You can find the full interview here. Not very long but some interesting titbits on various projects including a new Terminator (he reveals nothing).

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Why is 4K dumb?

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They used AI upscaling. Not only it completely defeats the point of a release like this, it looks like a blurry mess that’s paradoxically also oversharpened. People’s faces jump from looking like a mannequin to one of those Ren & Stimpy closeups

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Too many Ks. Unless you have a really really huge TV or you sit super close to it, and also have absolutely no vision problems, there’s a pretty good chance you’re not gonna tell the difference between 1080p and 4k.

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Optimum viewing distance, optimum viewing angle—these are defined things. In my experience, most people are clueless about how to properly set up a TV. So yes, I expect if a TV isn’t set up correctly, the difference between 1080p and 4K wouldn’t be as noticeable. Transfer quality and TV quality also matter.

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So your saying it doesn’t matter for normal people

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I watch my DVD collection on my 50 inch 4k television, and you know what? they’re okay. It’s a 16:9 television, so I get to choose between letterboxes with widescreen releases or pillarboxes with pan n’ scan releases, but we all do. I’m not worried about 4k content. Honestly I’d be fine with a 1080p panel there.

A computer monitor is a different story; you typically sit a lot closer to it, so pixel density is more significant. I can genuinely tell a difference between my 27" 1080p monitor and my 34" 1440p ultrawide monitor. The latter takes up more of my visual field while retaining about the same PPI. I still don’t think I need 4k here though.

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