There are 4x the pixels so…
I don’t disagree with the change either. Having a large number makes it more difficult to compare. After 2160 it’s 4320. 2k, 4k, and 8k are far easier to remember and figure out the differences.
BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Screen manufacturers just did a similar thing with the jump from 1080p to 4k
The 1080 part of the original number referred to the number of pixels from top to bottom, 4k refers to left to right. 4k is actually only 2160 from top to bottom though (at the same aspect ratio).
So they quadrupled the number when it should have only doubled, and it was entirely a marketing thing.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 8 months ago
GluWu@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Exactly. The up tick in resolution was slow, 480 to 720 to 1080. Relatively small improvements. Then jump to 2160/4k and the resolution goes up by 400% from the previous 1080. 4k is 4x1080 screens put together.
soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
1440 was a thing when 2160 released. 4k is a shit name because it infers you know what generation it’s 4 times the size of
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 8 months ago
Why marketers are allowed to label the speed of a network is just beyond me as an engineer. Call it whatever you want. “Our Purple speed”. Don’t care. But underthat it should be labeled with a standard 1gbps/1gbps.
That would shut up xfinity’s bullshit claims pretty quick. “Our new Plaid speed fiber” 200mbps/4mbps
Seriously I called them years ago asking about fiber, they were real hyped, they bragged they could give me 800! 800 what I asked. Megabytes! Megabytes or Megabits? 800 Megabits, okay fine, symmetric right? Well, no one uses upload anyway. That was their literal response.
Alto@kbin.social 8 months ago
Don't even get me started on the bullshit that is calling 1440p 2k