The game would not be any better or worse at 720p. Do you say a movie is better in HD? No, you might say it looks a little nicer but the actual movie is the same. Same with a game, the actual game would not be any different in HD.
Yes. Films are better. They’re more mesmerising. I knew this back then and I still know it now. Case in point: bitrate. No matter the resolution if you lower the quality the movie will look worse. We’re used to a standard and if it drops below that your enjoyment is impacted.
I personally still own just a 1080p TV I bought funnily enough when this article was posted. A 56” Bravia. At the time it was £2k. The best tv money could buy in terms of image performance. It’s now in our master bedroom. My wife is this second playing, of all games, the Crystal Chronicles port on Switch on that TV. We also have the same in the living rooms and dens (plural. About 6 in total). But we run a PS5 and an Apple TV on them even though they’re capable of 4k HDR. I fixed my grandfathers TV for him last month and took my devices therr to see the image quality of his 4K hdr Bravia.
I was blown away. I tested a bench of Apple TV purchased films on there… which is the best quality streaming service out there. The quality is huge and heavy. Dolby ATMOS, Dolby vision, 4k, HDR colours. Truly nothing better other than a 4k Blu-ray. The moment I decide to upgrade my TVs I’m certainly going to watch all the films I own on that service.
And you know what. This isn’t the best. It’ll get better.
Beyond certain resolutions 2D images start to look 3D. Once the dpi is beyond a high value and the image is already very large: it looks 3D. It looks real.
I do watch films in 4K hdr on my iPhone Pro Max 13, and iPad Pro as they run the highest res and shrink it down. I think the iPad Pro is crazy high resolutioned too. I use them with my AirPods Pro Max for ATMOS sound. It’s great but I hate to watch films on small screens. Why do they when you can watch content on a TV.