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[-] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 14 points 5 months ago

Genuinely surprised you haven't heard about HDR before.

It's not needed for office work, but for media consumption it has been a big thing for at least half a decade at this point. I'm not sure you'll find a modern TV that doesn't support it at this point.

[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I'm not him, but my TV is a 2007 1080p LCD Dumb TV. I'm not sure I need HDR support.

OH and I have a CRT upstairs, tiny with the VCR combo.

[-] xycu@programming.dev 3 points 5 months ago

I have a Samsung 4K HDR 120hz TV and can't really tell any difference between it and my ancient non-smart Phillips LCD TV that it replaced.

I have an Xbox series x with 4k hdr enabled and everything still just looks "normal" to me.

120hz is slightly noticeable compared to 60 in games that support it, but not a huge deal. 99%+ of what i do on my TV isn't 4K, HDR, or 120hz, so it's not extremely valuable. From "couch distance" anything above 720p is unnoticeable anyway.

I also have a windows 11 laptop with 4k HDR screen and disabled HDR in settings because the colors were all horrible looking with it on. Honestly I run it in 1080 instead of 4k because it uses less battery, performs better, and many programs don't work correctly at 4K, and i can't tell the difference anyway. Tiny pixels are still tiny.

I realize this whole comment may come off as old man "get off my lawn" fist-shaking. I'm not trying to downplay other people's experiences who seem to be genuinely impressed by these features, and maybe I'm just "holding it wrong", but for me, personally, I regret spending extra for the whole 4K HDR thing.

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