Hello community, can someone please help me understand monitor resolution as far as what makes 3k,4k, and 5k resolution? Is there a single monitor that displays either resolution? Or is it that a number of 1080p monitors combine to create those resolutions? Would it just say 1080p on your desktop display properties or in a pc game video options menu? Or does it actually say 3k, 4k, or 5k res. somewhere? Thanks for the help folks. Take care all of you.
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thdarkshadow
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P stands for pixel. I'm not going to explain pixel it took me forever to explain that to a nerdy friend of mine so Google it. 2k is twice HD so it has twice as many pixels as HD which I believe is 720p but don't quote me on that. 4k is 4 times HD. Now 1080p means that there is 1080 vertical pixels. I assume since you are asking you are wanting to make a purchase. Don't worry you won't notice any difference between 1080 and higher only tech nerds and geeks who look at their PC all the time will care. Does that answer your question?
lunyone
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Well 4k resolution is just like having a lot more pixels for the same sized screen. So if you had a 50" TV with 1080p resolution (1920 x 1080 = 2,073,600 pixels) a similar 4k resolution 50" TV would be physically the same size, but the pixels in the the TV would be MUCH smaller, since your resolution would be at 3840 × 2160 (~8,294,400 pixels). This means that in the same square inch of the TV/Monitor you would have about 4 times more pixels in the 4k TV than the 1080p TV.
Novuake
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There is no 5K or 3K resolution.
Only 4K, and its just a stupid name, LOL.
Anyway, yes it would be on your monitors packaging or manual and if you set your monitor to auto in display manager, it will select the correct one and tell you which one it is set to.
First number is the horizontal amount of pixels, the second is the vertical pixel count.
1920*1080 is know as HD resolution. Its the most common and probably the best choice consider higher res prices.
2650*1600 is a much higher res without a name, I think some companies call is HD+ or SuperHD.
3840 × 2160 is Ultra HD. Which is massive pixel density. You do not really get them other than in SOME TVs that are VERY Expensive.
Something to remember is that the resolution goes up exponentially every time the number increase.
For example :
1920x1080 = 2,073,600 Pixels. So just over 2 million.
2560x1600 = 4,096,000 Pixels. So that's just over 4 million.
3840x2160 = 8,294,400 Pixels. 8.2 Million.
As you can see the pixels exponentially increase even though the actual numbers do not seem to.
What this means is that the more pixels you have the harder a Graphics processor has to work to display and refresh these pixels.
Here are some sources you can read through for more info.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_resolution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4K_resolution
Any questions?
Only 4K, and its just a stupid name, LOL.
Anyway, yes it would be on your monitors packaging or manual and if you set your monitor to auto in display manager, it will select the correct one and tell you which one it is set to.
First number is the horizontal amount of pixels, the second is the vertical pixel count.
1920*1080 is know as HD resolution. Its the most common and probably the best choice consider higher res prices.
2650*1600 is a much higher res without a name, I think some companies call is HD+ or SuperHD.
3840 × 2160 is Ultra HD. Which is massive pixel density. You do not really get them other than in SOME TVs that are VERY Expensive.
Something to remember is that the resolution goes up exponentially every time the number increase.
For example :
1920x1080 = 2,073,600 Pixels. So just over 2 million.
2560x1600 = 4,096,000 Pixels. So that's just over 4 million.
3840x2160 = 8,294,400 Pixels. 8.2 Million.
As you can see the pixels exponentially increase even though the actual numbers do not seem to.
What this means is that the more pixels you have the harder a Graphics processor has to work to display and refresh these pixels.
Here are some sources you can read through for more info.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_resolution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4K_resolution
Any questions?
leandrodafontoura
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Let me give a more detailed explanation. As said above, the resolution refers to the number of pixels on the screen. A monitor can display a variety of resolutions, wich you can choose at your Control Panel/System Preferences. More over, many full screen applications, games included, lets you choose the resolution at wich they will run, wich may be diferent from the resolution you use wehn viewing your Operational System.
Monitors nowadays are 1080P. This stands for 1920x1080. 4K is the evolution of that, but forget about this for the moment. You need at least a 42-inch screen in order to run 4K, you wont get this on PC monitors. Moreover, 4K content is non existent, apart of some extremelly rare youtube videos. This is the future, and by this I mean 2020.
LEts go back to the actuall resolutions you get nowadays. AS I said, a monitor can display custom resolutuions, but there are 2 that you gonna use more often:
1920x1080 (1080P)
1600x900
1280x720 (720P)
On a 22-inch monitor, at the right distance to your eye (an arm lengh), 1600x900 would be a great resolution. 1080P would make letters to small and 720P would make letters too big. On a 24-inch monitor, 1080P would be a great resolution. Either way, you may choose 720P while gaming in order to get better reading of whatever may need to be read. 720P is already a great gaming experience. Then again, you can totally game on 1080P if reading is non important.
Monitors nowadays are 1080P. This stands for 1920x1080. 4K is the evolution of that, but forget about this for the moment. You need at least a 42-inch screen in order to run 4K, you wont get this on PC monitors. Moreover, 4K content is non existent, apart of some extremelly rare youtube videos. This is the future, and by this I mean 2020.
LEts go back to the actuall resolutions you get nowadays. AS I said, a monitor can display custom resolutuions, but there are 2 that you gonna use more often:
1920x1080 (1080P)
1600x900
1280x720 (720P)
On a 22-inch monitor, at the right distance to your eye (an arm lengh), 1600x900 would be a great resolution. 1080P would make letters to small and 720P would make letters too big. On a 24-inch monitor, 1080P would be a great resolution. Either way, you may choose 720P while gaming in order to get better reading of whatever may need to be read. 720P is already a great gaming experience. Then again, you can totally game on 1080P if reading is non important.
computertech82
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Video mode Frame size in pixels (W×H) Pixels per image1 Scanning type Frame rate (Hz)
720p 1,280×720 921,600 Progressive 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, 60, 72
1080i 1,920×1,080 2,073,600 Interlaced 25 (50 fields/s), 29.97 (59.94 fields/s), 30 (60 fields/s)
1080p 1,920×1,080 2,073,600 Progressive 24 (23.976), 25, 30 (29.97), 50, 60 (59.94)
2000p 2,048×1,536 3,145,728 Progressive 24
2160p 3,840×2,160 8,294,400 Progressive 60, 120
2540p 4,520×2,540 11,480,800 Progressive
4000p 4,096×3,072 12,582,912 Progressive
4320p 7,680×4,320 33,177,600 Progressive 60, 120
720p 1,280×720 921,600 Progressive 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, 60, 72
1080i 1,920×1,080 2,073,600 Interlaced 25 (50 fields/s), 29.97 (59.94 fields/s), 30 (60 fields/s)
1080p 1,920×1,080 2,073,600 Progressive 24 (23.976), 25, 30 (29.97), 50, 60 (59.94)
2000p 2,048×1,536 3,145,728 Progressive 24
2160p 3,840×2,160 8,294,400 Progressive 60, 120
2540p 4,520×2,540 11,480,800 Progressive
4000p 4,096×3,072 12,582,912 Progressive
4320p 7,680×4,320 33,177,600 Progressive 60, 120
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