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artisinalyesterday at 6:18 PM1 replyview on HN

The TV channel broadcast was 50Hz, 1080p and used image compression. They did not broadcast the master stream directly. That would have cost too much money.

It feels misleading to advertise a 4K OLED as the best viewing experience with such a poor source signal.


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vel0cityyesterday at 8:47 PM

So your local TV provider's limitations should limit the advertising for all TVs sold?

This actually made me look up some of the specs related to the feeds. Quite an interesting read. They apparently are delivering the main feeds in 2160p.

https://www.iseurope.org/news/fifa-world-cup-2026-broadcast-...

https://www.1001tvs.com/2026-fifa-world-cup-4k-hdr-broadcast...

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