Pirating Rant
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So I just watched about ten minutes of a video from a big influencer who is complaining of false advertising when some streaming service says you can pay more for 4K video, but doesn't tell you that you need 4K capable hardware. The guy is throwing out curse words and saying this is a legitimate reason to pirate the content. :confused: Some people will think they are entitled to just about everything.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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So I just watched about ten minutes of a video from a big influencer who is complaining of false advertising when some streaming service says you can pay more for 4K video, but doesn't tell you that you need 4K capable hardware. The guy is throwing out curse words and saying this is a legitimate reason to pirate the content. :confused: Some people will think they are entitled to just about everything.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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...a big influencer who is complaining of false advertising when some streaming service says you can pay more for 4K video, but doesn't tell you that you need 4K capable hardware.
Pretty much sums up the 'influencer' intellect. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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So I just watched about ten minutes of a video from a big influencer who is complaining of false advertising when some streaming service says you can pay more for 4K video, but doesn't tell you that you need 4K capable hardware. The guy is throwing out curse words and saying this is a legitimate reason to pirate the content. :confused: Some people will think they are entitled to just about everything.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
"stop making stupid people famous"
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So I just watched about ten minutes of a video from a big influencer who is complaining of false advertising when some streaming service says you can pay more for 4K video, but doesn't tell you that you need 4K capable hardware. The guy is throwing out curse words and saying this is a legitimate reason to pirate the content. :confused: Some people will think they are entitled to just about everything.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
Richard Andrew x64 wrote:
So I just watched about ten minutes of a video from a big influencer
Why did you do that? It's 10 minutes of your life wasted, and you will never get it back.
Richard Andrew x64 wrote:
who is complaining of false advertising when some streaming service says you can pay more for 4K video, but doesn't tell you that you need 4K capable hardware.
I see two sides to this. 4K video does have its purposes, but do you really need to have it? If you're just streaming a movie, it doesn't make a difference to what you see on the screen w/ 4K. 4K is something like 4 times the resolution as 1080p. Our sense of sight as humans cannot differentiate 4K video vs. standard full HD video. When you think about the highest quality resolution for printing graphics onto paper, the standard is 300 dpi. When you design for the web, your graphics are almost always at 72 dpi. If you raise the dpi in either medium, you can't see any difference (provided your viewport is displaying @ 100%). 4K resolution is great for displaying things like QR codes. The average camera takes photos with a resolution that can make use of 4K. If you see a QR code on a 4K TV, you can scan it with your phone from farther away. With standard HD, you'll need to get closer to the TV to scan the code. That's just one good purpose for 4K, but I'm sure there are others. Does the claim of false advertising hold up? :laugh: Consider the purchase of a DVD movie. It's just a physical disc inside a box. Would any reasonable person purchase a DVD movie without acquiring a DVD player? Is the DVD publisher responsible for informing you that a DVD player is required to watch the DVD? In addition, liability for false advertising is usually covered in the fine print when you purchase a product or service. Recently, I bought a copy of Microsoft Flight Simulator. I can't run it, because my fairly new laptop doesn't have the minimum required hardware to do so. Before buying the game, I assumed that my laptop could run it. I did review the hardware requirements for the game before buying it, but didn't think too much of it because my laptop is new enough to handle running such a game (or so I thoguht). Who's at fault for this mistake? I am. If I had taken the time to make sure I have the needed hardware for the game, I wouldn't have bought it.
Richard Andrew x64 wrote:
The guy is throwing ou
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote:
So I just watched about ten minutes of a video from a big influencer
Why did you do that? It's 10 minutes of your life wasted, and you will never get it back.
Richard Andrew x64 wrote:
who is complaining of false advertising when some streaming service says you can pay more for 4K video, but doesn't tell you that you need 4K capable hardware.
I see two sides to this. 4K video does have its purposes, but do you really need to have it? If you're just streaming a movie, it doesn't make a difference to what you see on the screen w/ 4K. 4K is something like 4 times the resolution as 1080p. Our sense of sight as humans cannot differentiate 4K video vs. standard full HD video. When you think about the highest quality resolution for printing graphics onto paper, the standard is 300 dpi. When you design for the web, your graphics are almost always at 72 dpi. If you raise the dpi in either medium, you can't see any difference (provided your viewport is displaying @ 100%). 4K resolution is great for displaying things like QR codes. The average camera takes photos with a resolution that can make use of 4K. If you see a QR code on a 4K TV, you can scan it with your phone from farther away. With standard HD, you'll need to get closer to the TV to scan the code. That's just one good purpose for 4K, but I'm sure there are others. Does the claim of false advertising hold up? :laugh: Consider the purchase of a DVD movie. It's just a physical disc inside a box. Would any reasonable person purchase a DVD movie without acquiring a DVD player? Is the DVD publisher responsible for informing you that a DVD player is required to watch the DVD? In addition, liability for false advertising is usually covered in the fine print when you purchase a product or service. Recently, I bought a copy of Microsoft Flight Simulator. I can't run it, because my fairly new laptop doesn't have the minimum required hardware to do so. Before buying the game, I assumed that my laptop could run it. I did review the hardware requirements for the game before buying it, but didn't think too much of it because my laptop is new enough to handle running such a game (or so I thoguht). Who's at fault for this mistake? I am. If I had taken the time to make sure I have the needed hardware for the game, I wouldn't have bought it.
Richard Andrew x64 wrote:
The guy is throwing ou
Steve Raw wrote:
Would any reasonable person purchase a DVD movie without acquiring a DVD player?
Long ago I had a real go getter boss in a software retail store that would come in to show how things should be done. He talked the woman into buying a spreadsheet program in just a few moments. He was done for the day and on to the next store. The woman came back several days later to return the software. She did not own a computer. She wanted a calculator (hand held variety.) The store did not sell those.
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote:
So I just watched about ten minutes of a video from a big influencer
Why did you do that? It's 10 minutes of your life wasted, and you will never get it back.
Richard Andrew x64 wrote:
who is complaining of false advertising when some streaming service says you can pay more for 4K video, but doesn't tell you that you need 4K capable hardware.
I see two sides to this. 4K video does have its purposes, but do you really need to have it? If you're just streaming a movie, it doesn't make a difference to what you see on the screen w/ 4K. 4K is something like 4 times the resolution as 1080p. Our sense of sight as humans cannot differentiate 4K video vs. standard full HD video. When you think about the highest quality resolution for printing graphics onto paper, the standard is 300 dpi. When you design for the web, your graphics are almost always at 72 dpi. If you raise the dpi in either medium, you can't see any difference (provided your viewport is displaying @ 100%). 4K resolution is great for displaying things like QR codes. The average camera takes photos with a resolution that can make use of 4K. If you see a QR code on a 4K TV, you can scan it with your phone from farther away. With standard HD, you'll need to get closer to the TV to scan the code. That's just one good purpose for 4K, but I'm sure there are others. Does the claim of false advertising hold up? :laugh: Consider the purchase of a DVD movie. It's just a physical disc inside a box. Would any reasonable person purchase a DVD movie without acquiring a DVD player? Is the DVD publisher responsible for informing you that a DVD player is required to watch the DVD? In addition, liability for false advertising is usually covered in the fine print when you purchase a product or service. Recently, I bought a copy of Microsoft Flight Simulator. I can't run it, because my fairly new laptop doesn't have the minimum required hardware to do so. Before buying the game, I assumed that my laptop could run it. I did review the hardware requirements for the game before buying it, but didn't think too much of it because my laptop is new enough to handle running such a game (or so I thoguht). Who's at fault for this mistake? I am. If I had taken the time to make sure I have the needed hardware for the game, I wouldn't have bought it.
Richard Andrew x64 wrote:
The guy is throwing ou
Steve Raw wrote:
Our sense of sight as humans cannot differentiate 4K video vs. standard full HD video
If you're looking at a 17" laptop doing 4K, I'm with you. I don't know why these even exist. Personally I'm now used to my 1080p projector, showing a ~120-inch image. A friend of mine has a 4K projector, and his image size is roughly the same as mine. My eyesight is no longer being what it used to be, but even with that taken into consideration, I can absolutely say without hesitation if someone couldn't tell the difference between the two, it's time they booked an appointment with their eye doctor. 4K and 8K? I can't make the same argument, but that's mainly because I haven't *seen* any 8K video playing at native resolution. But I *do* suspect that's beyond the point of diminishing returns.
