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Uh... Hol up. So if we can maybe see down to 0.2 mm and the 1080p screen has 0.7 mm pixels... That's pretty much what I'm saying. 1080p is noticeably grainy.
The text in 4k looks crisper. I concur I can't count individual pixels, but reading game menus in 1080p feels rougher and makes me squint. Reading in 4k feels more like reading on print paper or a good e-eeader.
This and yes, the build quality of newer screens also contributes.
The point is that under the best conditions up close centimeters away from your face you can just about see 0.1. And we're talking 4 times that two meters away.
Text on the modern tv does look better though. Bu how much of that is that all the technology got better, colours are more uniformed, the light emmiters are more consistent, there is less dead space, etc.
It's like that old gimmick with cameras and megapixels. Cameras were getting better, but not because the number of megapixels was bigger, still that's the only number everyone cared about, so they started selling numbers that didn't make any physical sence.