Due to a recently increased upload speed, I can now stream to some of my users 4K content from my Plex server. However, I do not have infinite hard drive space, so I would, at least initially, prefer to limit my 4K collection to films and TV show shows that actually benefit from it.
Personally, and with several of my friends, we’ve come to the agreement that 4K video has about as much advantage as 720 versus 1080. It’s not that big of a leap, and often not entirely worth the upgrade (when accounting for the hard drive space consideration, the added darkness, etc). However, with some films and TV shows, it really does make a huge difference.
With that in mind, what films and TV shows would you recommend that definitely benefit from 4K viewing?
I remember when 1080p was still new and we finally got an HD TV, the first movie I watched in 1080p made the actors look pretty ugly in that you could see every pore and defect in a close up shot.
I have yet to see anything in 4K that was quite as dramatic. I don’t even really notice a difference between 1080p and 4K unless it’s a 2D game with bad scaling so making it 4K makes everything small as hell.