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Can we just go back to calling resolutions by their height?
by GodofGrunts 6y ago
Can we just go back to calling resolutions by their height?
- noxer 6y agoThat was never a thing so we can't go back to it. A resolution is 2 dimensional height + aspect ratio works. But for all the popular resolutions we have a standardized short form like FHD/QHD/XGA/VGA but these obviously cant cover every existing resolution. Like for example the one from the article 1440p 1:1 there is no standardized name for it.
- psadauskas 6y agoWhen widescreen LCDs were starting to replace 4:3 LCDs and CRTs, the screens were described as 720p, 1080i, etc. It wasn't until 4k was a thing that screens were described by their width instead of height.
- frou_dh 6y agoThe "p" is kinda interesting because it used to convey useful extra information (presence of Progressive Scan), but now that's simply a given in almost every context. So the "p" has sort of degraded into nothing more than a signifier that someone is writing about resolution. "c" could mean Colour. Bob uses a c2160p monitor!
- noxer 6y agoi stands for "interlaced" that has nothing to do with display resolution. p stands for "progressive scan" technically also not related to resolution but it makes clear that the number before describes the vertical resolution.
- MrGilbert 6y agoAt least for me, the short forms are hilarious and obnoxious. I can get an understanding of what 3840x2400 could mean in terms of aspect ratio and pixel density. But WQUXGA? I have to look that up.
- amarshall 6y agoThat doesn’t really help, as while typically it’s assumed the aspect ratio is 16:9, that’s not always true, making such a scheme ambiguous. Listing vertical resolution with aspect ratio is fairly sane, though. Or use standardized specific resolutions (e.g. FHD, QHD, 4K UHD).
- Mirioron 6y agoThese specifications don't mean anything for a lot of people. To me they sound like marketing buzzwords that companies use to try to sell me inferior products. I'd much rather have them say 2k than any of the "FHD" abbreviations.
- Arkanosis 6y agoAt least FHD almost universally means 1920×1080 and is googlable. This is less true for QHD / QHD+, unfortunately.
- spiznnx 6y agoI thought QHD was almost unambiguously 1440x2560 (4xHD), and QHD+ was wider than that.
- entropicdrifter 6y agoI think QHD+ is a little more ambiguous, as it could also reasonably be used to refer to taller displays (16:10 display at 2560x1600, for instance). Also, annoyingly enough, QHD itself can stand for "Quad HD" or "Quarter HD", the old smartphone standard of 960x540, which admittedly has pretty much entirely fallen out of use
- mcdevilkiller 6y agoIsn't that qHD?
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- LegitShady 6y agoMy main monitor is 5120x1440. Is it 1440p?
- noxer 6y agoYes, but without aspect ratio you don't give all information. It's also 5K but again missing aspect ratio so best is to name the pixels.
- dandellion 6y agoI've always wondered why we can't just use the pixel count.
- GuB-42 6y agoThere was a brief period of sanity in the late 90s early 2000s where resolution used actual numbers (ex: 1024x768) Otherwise it is a mess. There is the letter soup (WSXGA+, WQUXGA,... ), the lines (1080p, 720i,... a throwback to analog CRTs), the HD (Full HD, HD ready, ultra HD,...), the K (4K, 8K,...)... Is it that hard to use 2 numbers?
- kwanbix 6y agoBoth existed at the same time. You had VGA (640x480) for example. But I do agree we should have called it 2160p not 4k, but marketing guys are like that.
- mrmonkeyman 6y agoHumans are like that, not just "marketing guys". Indeed, two numbers is "too hard". Adjust your expectations of humanity accordingly.
- FeepingCreature 6y agohttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Vector_Video_Standards2.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Vector_V... What a mess.
- projektfu 6y agoI remember when makers were advertising "8514/A!" You know, 1024x768 interlaced 43Hz.
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- kybernetikos 6y agoYou missed Megapixels too, which is usually used for cameras, but I have seen used for screens. 1080p is around 2 megapixels, 4k is around 8 megapixels.