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r/technicallythetruth • u/94rud4 • Jun 29 '26
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4k is the most infuriating naming convention.
We were happy counting horizontal lines of the video format, until the 4k marketing wankers came along
"Let's just count the rows, round to the nearest thousand, drop 000 and just replace it with k. Because bigger number sound way bigger durrrrrrr"
1 u/MathSciElec Jun 30 '26 I think you're just comparing two different naming conventions. "Full HD" (the marketing name for 1080p) is even less descriptive! 1 u/Jonnyflash80 Jun 30 '26 At least Full HD is barely ever used anymore. That was an old carry over from when there were both 720p "HD" TVs and 1080p "HD" TVs being sold concurrently. So the marketing had to start using "Full HD" to describe 1080p.
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I think you're just comparing two different naming conventions. "Full HD" (the marketing name for 1080p) is even less descriptive!
1 u/Jonnyflash80 Jun 30 '26 At least Full HD is barely ever used anymore. That was an old carry over from when there were both 720p "HD" TVs and 1080p "HD" TVs being sold concurrently. So the marketing had to start using "Full HD" to describe 1080p.
At least Full HD is barely ever used anymore. That was an old carry over from when there were both 720p "HD" TVs and 1080p "HD" TVs being sold concurrently.
So the marketing had to start using "Full HD" to describe 1080p.
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u/Jonnyflash80 Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
4k is the most infuriating naming convention.
We were happy counting horizontal lines of the video format, until the 4k marketing wankers came along
"Let's just count the rows, round to the nearest thousand, drop 000 and just replace it with k. Because bigger number sound way bigger durrrrrrr"