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?

  • Illecors@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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    30 days ago

    In general - things that are colourful and/or have special effects.

    Blue Planet, Top Gun Maverick, Fast and Furious saga (not the first few, 4k made no difference there) come to mind first atm.

    Things that have acting and script itself as the main selling point generally are perfectly fine in 1080p. The Office and Slow Horses would be a good example of that, I suppose.

    Personally, I get everything I want my son to watch in the highest quality I can - Shawshank Redemptiom and Shutter Island are the latest additions to my library that, I think, would absolutely fine in 1080p, but… 4K HDR it is :D