Ronster said:
What you need to bear in mind is that there really is little or no point having a 32" 4k resolution screen.
It's only when you get to larger screen sizes such as 50" / 65" / 80" / 103" / Edge Blended projection / Large Video walls and LED walls that 4k resolution comes in to play and really does add a noticeable difference.
You need space to have something this large to enjoy it and that is something that a lot of people now days don't have...Also think about how far in distance you need to be from it and how many people it is trying to serve.
So 4k resolution is actually Borderline living room viewing really depending on how big your living room is.
you will still get a great picture at full HD on a 42" or 46" screen. Yes you can still transfer a source scan at a higher resolution and compress it better, sharper and cleaner but in reality it's only when the pixels become apparent as dots on a large screen we need a higher resolution to compensate for this.
If you have a small screen with 4000 pixels you would just as easily glance over it as a HD signal as the detail would be too small to discern unless you put on microscopic goggles.
Read this...
http://www.cnet.com/news/why-ultra-hd-4k-tvs-are-still-stupid/
I have to disagree with this. I have an LG 42" 4k tv that i use for my main computer monitor. I'd seen mentioned many times that you can not see the difference with 4k compared to 4k at a regular tv viewing distance. So i decided to compare this myself. I placed my 42" 4k TV next to my 46" 1080p samsung tv. I had some 4k consumer shot material and converted the samples to high bitrate 1080p so i could play the same footage ( albeit one being 4k and the other 1080p)on both tvs via usb sticks. The difference was very noticeable sitting at approx 13 feet away from the TV. The 4K won hands down. The picture was so much clearer. I had the downscaled version on the 4ktv usb stick too, which i decided to try. Upscaling was pretty good and did look better on the 4k compared to the 1080p. Now both sets had all enhancements turned off. No sharpening filters or anything enabled.
The LG 4K TV was under £500 and they have since gone down to below £400. So comparable in price to a 1080p TV of the same size for a well known brand.