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These numbers refer to the rows, so the horizontal resolution.

Yes, that is the number of rows. But that makes it the vertical resolution. There’s 1080 pixels from top to bottom. If the arrows/triangles are indicating the direction of measurement, they are wrong.

I suspect that it’s an attempt at indicating a wide screen. 16:9, 16:10 etc was fairly new at the time, many buyers would be expecting their usual 4:3 screen ratio.

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gigachad@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
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- Ditti@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  So 1920 rows x 1080 columns.
  
  Unless I have a massive brain fart right now, no, that’s the exact opposite. The screen is wider than it is tall (unless you rotate by 90°) - hence the term wide screen. There are 1920 columns (width) and 1080 rows (height). This is why the sticker is confusing: it indicates that 1080 pixels is the width.
  
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  - ChaoticNeutralCzech@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    1080 rows of 1920 pixels each
    1920 columns of 1080 pixels each
    
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  - gigachad@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I agree and do not further engage in this discussion to not induce any more confusion ;)
    
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- myplacedk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  So 1920 rows x 1080 columns.
  
  No, it’s definitely 1920 columns and 1080 rows.
  
  So yeah the sticker is right but OP is wrong.
  
  I don’t know what the sticker is trying to say. I can read it in two ways, and one of then is correct while the other is definitely wrong. And that is unnecessarily confusing, and therefore mildly infuriating.
  
  I don’t know what you think OP is wrong about.
  
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