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75" 4K vs 120"+ 1080p – Everything else being equal what would you prefer?

What would you prefer?

  • 75" 4K

    Votes: 116 92.1%

  • 120"+ 1080p

    Votes: 10 7.9%
  • Total voters
    126
June

June

Member
Disregard any other differences like screen vs projector / burn in / power usage etc etc.

I'm curious how much people specifically value screen size vs resolution.


I'm asking because I'm considering between these two choices for my next screen upgrade. I currently own a 50" TV and it quickly felt too small for me, so I'm not sure if even a 75" upgrade would end up being satisfactory to me. It seems any decent 4K projector is out of my price range unfortunately.
 
RoadHazard

RoadHazard

Gold Member
120" is WAY too large for 1080p unless you're gonna sit much farther from it than most people have the space for.

65-77" is about right for 4K at typical viewing distances. 55" is generally too small, you need to be really close to it to actually resolve the detail in a 4K image. 75" is gonna feel MASSIVE compared to the one you have now. Just look at this: http://www.displaywars.com/50-inch-16x9-vs-75-inch-16x9

(I have a 55", and yes, I'm too far from it. Bought it when I had a much smaller living room, gonna upgrade next year or so.)
 
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GreatnessRD

GreatnessRD

Member
Because I don't like to sacrifice if I don't have to (Visual and performance), I'll take the 4K monitor. 120" 1080p display sounds beyond stupid to me, lol
 
Tranquil

Tranquil

Member
I have a projector that can produce a 120" screen at 1080p, it's nice for when I have friends over, but I would never want to game or watch movies on a screen that large everyday.
 
ethomaz

ethomaz

Banned
No doubt 4k + 75".

Are there even 120" at 1080p? It should look like these pixelated outdoors.
 
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J

Jibran#one

Member
4k all day everyday
1080p on a 120 inch screen would look like dogcrap unless ur sitting like 50 60 feet away from it
4k at 75 would be ideal
 
A

ANDS

Banned
Good god, who would even want a 120 inch television? If this is in a room designed for it sure, but in an average living room. . .way too big. Honestly 75 inches is kind of huge in and of itself but I would absolutely take that over a massive 120 inch screen.
 
June

June

Member
RoadHazard said:
120" is WAY too large for 1080p unless you're gonna sit much farther from it than most people have the space for.

65-77" is about right for 4K at typical viewing distances. 55" is generally too small, you need to be really close to it to actually resolve the detail in a 4K image. 75" is gonna feel MASSIVE compared to the one you have now. Just look at this: http://www.displaywars.com/50-inch-16x9-vs-75-inch-16x9

(I have a 55", and yes, I'm too far from it. Bought it when I had a much smaller living room, gonna upgrade next year or so.)
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thanks for link, that is useful to visualise the difference

i used to own a 32", and the difference between 32 & 50 vs 50 & 75 isnt all that much. they are pretty similar actually . so im still hesitant about the size in that regard

now if you compare 50 vs 120 on that site, now thats a big difference !



Tranquil said:
I have a projector that can produce a 120" screen at 1080p, it's nice for when I have friends over, but I would never want to game or watch movies on a screen that large everyday.
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Why not?

I understand not using it for daily minute tasks but I imagine myself busting that thing out for every movie i watch, and i watch movies almost daily


Kagoshima_Luke said:
I'm so confused. Why would someone want lower resolution on a bigger screen?
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cost
 
vdopey

vdopey

Member
projector screen ? whats the point of this poll ?

I have a short throw projector that is meant to be 4k and it can easily do 120" but I think internally it renders at 1080 or something it doesn't look bad actually - it looks fine, but I bought it thinking its proper 4k (Xiomi short throw projecter - should have bought the LG or Sony short throw projector)
 
Topher

Topher

Identifies as young
Do they make 120" TVs with 1080p resolution?

Confused Liam Neeson GIF
 
ethomaz

ethomaz

Banned
Topher said:
Do they make 120" TVs with 1080p resolution?

Confused Liam Neeson GIF
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Well maybe in the past they needed a big projector screen and the resolution tech was not there yet... so 1080p.
New 120" projectors probably have bigger resolution nowadays.
 
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Kuranghi

Kuranghi

Gold Member
The 4K 75" display. You can do down a model/in PQ and up a screen size or more and you#ll lose some IQ but gain immersion, so like:

65" 4K FALD LCD vs 75"/85" 4K Edge-Lit LCD

1080p is going to look pretty soft on an 120" display.
 
ZywyPL

ZywyPL

Banned
Distegarding the resolution, I don't even have a wall capable of holding a 120" display, even if it's 32K res.
 
SlimySnake

SlimySnake

Flashless at the Golden Globes
75 inches is amazing. huge upgrade from 50 inches.

Get a decent 4k tv with good hdr and maybe 120 fps support. I like watching movies more on it than i do on my 65 inch LG OLED.
 
AV

AV

We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
120" 1080p would look fucking awful OP.

75" 4K is spot-on.
 
Haggard

Haggard

Banned
June said:
size is a value in and of itself

of course 1080p is going to look worse than 4k. But 120" is going to look better than 75".
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1080p @ 120" would be like going back from HD to SD. Ever tried watching a DVD back to back with a BluRay?
Size doesn`t matter if the quality is crap.
 
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June

June

Member
SlimySnake said:
75 inches is amazing. huge upgrade from 50 inches.

Get a decent 4k tv with good hdr and maybe 120 fps support. I like watching movies more on it than i do on my 65 inch LG OLED.
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yeah i was looking into the 120fps thing since it seems at least some games support that (and it may get more common as the gen goes on) . though there doesnt seem to be many 4k 120fps tvs around, at least in low to mid prices

not sure how or if most projectors can handle 120fps. I havent looked into it
 
RoadHazard

RoadHazard

Gold Member
June said:
size is a value in and of itself

of course 1080p is going to look worse than 4k. But 120" is going to look better than 75".
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It's gonna look LARGER, not better. 1080p will look very low res on such a large screen. For movies it would probably be nice enough, but games would look very soft and simultaneously pixelated. Seriously, the image quality would be SO much better on a 4K 75".
 
June

June

Member
Haggard said:
1080p @ 120" would be like going back from HD to SD. Ever tried watching a DVD back to back with a BluRay?
Size doesn`t matter if the quality is crap.
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i have not. i dont really watch dvds anymore. too much bluray content available


RoadHazard said:
It's gonna look LARGER, not better. 1080p will look very low res on such a large screen. For movies it would probably be nice enough, but games would look very soft and simultaneously pixelated. Seriously, the image quality would be SO much better on a 4K 75".
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how much worse does a 1080p movie look on 50" vs 120" ?
 
Ev1L AuRoN

Ev1L AuRoN

Member
1080p is awful even on a monitor bigger than 24'', imagine in a TV of 120''. It's better to have a 75'' 4k tv you can sit closer and take in all the extra detail than a gigantic 1080p screen you have to sit a mile away to endure the low pixel density, all the size will be wasted.
 
JMZ555

JMZ555

Member
I use a projector ,120" Screen @1080p for PS5 games and some PC games. I use a 27" monitor for games like Warzone etc.

I sit about 10 feet away and it looks great from the 120" screen on a Epson tw5500 and it looks amazing.

I would never go back to a screen under 100".

My next step will be native 4K laser.
 
V

VolticArchangel

Member
75" 4k if you're going to use it for pc and console.

120" 1080p if you're going to use it for pc only, but have a high end rig on which you can downsample a 4k image onto this screen. Downsampling is the first thing that came to my mind when I read that screen size : native resolution. The caveats are consoles not being capable of this, and I don't know about 4k media like your 4k blu-ray player and streaming services.

Try posting on Avs forums to get a better idea.
 
RoadHazard

RoadHazard

Gold Member
VolticArchangel said:
75" 4k if you're going to use it for pc and console.

120" 1080p if you're going to use it for pc only, but have a high end rig on which you can downsample a 4k image onto this screen. Downsampling is the first thing that came to my mind when I read that screen size : native resolution. The caveats are consoles not being capable of this, and I don't know about 4k media like your 4k blu-ray player and streaming services.

Try posting on Avs forums to get a better idea.
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Wait, what do consoles do if you connect them to a 1080p display then? Surely they still render internally at 4K (or whatever the game runs at) and then downsample the image to 1080p? I'm pretty sure the internal rendering resolution doesn't change to 1080p.
 
V

VolticArchangel

Member
RoadHazard said:
Wait, what do consoles do if you connect them to a 1080p display then? Surely they still render internally at 4K (or whatever the game runs at) and then downsample the image to 1080p? I'm pretty sure the internal rendering resolution doesn't change to 1080p.
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Technically that is true, but don't consoles drop to the output device's native resolution, instead of a downsampled image staying at the internal resolution?

You tell me, as I neither have new consoles or a 120" 1080p tv.
 
RoadHazard

RoadHazard

Gold Member
VolticArchangel said:
Technically that is true, but don't consoles drop to the output device's native resolution, instead of a downsampled image staying at the internal resolution?

You tell me, as I neither have new consoles or a 120" 1080p tv.
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I don't know exactly what you mean by "drop to the output device's native resolution". The video output will be 1080p if that's what the connected device can accept, yes. Otherwise you wouldn't get any image at all. But the internal rendering resolution will still be 4K I believe, which means you get a downsampled image in the end. Either the console downsamples or the output device does (if it can accept higher resolution input than it can display).
 
SlimySnake

SlimySnake

Flashless at the Golden Globes
June said:
yeah i was looking into the 120fps thing since it seems at least some games support that (and it may get more common as the gen goes on) . though there doesnt seem to be many 4k 120fps tvs around, at least in low to mid prices

not sure how or if most projectors can handle 120fps. I havent looked into it
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If you want to buy a good 75 inch tv then you will have to spend a little extra. the cheaper 70 inch tvs are cheap for a reason. they dont have good HDR or gaming features.

I bought an x900h 75 inch tv last year for $1,599 and their new model the 900j is on sale for the same size.


There is a samsung on sale for $1,499 and another Sony for $1,200 but just remember, if its cheaper it likely has fewer features. You probably dont need 4k 120 hz as most games are 1080p 120 fps on consoles anyway, but its about picture quality and HDR too. I would say research between these three tvs and pick the one you like.


Just remember one thing. The tv reviewers on youtube dont always know the best. They get swept up into the hype just like the rest of us. Dont let them fool you into buying a smaller OLED. If you think a bigger screen is better, stick with it. They all have a hard-on for OLEDs and they kind of fucked up the Sony x900h reviews last year. They just assumed Sony would nail the 4k 120 hz and vrr support but nope, Sony botched it and now im stuck with a tv that i paid extra for just to get the 4k 120 fps and vrr support.
 
Great Hair

Great Hair

Banned
32" HD Ready FTW Sansun 1080i@24hz

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TVs are too big. For movies, the bigger, the better. But for gaming, wathcing dipshits reviewing their "given free" products, with some close ups of their faces ... just looks bad on a big tellie. "Geebuz! Get that camera away from your ugly mug! Point that thing on the free product!"

I´m considering getting a PC monitor for console gaming, max. 32", for the first time. Just play a mario game on a 65", everything gets "enlarged, enhanced". Every mushroom is now as big as your waifu pillow! Racing (in cockpit mode) with a wheel that´s (nearly) as wide as the TV is ... nope.
 
p_xavier

p_xavier

Authorized Fister
I would even say 8k at 75" is discernable and I have eyesight issues.
 
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June

June

Member
SlimySnake said:
If you want to buy a good 75 inch tv then you will have to spend a little extra. the cheaper 70 inch tvs are cheap for a reason. they dont have good HDR or gaming features.

I bought an x900h 75 inch tv last year for $1,599 and their new model the 900j is on sale for the same size.


There is a samsung on sale for $1,499 and another Sony for $1,200 but just remember, if its cheaper it likely has fewer features. You probably dont need 4k 120 hz as most games are 1080p 120 fps on consoles anyway, but its about picture quality and HDR too. I would say research between these three tvs and pick the one you like.


Just remember one thing. The tv reviewers on youtube dont always know the best. They get swept up into the hype just like the rest of us. Dont let them fool you into buying a smaller OLED. If you think a bigger screen is better, stick with it. They all have a hard-on for OLEDs and they kind of fucked up the Sony x900h reviews last year. They just assumed Sony would nail the 4k 120 hz and vrr support but nope, Sony botched it and now im stuck with a tv that i paid extra for just to get the 4k 120 fps and vrr support.
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i actually didnt realise that 1080p 120fps thing. i've just been looking for tvs that have 2.1 hdmi

whats the difference here in terms of specs to look out for? i could settle for 1080p 120fps i guess

yeah i probably couldnt afford oled anyway so doubt i'll be getting one. even if i could the reported burn in issues give serious pause considering my usage
 
SlimySnake

SlimySnake

Flashless at the Golden Globes
June said:
i actually didnt realise that 1080p 120fps thing. i've just been looking for tvs that have 2.1 hdmi

whats the difference here in terms of specs to look out for? i could settle for 1080p 120fps i guess

yeah i probably couldnt afford oled anyway so doubt i'll be getting one. even if i could the reported burn in issues give serious pause considering my usage
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yeah, going with HDMI 2.1 is a good idea. But there are many older and cheaper tvs that support 120 fps. All they do is go into 1080p mode in order to run the games at 120 fps. This shouldnt really affect console gaming since most 120 fps modes are already 1080p but if you ever plan on buying a 3080 then you might want something that runs the game at 1440p 120 fps or higher. Thats when HDMI 2.1 TVs come in. Both Sony tvs on that list support HDMI 2.1 but id recommend you check out the reviews and do some research to see why there is a $400 gap between the two.

I dont know much about Samsung tvs but ive heard that they are able to do 1440p 120 fps even on HDMI 2.0.
 
June

June

Member
SlimySnake said:
yeah, going with HDMI 2.1 is a good idea. But there are many older and cheaper tvs that support 120 fps. All they do is go into 1080p mode in order to run the games at 120 fps. This shouldnt really affect console gaming since most 120 fps modes are already 1080p but if you ever plan on buying a 3080 then you might want something that runs the game at 1440p 120 fps or higher. Thats when HDMI 2.1 TVs come in. Both Sony tvs on that list support HDMI 2.1 but id recommend you check out the reviews and do some research to see why there is a $400 gap between the two.

I dont know much about Samsung tvs but ive heard that they are able to do 1440p 120 fps even on HDMI 2.0.
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yeah i never realised 2.1 was specifically for 120fps at 4k. since 2.0 can do 120fps then i guess a 2.1 TV isn't actually priority for me. thanks (y)

i only game on console so pc gaming things arent a concern for me (though i do hook up my pc to my TV to browse and watch movies on)
 
June

June

Member
Flyinmunky said:
I use a projector ,120" Screen @1080p for PS5 games and some PC games. I use a 27" monitor for games like Warzone etc.

I sit about 10 feet away and it looks great from the 120" screen on a Epson tw5500 and it looks amazing.

I would never go back to a screen under 100".

My next step will be native 4K laser.
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interesting that you say it looks amazing considering most in this thread says 1080p would look bad at that size. What's up with that do you think?

Also Have you had a look at any 4k projectors to compare?

I watched Dune on my 50" tv and all I could think about was how better it would look on a big projector. so i respect your need for size :messenger_sunglasses:
 
Keihart

Keihart

Member
Big screen and low resolution without interlace? disgusting.

Edit: i would accept the low resolution on a 120" projector with good contrast tho.
 
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poppabk

poppabk

Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Assuming I had a big enough space and what they say about movie theater resolution is true, I'd maybe go with the 1080p.
 
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