Isn’t 2k and 1080P basically the same thing?
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pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Personal anecdote, moving from 1080p to 2k for my computer monitor is very noticeable for games
olympicyes@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
1920x1080 vs 2560x1440
Not crazy higher but a noticeable increase
Noja@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
It’s not 2k, it’s 2.5k
stefenauris@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
2k is about double of 1080p and 4k is double of 2k
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
If 4k is 4k because the horizontal resolution is around 4000, so you’d think 1080p, with its 1920p-long lines would be 2k. It’s fucked that it isn’t.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s all just marketing speak at this point.
_g_be@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“4k” is supposed to be a term for cinema widescreen resolution, but got taken over because it’s short and marketable because “4k is 4x as many pixels as 1080p”
What makes it worse is that then 1440p becomes 2k because “it’s 2x as many pixels”
The flip flop irks me
Noja@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
1080p is 2k, the commenters above are just wrong.
rmuk@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Yeah. They went from counting pixels by rows to columns. A 16:9 widescreen 1080 display is 1920×1080, and most manufacturers are happy to call 1920 “2K”.
pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Ah yes, my 1920x1080 monitor with a resolution of 2560x1440
Jarix@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Going down from 24" 2048x1152 to 27" 1920x1080 was an extremely noticeably change. Good god I loved that monitor things looked so crisp on it.
nek0d3r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Even 4K is noticeable for monitors (but probably not much beyond that), but this is referring to TVs that you’re watching from across the couch.