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by LeonM 754 days ago
The gaming market is huge. And gamers are typically willing to spend top money on hardware (thanks to nVidia raising the bar every time). That's why the market is flooded with expensive 1440p models featuring ridiculous refresh rates and RGB lightning.

This is the same reason why you can get a 65" 8K OLED TV from Samsung for "just" €2500, but you still pay €4000 for a Dell 32" 8k monitor. The market for 8k TVs is just so much bigger than 8k computer monitors.
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joshstrange 754 days ago
> This is the same reason why you can get a 65" 8K OLED TV from Samsung for "just" €2500, but you still pay €4000 for a Dell 32" 8k monitor. The market for 8k TVs is just so much bigger than 8k computer monitors.

I was with you until this point. I’m fairly certain that this is due to shrinking pixels to cram 8K in 32” is much harder than doing it at 65”. That’s why it’s cheaper. Recently, many super high resolution TVs debuted at CES (or whatever has replaced CES) start at larger sizes and it’s an accomplishment when they start to come /down/ in size.

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nordsieck 754 days ago
> This is the same reason why you can get a 65" 8K OLED TV from Samsung for "just" €2500, but you still pay €4000 for a Dell 32" 8k monitor. The market for 8k TVs is just so much bigger than 8k computer monitors.

Speaking of which... the market has this really obnoxious hole in it.

There are 32" 8k monitors and 65" 8k TVs (I think there are a few older 55" models), but there's nothing really in between.

I really hope someone either makes smaller 8k TVs or larger 8k monitors, because the situation is a little absurd. From what I can tell, 8k monitors are one of the few areas where people could be expected to notice the difference in resolution from 4k at normal viewing distances.

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varispeed 754 days ago
You should be able to see the difference on a TV as well. Problem is that there is not much content shot natively at 8k or more.
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nordsieck 754 days ago
I was going off of this chart[1]. It's true that some people sit relatively close to their TV, but in most of the living rooms that I've been in, the TV has been more than 6 feet away.

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1. https://i.rtings.com/images/optimal-viewing-distance-televis...

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varispeed 754 days ago
This is purely subjective. I could definitely tell the difference from more than 6ft. The picture looks just more life like.

There are people for whom it makes no difference or they don't pay attention to details. Like I have a friend who wouldn't tell 720p from 4k, unless you tell them what to look for and still they wouldn't understand what's the fuss about.

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