There is enough confusion between horizontal resolutions (2K, 4K etc.) and vertical ones (1080p, 2160p etc.). This is not helping; why even print a promotional sticker with a number of pixels smaller than what it should be?

  • Oisteink@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Nah

    They won’t know about 1024x768, but if they did they would understand that 1080 is barely better.

    Going from 1024 to 1920 horizontal also takes the aspect ratio from 3:4 to 16:9. so pixel density is barely better.

    • ChaoticNeutralCzech@lemmy.mlOP
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      2 months ago

      https://www.xkcd.com/1889/

      If 2K referred to the number of pixels, it would look like this: Bliss 50×40=2000 This post 62×33=2046

      FullHD is actually a little over 2M pixels.

      takes the aspect ratio from 3:4 to 16:9. so pixel density is barely better

      What? Screen aspect ratio and pixel density are quite different things. Most FullHD TVs are widescreen and have pixel density below 36 ppi, and while high-DPI 4:3 screens are rare, they are not impossible in any way.

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        2 months ago

        The Explain XKCD for this comic is gold.

        However birds do not use GPS to navigate, [citation needed]