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Originally Posted by RUB2
Dude, you need a new PC. My computer is old, but anything after about 2015 can handle 4K. It's like a whole new world and worth every cent.
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I disagree, but w/e man. Thanks for trying to help.
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Originally Posted by RUB2
$200 USD for a new monitor and maybe $100 for a multi-terabyte external HD.
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None of which do me any good considering this is a laptop. D'Oh!
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Originally Posted by RUB2
I have a black and white TV from like 1970 that isn't broken, but I don't use it because I enjoy watching films in color.
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What about movies that are in black & white but are amazingly awesome? Scarface (the original), The Public Enemy, White Heat, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Casablanca, Wizard of Oz, etc? Or what about a modern movie filmed in black & white, like Sin City? By your logic, those should be dismissed simply because you can't watch them in color. Not the same thing, so once again, I disagree.
Not to mention, the reason you don't watch that tv anymore has nothing to do with black & white vs color and everything to do with the fact that the tech industry, tv broadcasters, regulators & all that mandated that everything be in HD, and your tv is incompatible with that technology. Yes, you could argue that my laptop is "incompatible with the technology to play 1080 videos" except for two things:
1) It's not technically incompatible because it still plays these videos. It's just not ideal.
2) The transition to HD, rendering your tv obsolete, was done against your will.
When all videos released everywhere are 1080 and no 720 or lower videos are ever produced, then the comparison will be valid.
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Originally Posted by RUB2
Think about this. Do you have an iPhone?
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Ugh, no. Hate Apple products.
Look, I see your point. What I have isn't broken, it's just not the "newest, flashiest, brightest & most expensive", and that's what you're advocating for. Sorry; keeping up with the Joneses has never been anything I'm interested in. And the difference in quality between 720 & 1080 that I've seen just doesn't justify the cost of dropping $1,500+ on a new laptop when the one I have is perfectly serviceable and still works but for playing these huge files with marginally better picture quality.
I just got a new car last Sep. It's a 2019 Subaru Impreza, base model with no frills, although I did have them tint the windows. $19k, and still has the original 7yr/100k mile warranty on it. If I followed your logic, I'd have had to go in the hole $34k for a car that goes just as fast and has the same warranty on it, but it's 2 years newer and has ALL the bells & whistles. No thank you.
"'Perfect' is often the enemy of 'good enough'". Not sure who said that, but it applies in a military/tactical situation, so I run with that in my everyday life.
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Originally Posted by bartoli
I totally agree. I don't think differences between 720p & 1080p justify to spend more and more money with screens, hard drive, internet connection... And there is much to say about the environmental impact...
Don't forget that if you meet problems to read some files (ie h265) you can easily convert them with VLC.
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This guy gets it.
