If your TV is a 4K TV then it has an upscaler and will upscale any non-4K signal.
Your assumption that the networks have better 1080p to 4K upscaling capability than most TVs is probably a good one.
If you sit far enough from your TV, you probably can't tell the difference between a 1080p signal upscaled to 4K by your TV and a 4K signal upscaled by the network and then received by your TV.
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Originally Posted by Bill14564
If I read it correctly, it will be broadcast as a 4K signal.
What you seem to be saying is that the camera capturing the image will have 1080 resolution and the picture will then be upscaled to 4K before being broadcast.
I don't know if my TV will upscale a 1080 broadcast. My firestick and TV can display a 4K broadcast just as it can display a 1080 or 720 broadcast but I don't know that it has the capability to upscale from the lower resolution.
Chances are that TVs in most people's homes do not have the processing power to perform the same quality of upscaling as the broadcasters do. I can show a 1080 broadcast on a 70" screen. You can upscale that 1080 broadcast to 4K resolution on your 70" screen. The broadcasters (Fox in this case) will likely have processing equipment much more powerful than what is in your TV and can produce a better 4K signal from the 1080 camera than your TV could.
But since I have YouTubeTV and don't pay extra for 4K, none of this will affect my viewing.
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