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Study: no point upgrading to 8K unless you’re right up close

Rob Beschizza
Oct 30, 2025
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An 8K tv at a trade show. Yugong Luo / Shutterstock

At average living room distances, 8K displays offer “no distinguishable benefit” over 4K ones, writes Nicola Davis at The Guardian. Moreover, even 4K ones offer “no noticeable beneit over a similarly-sized 2K screen.”

In other words, there is no tangible difference when it comes to how sharp an image app…

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