Still of relevance: the &quot;when will 4k matter to you?&quot; chart.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;s3.carltonbale.com&#x2F;resolution_chart.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;s3.carltonbale.com&#x2F;resolution_chart.html</a><p>Short version: you might get some benefit from an 8k tv (and associated 8k media if&#x2F;when it arrives) if you&#x27;re routinely sitting closer than 5&#x27; from your 80&quot; television. Otherwise, not so much.<p>I generally try to avoid dissing new technology&#x2F;software&#x2F;ideas, but really, 8k TVs appear on the face of it to be pretty pointless. You literally won&#x27;t be able to tell the difference between a 4k and an 8k film if you&#x27;re sitting at a reasonable distance from a normal-sized TV.<p>(I&#x27;m defining &quot;normal-sized&quot; as &quot;55 inches or smaller&quot; here. If in actual fact lots of people are buying 90&quot; TVs that changes things.)<p>For reference, I&#x27;ve been a video professional for 20 years, I have a reasonably large television in a not-massive living room, and in my living room I can <i>just about</i> tell the difference between 720p and 1080p content playing on it, if the source is high-quality and I&#x27;m concentrating. The resolution has to drop down to 480p or less before I find it starts actively interfering with my enjoyment of whatever I&#x27;m watching.