A rant about resolutions
22 points by runxiyu
22 points by runxiyu
Wow, that is infuriating! Honestly, I've only ever seen that referred to as 1440p or possibly 2.5K if we're talking about some sub-4K cinema cameras. I guess I haven't looked at shops for that monitor resolution in a while. Thanks, I hate it.
EDIT: Generally, I've always hated the nK designation for consumer resolutions. As the article covers, 4K is not 2160p/UHD!
Consumer video equipment marketing is actively obfuscated. This article didn't even touch on refresh rate or chroma subsampling, which is a whole nother fly in the ointment. Get a TV from Costco and try to use it as a monitor and text will have this blue/red halo around it, that's cause your "4k" screen is actually "4k[4:2:0]60hz," turn the refresh rate to 30hz and it goes away. The HDMI chipset doesn't have a fast enough tranciever to decode 4k60hz[4:4:4]