I have to get a new tv, because of HDCP (control protection) my tv doesn't function anymore in many ways. I'm wondering though whether to go for Full HD or 4K. There are coming more and more titles on 4K, but my worry is about film grain. Film grain are those tiny particles you see move in the background in most films. They're quite visible on HD Ready which is what my old tv is, but since 4K is four times as sharp as a Full HD I'm worrying those particles will also be 4 times as visible. Does anyone here have 4K yet, and is the film grain indeed very visible?
I find it especially distracting in black and white films. I see it the most when there is a lot of sky, like say a scene on a beach, the whole sky is filled with moving particles. But since I mainly like older films from the fifties, sixties and seventies it's quite visible no matter if it's colour or black and white, simply because of the film stock they used. Some distributors are very good at minimizing it: I have Night of the Living Dead from Criterion which looks splendid and I hardly noticed at all. But most are not quite as good as that.
What do others think about the difference between Full HD and 4K?
I find it especially distracting in black and white films. I see it the most when there is a lot of sky, like say a scene on a beach, the whole sky is filled with moving particles. But since I mainly like older films from the fifties, sixties and seventies it's quite visible no matter if it's colour or black and white, simply because of the film stock they used. Some distributors are very good at minimizing it: I have Night of the Living Dead from Criterion which looks splendid and I hardly noticed at all. But most are not quite as good as that.
What do others think about the difference between Full HD and 4K?