Comments on: PS4 Pro’s Checkerboard 4K Rendering Will Never Look As Good As Native 4K, Requires More Work

By: Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 14:51:00 +0000

In reply to justerthought. An Opus encoding at 96K blows a 320K MP3 out of the water in terms of quality though. MP3 is incredibly ancient technology, and we've long had better solutions. Before Opus, the preferred codec for lossy quality was AAC, where 128K is all you'd need to match a 320K MP3.

By: justerthought

justerthought — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 12:42:00 +0000

In reply to wow. Spotify is compressed to travel down the internet. I'm talking about an mp3 encoded with LAME joint stereo at 320kbps. It's almost identical to lossless CD. In fact a remaster encoded with LAME joint stereo at 320kbps sounds far superior to the original lossless CD prior to the remaster.

By: Russell Gorall

Russell Gorall — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 03:00:00 +0000

In reply to Sayonara. If checkerboard is the same thing as native 4K to Sony, how would we know?

By: Russell Gorall

Russell Gorall — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 20:15:00 +0000

In reply to Mithan. Hmm. Wasn't 1080p all the rage the past few years for Sony?

By: wow

wow — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 06:08:00 +0000

In reply to justerthought. i can definitely tell the difference between spotify and a cd. But like you said, spotify is more convenient

By: wow

wow — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 05:52:00 +0000

In reply to Sayonara.

on ultra low settings, no PC gamer counts that as 4k. The texture is just awful.
I’d rather have 1080p on ultra settings then upscaled to 4k, luckily PS4 has the checkerboard option like Siege. Siege on 1080p looks better than PS4 4k.
How do you think an underclocked 480 and the same cpu as the ps4 is going to run decently? It will be more optimized sure, but still not be as good as 480 on a PC; not even overclocked since those PCs most likely have a 6700k to help the fps.

By: maroon1

maroon1 — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 01:12:00 +0000

In reply to Sayonara. LOL, GTX 970 get over 60fps in fifa 17 in 4K Those games do not really need alot of GPU power. Also, skyrim on PS4 pro does not match the ultra setting on PC. So, it is running native 4K, but the game is not maxed out.

By: LifeOnMars

LifeOnMars — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 06:27:00 +0000

In reply to PEDROVNONE. Enjoy your wait, I realy hope that it is worth it and that the Scorpio lives upto your expectation and you can see the difference.

By: PEDROVNONE

PEDROVNONE — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 00:24:00 +0000

In reply to LifeOnMars. PS4 Pro is a incomplete proposal in my opinion. I Want to play my games on Ultra and natively 4K/60 and Scorpio will be the only console capable to do it all. I guess it will come with a HDMI in with upscale feature, then I will use it to upscale PS4 and NS games too

By: LifeOnMars

LifeOnMars — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 06:54:00 +0000

In reply to PEDROVNONE.

PS4 Pro is here now.
Spcorpio is 12 months away. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/532309de9ab07eb6ab7ec0c0f19bc20961e80cf0ca1d3df94c0fd29e78addd49.png