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[-] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago
[-] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago

4K 60hz is about 18GB/s and it's being sent down a 1GB/s pipe typically when streamed. You're not getting all the data. It's really compressed to fit and the color space is usually set to 4:2:0 to again save bandwidth.

[-] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago
[-] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

so that would need twice the bandwidth of 60hz, meaning even more compression.

[-] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

4K 60hz is about 18GB/s and it's being sent down a 1GB/s pipe typically when streamed. You're not getting all the data. It's really compressed to fit and the color space is usually set to 4:2:0 to again save bandwidth.

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