Ongoing Discussion 4K and 5K? What are they really....

[Gremlich]

Why is the 4K or 5K monitor "category" measured horizontally instead of vertically like all the other monitors?

 

What you say? A 4K monitor's dimension, in pixels, is 3,840x2,160, so, compared to the other monitor measuring convention naming, it is really just a 2,160p monitor.

 

By using the "4K" method, a 1080p monitor is therefore a 2K monitor because the horizontal resolution is 1,920. How about a 1920x1200p monitor, still 2K? (ripoff!) Likewise a 2,560x1440p monitor should be a 2.7K (3K?) monitor.

 

So, the question is this - is Hype the reason behind calling a 2,160p monitor 4K or is this the new convention for measuring the pixel density on a monitor?

[Minted]

I've also wondered that in the past. Certainly 4k is a good selling point over 2k.

 

Interestingly YouTube have got it right by listing their 4k vids as 2160p .

 

 

p.s CIG need to show us some more 2160p love!

[Mercer]

It had me in a bundle of confusion* too, I was testing games in 1080p downsampled from 4k. At first, I was like, 'wait, so this is... 4 times bigger than presumably 1k? wait. OHHHHHHH. okay.'

 

*confusion in this context refers to the weirdness and inconsistency of this here human race

[warlord5366]

Its called 4k, not because 4k sounds better than 2160p, but because 4k serves to say marketing ploy

"4k is 4 times more pixal than 1080p" 

 

See the catch phrase?

 

thats all to it.

[Wolfwyrd]

The 4k moniker is a hold over from cinema. 4k is the name of the DCI format - the dimensions are 4096 x 2160. Another DCI format was 2k (2048x1080). So why do we call it 4k? Because Cinema terminology went mainstream.

[Zepheris]

And I remember the 8K TV demo's, who could fit a 85" TV in their house though?

 

I have three 2560x1440 monitors does that make me an 11k ?

[Gremlich]

And I remember the 8K TV demo's, who could fit a 85" TV in their house though?

 

I have three 2560x1440 monitors does that make me an 11k ?

Yes, yes it does. But don't let the Cult of Mac hear you say it - they have 5K monitors now.