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My 55" 4K OLED LG is the single greatest TV panel I've ever looked at. I can't determine any individual pixels, the blacks are black. I have no issues with it in the slightest. And I see absolutely no reason why any TV of that size should need 4x more pixel density (or whatever it is).
Not sure what the manufacturers were thinking, this chart has existed for a long time, you have to be sitting pretty close or looking at a rather large screen for 8K to make sense
What it feels like to look at a TV that's close enough to justify 8K: