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A new study published in Nature by University of Cambridge researchers just dropped a pixelated bomb on the entire Ultra-HD market, but as anyone with myopia can tell you, if you take your glasses off, even SD still looks pretty good :)

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[–] pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Personal anecdote, moving from 1080p to 2k for my computer monitor is very noticeable for games

[–] nek0d3r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago

Even 4K is noticeable for monitors (but probably not much beyond that), but this is referring to TVs that you're watching from across the couch.

[–] olympicyes@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Isn’t 2k and 1080P basically the same thing?

[–] pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

1920x1080 vs 2560x1440

Not crazy higher but a noticeable increase

[–] Noja@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

It's not 2k, it's 2.5k

[–] stefenauris@pawb.social 3 points 2 days ago

2k is about double of 1080p and 4k is double of 2k

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah. They went from counting pixels by rows to columns. A 16:9 widescreen 1080 display is 1920×1080, and most manufacturers are happy to call 1920 "2K".

[–] pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 days ago

Ah yes, my 1920x1080 monitor with a resolution of 2560x1440

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Going down from 24" 2048x1152 to 27" 1920x1080 was an extremely noticeably change. Good god I loved that monitor things looked so crisp on it.