YouTubers are upscaling the past to 4K. Historians want them to stop

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[–]Porphyria 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Not quite the same thing, but I upgraded my tv from a 1280P to a 4K, and I deeply regret it. Modern "reality" shit like Hoarders and commercials and recentish movies look ok in 4K, but classic movies look like deepfried shit. That really hit home when I tried to watch a vintage horror film yesterday, as I like to do every day in October. The 4K so sharpened all the multiplane "layers" of each scene that it became really obvious how many of the scenes used backdrops, and backdrops painted about as well as those for US High School "drama club" plays. Just awful.

[–]redditbegay 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Its like that for many games too. You could downgrade your monitor or look for a 1440p display instead. One of the cheapest of them -

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16824569005?Description=1440p monitor&cmre=1440p_monitor--24-569-005-_-Product

[–]Porphyria 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks, I'll look into it. :-)