Dear God,
I hope they sack this “journalist” quickly.
AI generated article, or pure incompetence. Or both
4k is not 2160p - heard it here first!
Submitted 10 months ago by Clone_IX@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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twistedtxb@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Soulyezer@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Dexerto, gamerant, and similar are all just AI generated. You can see these kinds of mistake so often
Vinny_93@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I was looking up and down for any explanation as to why 4k is different from 2160p. Shows that this one has no clue what they’re talking about.
domi@lemmy.secnd.me 10 months ago
It’s nitpicking, whether it runs at 3840x2160 or 4096x2160 does not matter. Same goes for calling it 4K or UHD, even when one is technically incorrect.
If even Sony calls their 3840x2160 blu-rays “4K UHD” I’m fine with the average person using them interchangeable.
billwashere@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I had to go digging but 3840x2160 is both 2160p AND 4k UHD. 4096x2160 is something called 4K DCI which is more of a camera or film industry thing and is rarely used for things like TVs or video games.
theKalash@feddit.ch 10 months ago
Same goes for calling it 4K or UHD, even when one is technically incorrect.
Why not? 4k isn’t a formal standard. It just means you have approximatly 4k horizontal pixels.
jtmetcalfe@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
4K UHD (along with 8K UHD and 16K UHD) are the consumer format standards for 3840x2160 image formats which includes Blu-ray. Full 4K or True 4K or DCI 4K is the cinematic 4K standard shown at 4096x2160, which many TVs supper via slight letterboxing
INeedMana@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Targox@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Lol. on the PS4 Pro or PS5, Red Dead Redemption can even achieve 4K resolution. In contrast, the game runs at 2160p on Series X.
Just saw the Digital Foundry review, it’s sad that Rockstar didn’t even bother to upgrade the UI elements. almost every UI assets runs on 720p
FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Damn
The fact it’s STILL 30fps is “hard pass” territory from me on its own but like. Wow. Lazy
notst@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Probably because they didn’t want to rewrite the physics that are based in 30fps max. Lazy port.
lariato@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This thread reminds me of that time on the bodybuilding forum when they argued about how many days there are in a week.
ph00p@lemmy.world 10 months ago
9 are they fucking stupid or something?
isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Fucking idiots.
MortyMcFry@aussie.zone 10 months ago
It really shows how bad the marketing of these higher resolutions are. We always advertised the vertical lines and then we switched to horizontal lines.
You can’t expect an video game journalist to understand basic display principles.
dandroid@dandroid.app 10 months ago
I get not wanting to call it “2160p” because that’s a lot of syllables. But you’re right, it was really dumb to switch which lines we are referring to. I’m sure a better name could have been come up with. Even UHD was better imo.
The one that really irks me are the people who call 2560x1440 2K. I have always known 2K to mean 2048 x 1080. But it has picked up so much traction that it has pretty much been redefined at this point.
CheezyWeezle@lemm.ee 10 months ago
2K is supposed to refer to a 2048x2048 square 1:1 aspect image, same with 4K being a 4096x4096 image. This term is correctly used a lot when referring to texture sizes. A 4K texture is 4096x4096 texels.
I think the term started getting mixed up with people discussing what resolutions benefit from texture size increases. Generally, if you are running, say, 4K textures, you would really only always benefit from that if you have a 2160p screen, just because lower resolutions dont have the definition to actually display those texels. So, people start inter changing “4K screen” and “4K-benefitting screen” and we end up where we are now.
theKalash@feddit.ch 10 months ago
Yes you can.
snooggums@kbin.social 10 months ago
Wife is sarcasm?
jordanlund@lemmy.one 10 months ago
I don’t expect a journalist to know, I expect an editor or fact checker to at least Google “4k resolution”.
Or how about “red dead redemption xbox” to see what the BC version runs at…
Pro-tip: Xbox One S / Series S - 1440p
Xbox One X / Series X - Native 4K
eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry-2018-red-dead-redemp…
Strangle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s pretty confusing
“If you think 4K and UHD are one and the same, I don’t blame you. I blame the companies that LOVE to use them interchangeably all the time. You pick up a Blu-Ray movie disc of a 4K movie and you will most definitely see an Ultra HD label on it. 4K is actually not a consumer display and broadcast standard but UHD is. 4K displays are used in professional production and digital cinemas and feature 4096 x 2160 pixels”
MortyMcFry@aussie.zone 10 months ago
I thought the term “basic” would hint the sarcasm but I failed.
It really isn’t that hard to grasp, unless you are trying to frame your article a certain way.