How bad games will look if I play at 1080p ultra settings on a 43" 4k TV?

[Vault Mcfly]

How blurry or ugly will it be?

[ugafan]

It depends how good the upscaling is on the TV, some do a better job than others. Also, the farther away from the screen, the less of a difference you'll notice.

[Midnight Aurais]

wel i been searching for a better monitor and i actually settled with a tv because they at least got their hdr together unlike pc monitors and meh 5.7 ms vs 1 ms claimed good enough i ain't competitive my brain is a slowpoke

the thing i found about it was that yes upscaling plays a role bit the bigger role is that since its 4k 2 pixels occupy 1 pixel from 1080p were as 1440p 1.5 pixels occupy 1 pixel so it seems that 4k in theory shows 1080p better then 1440p showing 1080p because there is not a boatload of math involved compared to 1440p

also i know oled does have better hdr but i avoid oled at all costs so its miniled or nothing

[_I_]

1080p double pixeling looks good on 4k tvs

1440p stretched to 4k, will look wonky, 1:3 pixels will be doubled

[Shodan]

As said, depends on the TV and the distance. I have an older Samsung Q60 55" 4K TV at home and couldn't really tell a difference between a game in 1080p and 2160p when I tested it. That being said, I instantly found my 27" 1440p monitor significantly sharper than my old 24" 1080p one back when I upgraded.

[Vault Mcfly]

Originally posted by Shodan:

As said, depends on the TV and the distance. I have an older Samsung Q60 55" 4K TV at home and couldn't really tell a difference between a game in 1080p and 2160p when I tested it. That being said, I instantly found my 27" 1440p monitor significantly sharper than my old 24" 1080p one back when I upgraded.

do you think 1.5m from my tv is enough? it's a Samsung qn90c

[Nabster]

Originally posted by Vault Mcfly:

Originally posted by Shodan:

As said, depends on the TV and the distance. I have an older Samsung Q60 55" 4K TV at home and couldn't really tell a difference between a game in 1080p and 2160p when I tested it. That being said, I instantly found my 27" 1440p monitor significantly sharper than my old 24" 1080p one back when I upgraded.

do you think 1.5m from my tv is enough? it's a Samsung qn90c

That's too much, sit 30cm away from your tv.

[Tonepoet]

It's really hard to say. If you use integer scaling it shouldn't look much if any worse than it would on a native 1080p television because 3840x2160 is exactly twice as many pixels as 1920x1080 en each dimension (4 times as many total). A square cluster of four pixels should map 1:1 with a single pixel on a 1080p television.

However, T.V. manufacturers are dumb and try to gussy up the image more than is necessary. so you can get some pretty horrific lipstick on a pig results.