The human eye does have a finite resolution, the further you get away from the display the less likely you are to discern the difference in quality.

@jimdove2 @bluefox755 You clearly misunderstand, I'm talking about people that have 3000 dollar computers, people that spend 1000 dollars on a video card, etc...not the typical pc gamer, I like PC gaming, but I'll be damned if I'd ever pay 1000 dollars on a video card.

The problem is, high end gaming will always be a niche market, by the time this stuff becomes mainstream, the pc elitists with more money than brains will be laughing at the folks who use it, because they have the next big, super expensive tech.

Another thing many people don't understand about TV resolution. The human eye has a finite resolution, and the distance that most people sit from their TVs can barely tell the difference between 720p and 1080p, much less 4k. Obviously this would be less of an issue with monitors, but if it doesn't catch on fast with TVs, it'll end up being a niche market for computer enthusiast's monitors.

@sammoth @bluefox755 @maltnut and that's another thing, the prices of the disks have dropped a ton, but they still haven't caught on, not every "best new thing ever" catches on just because it's new.

@frozenux @bluefox755 for movies I mean.

@frozenux @bluefox755 5 years is very optimistic IMO, look at blu-ray, they still haven't replaced standard dvds, in fact, they seem to be less popular.

@sammoth @maltnut blu-ray never really replaced DVD though, not for movies I mean, seems like they are still less popular.

This is for the enthusiast market, which is a small minority of the whole. Ya know, those people who are willing to pay 3 times more than everyone else to have the latest tech. Eventually the tech will become cheap enough for the mainstream buyer, but that's a long ways off.

@deathstream That's true, it's not going to be mainstream for a long time, tech is simply too expensive right now, and enthusiast customers are a very small minority.