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You may have heard of 1080p / 1440p if not 4k (especially tvs or televisions) and so on, but I decided to lay it out to make it easier or as easy for people to understand.

480 x 360 ---------- .48k ------------ 360p

640 x 480 ---------- .64k ------------ 480p

1280 x 720 -------- 1.28k ----------- 720p

1920 x 1080 ------ 1.92k (2k) ----- 1080p ----- not true 2k

2560 x 1440 ------ 2.56k (2.5k) -- 1440p ----- true 2.5k

3840 x 2160 ------ 3.84k (4k) ---- 2160p ----- not true 4k

5120 x 2880 ----- 5.12k (5k) ----- 2880p ----- true 5k

7680 x 4320 ----- 7.68k (8k) ----- 4320p ----- 7.5k or true 7.5k to me personally, but definitely not true 8k if you were to put it in the 8k realm...

"True" is another term as well... 3840 x 2160 is technically (3.84k and not 4k so it's "truly" not "4k" at that point). 3.84k is very common though and rounds up to 4k.

4096 x 2160 - 4k (over 4k or true 4k not 3.84k or under 4k) - 2160p

True 4k is 4096 x 2160 to me personally.

7680 x 4320 - to me this is 7.5k not 8k since it rounds down closer to 7.5k than up to 8k (over / under - 7.75k - 7,750)

True 8k would be 8,000 or above 8,000.

Left side is where you get 2k, 2.5k, 4k, 5k, and/or 8k. Right side is where you get 1080p, 1440p, 2160p, 2880p, and/or 4320p.

2k (1080p)

2.5k (1440p)

4k (2160p)

5k (2880p)

8k (4320p)

This does not include wide screens or it would be basically a 3.5k (widescreen) type situation going or something else like that.

Let me know if I got something wrong. Also it's never perfect (basically), but this shows a wide range at least to me personally.

I should let the 7.5k go though before I go into full geek if not full nerd or both being... Grandmaster G/N (Geek / Nerd) combo...

It's just not worth it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcn2eq0iSX4

It's "True 7.5k" (7680x4320) to me though.

You may have heard of 1080p / 1440p if not 4k (especially tvs or televisions) and so on, but I decided to lay it out to make it easier or as easy for people to understand. 480 x 360 ---------- .48k ------------ 360p 640 x 480 ---------- .64k ------------ 480p 1280 x 720 -------- 1.28k ----------- 720p 1920 x 1080 ------ 1.92k (2k) ----- 1080p ----- not true 2k 2560 x 1440 ------ 2.56k (2.5k) -- 1440p ----- true 2.5k 3840 x 2160 ------ 3.84k (4k) ---- 2160p ----- not true 4k 5120 x 2880 ----- 5.12k (5k) ----- 2880p ----- true 5k 7680 x 4320 ----- 7.68k (8k) ----- 4320p ----- 7.5k or true 7.5k to me personally, but definitely not true 8k if you were to put it in the 8k realm... ----- "True" is another term as well... 3840 x 2160 is technically (3.84k and not 4k so it's "truly" not "4k" at that point). 3.84k is very common though and rounds up to 4k. 4096 x 2160 - 4k (over 4k or true 4k not 3.84k or under 4k) - 2160p True 4k is 4096 x 2160 to me personally. ----- 7680 x 4320 - to me this is 7.5k not 8k since it rounds down closer to 7.5k than up to 8k (over / under - 7.75k - 7,750) True 8k would be 8,000 or above 8,000. ----- Left side is where you get 2k, 2.5k, 4k, 5k, and/or 8k. Right side is where you get 1080p, 1440p, 2160p, 2880p, and/or 4320p. 2k (1080p) 2.5k (1440p) 4k (2160p) 5k (2880p) 8k (4320p) ----- This does not include wide screens or it would be basically a 3.5k (widescreen) type situation going or something else like that. Let me know if I got something wrong. Also it's never perfect (basically), but this shows a wide range at least to me personally. ----- I should let the 7.5k go though before I go into full geek if not full nerd or both being... Grandmaster G/N (Geek / Nerd) combo... It's just not worth it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcn2eq0iSX4 ----- It's "True 7.5k" (7680x4320) to me though.

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640 x 480 is my new-years resolution

[–] • 2 pts

Great write up!

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Wow never realized that was how it worked

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1080p / 1440p / 4k in many situations is just marketing.

If you really want to ruin someones day.

Change 4k (2160p) to 2k... 3840 x 2160 (use the right number) - 2k - they will think 1920 x 1080, but that's now 1k (1920 x 1080) - right number again.

7.5k/8k (4320p) becomes 4.5k (round up from 4320) - right side number again or 7680 x "4320" - 4.5k monitor.

since each k is 1,000 - 1,000 pixels = 1k pixels

1920 x 1080 - 2k x 1k

3840 x 2160 - 4k x 2k

7680 x 4320 - 7.5k or 8k x 4k or 4.5k (depending if you round up or round down to the nearest 500 or 1000).

buddy almost got shot this way though...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIgcVg-_cw4

4k monitor vs 4.5k monitor vs 1080p monitor... really to just fuck with someones day.

3840 x 2160 - 4k monitor (3840 - rounded up to 4,000 or 4k)

7680 x 4320 - switch to the number on the right (4320 rounded up to 4,500 or 4.5k) - 4.5k monitor

1920 x 1080 - then switch back to 1080"p" or 1080p - 1080p monitor

They could all be said this way (even if just "technically") and have it be correct, but it's extremely confusing to most people is what it is though nonetheless.

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Not true this, not true that. Next thing you'll tell me is that my 1 terabyte drive doesnt have 1024 gigabytes of storage room!

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960 GB type stuff or whatever plus other parts are used if not 1024 (completely 1024 GB) gigabytes or true 1024 gigabyte - 1 terabyte hard drives.

Exabyte hard drives and zettabyte hard drives. It's a major problem. This one guy was trying to sell me a 700 exabyte hard drive as a zettabyte hard drive.

I just said I'm yotta (yottabyte) here at that point.

but true what you said.

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Damn, when my printer won't print, I know who to call !

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I can't stand regular paper printers. There's so many drivers for printers alone and even the same company basically has a different one for each printer if not a bunch of printers within in a group, but the company has drivers for all of them alone and even then they still act up or something isn't working very well.

paper printers are terrible. I think mine has a USB and I think that's the way standard paper printers should go or something should be that way at least since I don't want to hassle with it every time I want to print and such.

My 3D printer works just fine if I hook up a USB and tell it what to print. Makes me want to do that with a regular paper printer and not to deal and/or hassle with anything alone at that point.