- Hey, everyone.
Welcome to Moving Matt.
We do vlogs, travel and some camera stuff.
And today I'm gonna be testing you
on whether you can tell the difference
between 4K and 1080p.
And then also give you some reasons why
maybe 1080p is actually the best choice for you.
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You may be wondering to yourself, "Why ask this question?
Why do this video?
Hasn't this all been done before?"
And you may also be wondering why I changed backgrounds.
So to answer the first question, yes
it has been done before but it's been a while.
And the reason that I think
it's important to do an update on this
is because a lot of people have adopted 4K TV.
Since then they've adopted 4K monitors
and they've also even started to bring
in 4K to some smartphones.
Another reason I think it's a good idea to do an update
to this type of video is 'cause YouTube
may have updated their compression techniques.
So in the past, when a lot of people did this type of video
they said that if you recorded it in 1080P
and then uploaded it as a 4K video onto YouTube
then it gave you a little bit of an extra room
on compression.
And it pretty much gave you an identical image
as creating a 4K video in the first place.
So I think it's worth seeing if that's still
the case with YouTube.
And I think there's other reasons
but I'll get into that later.
As far as the background change, I mean, this is YouTube.
What do you expect?
So the way that this is gonna go down
is I am gonna show you a series of videos
that I shot in 1080p and 4K
and I am gonna make it an A and B test
and I'm gonna label them of course,
one, two, three, et cetera.
And I'm gonna switch it up between A and B
but that way you can write it down and play along
if you choose to and decide which one works best
is it a 1080p image?
Is it a 4K image?
Can you even tell the difference?
(moderate techno music)
The irony of this video is
that it's actually the first video
that I've shot on my new camera, the Sony a7s III,
and I'm asking is 4K even really that important.
And I think that brings me to another reason
that I wanted to pose this question.
And that is that a lot of people who come to my channel
or discover my channel for the first time
are coming to see maybe the latest and greatest news
and what is this new camera
that's gonna be coming out in the future.
And I think it's very easy for any of us
and all of us to start being very envious
of the cameras that are coming out
and maybe our money and time would be better spent,
maybe taking a class and learning more
about composition and storytelling and learning things
like that rather than obsessing about getting a new camera.
So, although I do want you to subscribe
and watch my videos,
and I'm always a tech geek
and I love to see what's new
and the greatest coming down the road,
I also want you to watch with the understanding
that maybe 4K isn't for you right now.
Because 4K requires a lot of extra storage
as well as processing power from your computer.
And it requires a lot more money.
If you're gonna get a camera that can do maybe 4K60
versus a camera that can do 1080p60.
So I think, again, this is worth posing the question
so that you can understand what works best for you.
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(woman laughs)
- Come on
(woman inaudible speaking)
Now that you've seen the different video examples,
I am actually gonna put it up on screen
what the answers are.
And now that you know the answers,
if you did play a long,
drop in the comment section below
and let me know how you did.
Were you able to tell the difference between every clip?
And if you weren't, did it maybe change your mind
on which camera you think you need at this time?
Drop in the comment section below and let me know.
And if you've liked this video,
be sure to give it a thumbs up and consider subscribing.
And until next time, peace.