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Dear God,

I hope they sack this "journalist" quickly.

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[–] CybranM@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Calling 3840x2160 "4k" makes sense since 3840 is so close.
On a different note sometimes I've heard people call 2560x1440 for "2k" but neither 2560 nor 1440p are close to 2k so that makes little sense to me

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

1920x1080 is closer to 2K if anything.

[–] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] kindenough@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Heh, I never knew this and I am tech savy. TIL.

[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I think people call 1440p 2k because they know 4k exists and associate 1080p with 1k.