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Study Boldly Claims 4K And 8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes, But Is It True? (hothardware.com)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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A new study published in Nature by University of Cambridge researchers just dropped a pixelated bomb on the entire Ultra-HD market, but as anyone with myopia can tell you, if you take your glasses off, even SD still looks pretty good :)

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[–] 11 points 10 months ago (13 children)

Personal anecdote, moving from 1080p to 2k for my computer monitor is very noticeable for games

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (10 children)

    Isn’t 2k and 1080P basically the same thing?

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    2k is about double of 1080p and 4k is double of 2k

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    "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

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    They shouldn't use numbers at all tbh. QQVGA, QVGA, VGA, q(uarter)HD, HD, Full HD, QHD, UHD and so on works for all aspect ratios, and you can even specify by adding prefixes like FW (full wide) VGA would be 480p at 16:9. It gets a little confusing cause sometimes the acronyms are inconsistent (and PAL throws a wrench on everything), but the system works.

    PS: I also don't like that 540p is called qHD cause it's a quarter of Full HD.

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