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Why I’m excited about 8K

I’ve finally come up with a reason to be excited about 8K. There are many reasons suggested by those with 8K TVs for sale, of course. It’s higher resolution, that has to be good! You can sit closer, the 8K content will come, and how great do the demos look! How about that upscaling? And there’s always the ‘because it’s there’ argument: why not have it? (Just the money, really.)

But now I think I’ve not only found a reason

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