When I saw the eye chart, I thought, "Finally, a comparison that will show the advantages of UHD resolution at normal viewing distances." I was wrong. As I stood there with CNET's David Katzmaier, staring at the two screens,
it became obvious that the comparison was doing the opposite of what Samsung intended.
Indeed, the two images looked nearly identical unless scrutinized from close up. However, David and I also noticed that the 1080p image was far from pristine—in fact, it looked like an interlaced frame. Even so, at a normal viewing distance, both eye charts looked just about identical.
It was nearly impossible to see any benefit with 4K/UHD, even when compared to a badly rendered, flawed 1080p version of the same image. It was flabbergasting, but David and I agreed 100% about what we were seeing.