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2k usually refers to 1080p no? The k is the approximate horizontal resolution, so 1920x1080 is definitely 2k enough.

by icegreentea2 2y ago

antisthenes 2y ago
2k Usually refers to 2560x1440. 1920x1080 is 1080p. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but that's how it is.
- ortusdux 2y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2K_resolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2K_resolution
  - nightski 2y ago
    That's amusing because I think almost everyone I know confuses it with 1440p. I've never heard of 2k being used for 1080p before.
  - Retric 2y ago
    “In consumer products, 2560 × 1440 (1440p) is sometimes referred to as 2K,[13] but it and similar formats are more traditionally categorized as 2.5K resolutions.”
- seritools 2y ago
  1440p is colloquially referred to as 2.5K, not 2K.
  - vundercind 2y ago
    It'd be pretty weird if it were called 2k. 1080p is in an absolute sense or as a relative "distance" to the next-lowest thousand closer to 2k pixels of width than 4k is to 4k (both are under, of course, but one's under by 80 pixels, one by 160). It's got a much better claim to the label 2k than 1440p does, and arguably a somewhat better claim to 2k than 4k has to 4k. [EDIT] I mean, of course, 1080p's also not typically called that, yet another resolution is, but labeling 1440p 2k is especially far off.
    - mkl 2y ago
      You are misunderstanding. 1080p, 1440p, 2160p refer to the number of rows of pixels, and those terms come from broadcast television and computing (the p is progressive, vs i for interlaced). 4k, 2k refer to the number of columns of pixels, and those terms come from cinema and visual effects (and originally means 4096 and 2048 pixels wide). That means 1920×1080 is both 2k and 1080p, 2560×1440 is both 2.5k and 1440p, and 3840×2160 is both 4k and 2160p.
      - vundercind 2y ago
        > You are misunderstanding. 1080p, 1440p, 2160p refer to the number of rows of pixels > (the p is progressive, vs i for interlaced) > 4k, 2k refer to the number of columns of pixels > 2560×1440 is both 2.5k and 1440p, and 3840×2160 is both 4k and 2160p. These parts I did not misunderstand. > and those terms come from cinema and visual effects (and originally means 4096 and 2048 pixels wide) OK that part I didn't know, or at least had forgotten—which are effectively the same thing, either way. > 1920×1080 is both 2k and 1080p Wikipedia suggests that in this particular case (unlike with 4k) application of "2k" to resolutions other than the original cinema resolution (2048x1080) is unusual; moreover, I was responding to a commenter's usage of "2k" as synonymous with "1440p", which seemed especially odd to me.
  - nemomarx 2y ago
    I have never seen 2.5k used in the wild (gamer forums etc) so it can't be that colloquial.
  - 71bw 2y ago
    I've never seen "2.5K" used colloquially and I see "2K" used everywhere all the time.
layer8 2y ago
Actual use is inconsistent. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2K_resolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2K_resolution: “In consumer products, 2560 × 1440 (1440p) is sometimes referred to as 2K, but it and similar formats are more traditionally categorized as 2.5K resolutions.” “2K” is used to denote WQHD often enough, whereas 1080p is usually called that, if not “FHD”. “2K” being used to denote resolutions lower than WQHD is really only a thing for the 2048 cinema resolutions, not for FHD.
- declan_roberts 2y ago
  TIL

2k usually refers to 1080p no? The k is the approximate horizontal resolution, so 1920x1080 is definitely 2k enough.

antisthenes 2y ago

2k Usually refers to 2560x1440. 1920x1080 is 1080p. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but that's how it is.

ortusdux 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2K_resolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2K_resolution
- nightski 2y ago
  That's amusing because I think almost everyone I know confuses it with 1440p. I've never heard of 2k being used for 1080p before.
- Retric 2y ago
  “In consumer products, 2560 × 1440 (1440p) is sometimes referred to as 2K,[13] but it and similar formats are more traditionally categorized as 2.5K resolutions.”
seritools 2y ago
1440p is colloquially referred to as 2.5K, not 2K.
- vundercind 2y ago
  It'd be pretty weird if it were called 2k. 1080p is in an absolute sense or as a relative "distance" to the next-lowest thousand closer to 2k pixels of width than 4k is to 4k (both are under, of course, but one's under by 80 pixels, one by 160). It's got a much better claim to the label 2k than 1440p does, and arguably a somewhat better claim to 2k than 4k has to 4k. [EDIT] I mean, of course, 1080p's also not typically called that, yet another resolution is, but labeling 1440p 2k is especially far off.
  - mkl 2y ago
    You are misunderstanding. 1080p, 1440p, 2160p refer to the number of rows of pixels, and those terms come from broadcast television and computing (the p is progressive, vs i for interlaced). 4k, 2k refer to the number of columns of pixels, and those terms come from cinema and visual effects (and originally means 4096 and 2048 pixels wide). That means 1920×1080 is both 2k and 1080p, 2560×1440 is both 2.5k and 1440p, and 3840×2160 is both 4k and 2160p.
    - vundercind 2y ago
      > You are misunderstanding. 1080p, 1440p, 2160p refer to the number of rows of pixels > (the p is progressive, vs i for interlaced) > 4k, 2k refer to the number of columns of pixels > 2560×1440 is both 2.5k and 1440p, and 3840×2160 is both 4k and 2160p. These parts I did not misunderstand. > and those terms come from cinema and visual effects (and originally means 4096 and 2048 pixels wide) OK that part I didn't know, or at least had forgotten—which are effectively the same thing, either way. > 1920×1080 is both 2k and 1080p Wikipedia suggests that in this particular case (unlike with 4k) application of "2k" to resolutions other than the original cinema resolution (2048x1080) is unusual; moreover, I was responding to a commenter's usage of "2k" as synonymous with "1440p", which seemed especially odd to me.
- nemomarx 2y ago
  I have never seen 2.5k used in the wild (gamer forums etc) so it can't be that colloquial.
- 71bw 2y ago
  I've never seen "2.5K" used colloquially and I see "2K" used everywhere all the time.

layer8 2y ago

Actual use is inconsistent. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2K_resolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2K_resolution: “In consumer products, 2560 × 1440 (1440p) is sometimes referred to as 2K, but it and similar formats are more traditionally categorized as 2.5K resolutions.” “2K” is used to denote WQHD often enough, whereas 1080p is usually called that, if not “FHD”. “2K” being used to denote resolutions lower than WQHD is really only a thing for the 2048 cinema resolutions, not for FHD.

declan_roberts 2y ago
TIL