…would be significantly bumped or noticably uprezzed if I were to miraculously buy a Sony Bravia XR Z9J LED 8K UHD 85-incher, which is what I would do if money was no object. It would make me feel “better”, yes, and would make a “difference,” yes, but not in a way that would wondrously enhance the image quality of the films (21st and 20th Century (1920-2000) films that I watch on a daily basis.
The Sony OLED 4K 65-incher that I now watch is pretty damn good if I do say so myself. Big, fat, dazzling 8K TVs have been out and about for roughly four years (I saw my first one at Stockholm Arlanda airport in May 2019), and even if I didn’t give a damn about money I’m not sure I would buy one of these suckers. I’m not a sports-watcher and I hate CG-driven fantasy crap. I’m just not persuaded that David Fincher‘s Zodiac or Ingmar Bergman‘s The Silence (’63) would look significantly better on an 8K.
