSlink cables are completely moronic"[1][2] or "maybe I should be buying bluray DVDs instead of streaming video onto my smartphone."

I don't think the GP is really exemplary of this, but I've seen it cropping up more and more. For instance people who insist on running their low-quality anime rips through numerous interpolators and scalars to knock 720p/12fps source material up to 4K/60fps, or similarly insane endeavors.

[1] Technology Connections brought my attention to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICcEOXVZ3F0

[2] https://www.amazon.com/s/?field-keywords=TOSlink+gold