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Get ready to endlessly debate the value of "native 4K" on consoles
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/09/microsoft-and-sonys-emerging-4k-pixel-pissing-contest/
Sony's PlayStation 4 Pro (launching in November) and Microsoft's Xbox One Scorpio (launching late next year) are giving the pixel-counters out there a new, 4K-sized battlefield to fight over. Now, Microsoft is drawing a line in the sand in that developing battle, with Microsoft Studios Publishing General Manager Shannon Loftis telling USA Today that "any games we're making that we're launching in the Scorpio time frame, we're making sure they can natively render at 4K."
The word "natively" is important there, because there has been a lot of wiggle room when it comes to talking about what constitutes a truly "4K" game these days. For instance, according to developers Ars has talked to, many if not most games designed for the PS4 Pro will be rendered with an internal framebuffer that's larger than that for a 1080p game, but significantly smaller than the full 3840×2160 pixels on a 4K screen (the exact resolution for any PS4 Pro game will depend largely on how the developer prioritizes the frame rate and the level of detail in the scene). While the PS4 Pro can and does output a full 4K signal, it seems that only games with exceedingly simple graphics will be able to render at that resolution natively.
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(Score: 2) by blackhawk on Saturday September 24 2016, @02:42PM
I have a mid range Sony Bravia set which comes with a pretty impressive scaler. It's not one of the cheap brand things you get from Best Buy. I'll look into running that test, since I have my PC hooked up via a nice long HDMI cable, it should be easy enough to do.
For me, what I'm mostly noticing 720P upwards is the lack of grain / noise / or a kind of high passed look to the output. It's softer, less gritty.
BTW, the upstairs TV is a cheaper model (50 inch) that I believe only has 720p physical resolution but takes in 1080p signals. Looking at that screen from a foot or two away I can clearly see the individual pixels, and even at about 10 feet it is clearly a much worse picture when displaying the Kodi interface and during playback of media. The fonts on the Kodi interface appear smeared and blurry.
My eyesight has been tested recently and it's close to perfect. Sitting 2 feet back from my 24 inch 1080p monitor I can make out the single pixel dot above the 'i' character quite clearly.