If you have TSA PreCheck/Global Entry, you can keep your shoes on.

This is scary and I don’t trust it.

This is scary and I don’t trust it.

Nope!

I have the big flashlight for spotlighting my dumb dogs in the backyard when they’re screwing around out there far too long. It does this job admirably.

I have the big flashlight for spotlighting my dumb dogs in the backyard when they’re screwing around out there far…

No, this is a ridesharing disruptor service. You’re confused because it sounds very similar.

For gaming, any console I got as an upgrade, likely a PS4 Pro, would handle it. Anything older though (I’ve got a Wii U hooked up still and will likely snag a Switch) would probably be best served by receiver-based upscaling. I’d assume anyways.

I believe you’re correct with passthrough, though with so many non-4K sources it’d be nice to have some built in upscaling. I think a lot of the panels are becoming exactly that, just large displays with minimal brains, so I can’t really count on the TV to upscale.

My issue isn’t just the display cost, it’s also everything that runs along with it. I don’t have any 4K sources on that TV at all, so that’s all an added cost. I also don’t know whether my receiver is 4K compatible (I think it’s pass-through but not upscaling, which should be fine) so there’s another potential cost.…

If you have a home theater system from before the advent of 4K, will you need to replace it to ensure everything in the chain has the latest HDMI standard?

This is super interesting. I imagine a large contingent of folks concerned with 4K gaming already have a desktop and they’re then only looking at a $350-$500 upgrade to get 4K gaming on it. Since the X includes everything you need, that’s pretty neat, but like you said it’s the specs you’re stuck with until the next…

I totally agree about McLaren, but BMW and MB model numbers make some strange kind of sense to me.

We’ll see what a 4K capable graphics card costs in November, though. These things move fast. Arguing comparable specs today is kind of a non-argument.

I was being more than a little facetious; I’m just saying there’s a lot a PC can do that a Xbox doesn’t that adds value.

I’m kind of in the same boat. My gaming TV is a 60" 1080p plasma, back from when plasmas were still a thing. I love it too much to upgrade to 4K, and there hasn’t been anything super compelling in 4K yet to make me question that decision.

That’s probably true. I just wonder what percentage of the console buying market is represented in this niche? I can’t imagine it’s a large portion.

This was such a swing and a miss. I kind of expect that eventually the PS4 Pro/Xbox One X will be held up as some sort of proof that customers won’t buy a new system to play the same games in slightly higher graphical quality, to the extent that any manufacturers will actually release the models purchased breakdown.

I have no idea why they decided to do this and I can’t imagine this will be used often, but this is badass.

That seems more likely to me, basically building for the X and removing whatever pieces they have to so it’ll run on the S. They’d need a pretty sizable installed base to make it worthwhile, though. I imagine developing for it and doing it well would require more time and resources than the S.

I think that’s true, but I also think the more centralized an online presence is, the better it is for consumers. I like my PS4 because the folks I’ll occasionally play with are on it too. Having a clear winner of the console war generation really helps gamers with less time than they used to have to game, like me.

Ditto!