[netsharc]

Wow! There's a look of the Noddy at the end of this video: https://youtu.be/agKiATDgdBs (as well as what the broadcasted video looks like before it).

Funny how there are other frames like "Temporary Fault", that the camera can point to to inform the audience if there's a problem.

The Wikipedia page also mentions how they added "Colour" to promote the fact that colour service is available, and how people were choosing to remain in B&W because the licence fee for colour TV is higher. Meanwhile in 2025 I'm still using 1080p instead of 4K monitors because theye're good enough.

[ghaff]

I had to get a new TV and did upgrade to 4K because it seemed to make sense. But hadn't had an urge to do so previously.

I do think a lot of people get obsessed with incremental resolution/sound/network improvements that, in practice, don't really affect the experience.

[doubled112]

I went from a 32" 720p TV to a 43" 4K TV. I don't really notice the difference for TV watching. I don't watch a lot of TV anyway.

Now a 1080p monitor up to a 4K monitor? That was a huge improvement to my experience. It's like having 4 1080p monitors without a seam if you get one big enough.

[hnlmorg]

That’s because a lot of broadcasters are either not transmitting 4k or encoding their streams in such horribly low bitrates that you might as well be watching through glasses made from empty beer bottles.

[doubled112]

Watching hockey this winter I noticed a big quality difference between broadcasters. Nothing that would really affect the experience though.

[freeone3000]

Contrast Apple TV with YouTube; or Crunchyroll vs Youtube. Then step it up to BD. There is such a huge difference between 4K “fast”, 4K “main”, and the 4K “high” used on BDs.

[_carbyau_]

I have suspicions it may be a "passive" vs "active" experience difference. My argument as below:

Watching TV when I was younger with PAL/NTSC stuff I suspended disbelief as I could, let imagination fill the missing details, and enjoyed the stories. More resolution doesn't change that process. See shaky-and/or-quickcut cam fighting scenes for example.

Playing games, reading/typing words onscreen etc as might be done on a monitor rather than a TV. You are expressly paying attention to the finer details. Resolution helps with finer details.

[nxobject]

Think about the logistics of suddenly having to put up a fault slide during an emergency, especially when the best you can ask for is a camera and possibly a chroma-keyer! A camera on a swivel must've been a luxury.

[adolph]

Thank you for posting that video. The wikipedia description doesn't quite capture the visual interestingness of the globe with concave mirror.