Dear God,
I hope they sack this “journalist” quickly.
Submitted 1 year ago by Clone_IX@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
Dear God,
I hope they sack this “journalist” quickly.
AI generated article, or pure incompetence. Or both
Dexerto, gamerant, and similar are all just AI generated. You can see these kinds of mistake so often
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
Damn
The fact it’s STILL 30fps is “hard pass” territory from me on its own but like. Wow. Lazy
Probably because they didn’t want to rewrite the physics that are based in 30fps max. Lazy port.
This thread reminds me of that time on the bodybuilding forum when they argued about how many days there are in a week.
MortyMcFry@aussie.zone 1 year 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.
theKalash@feddit.ch 1 year ago
Yes you can.
snooggums@kbin.social 1 year ago
Wife is sarcasm?
jordanlund@lemmy.one 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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.
dandroid@dandroid.app 1 year 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.