Monitorz

[Esoteric]

Whats the difference between a 2k monitor, 4k monitor, 2560x1440 res monitor, and a 1080x1920?

Thanks :3

[kabLe]

I've never heard of 2k but a 4k monitor is basically super high definition and 2560x1440 and 1080x1920 are resolutions that your monitor can support.

 

For example if you got a 24" 4k monitor you would be getting a very high quality picture with a native resolution of 1080x1920 which basically is just how the graphics are presented to you. If you go lower than your native resolution everything on your monitor will look disproportionate and almost zoomed in with lower quality graphics where as at 1920x1080 is the native resolution so all the graphics on your screen would be correctly aligned and proportioned looking crisp.

[Banana Joe]

2k = 1920x1080 and 4k = 3840x2160. The 2560x1440 is just something inbetween I guess, idk if it's also called something else.

Also I'm assuming you mean 1920x1080 and not vice versa. Unless you turn your monitor around 90 degrees, I guess.

 

The 2k and 4k are just easier ways to talk about these resolutions. 4k is also called UHD(Ultra High Defintion)

 

The numbers, 1920x1080 and 3840x2160 are the amount of pixels. More pixels = better.

[Esoteric]

Got it, ty guys

[FLuiD]

Essentially, 2k and 4k refer to the amount of pixels a monitor has (These can make vast differences depending on the difference). When you give numbers such as 1080x1920, that is simply the amount of pixels. A 1080p monitor would have 1080 pixels vertically/along the y axis and 1920 pixels horizontally/along the x axis.

 

1080x1920 = 1080p ------ 2,073,600 pixels total

2560x1440 = 1440p ------ 3,686,400 pixels total

3840x2160 = 2160p (4k) ------ 8,294,400 pixels total

[Punky]

As you can see, 4k has 4 times as many pixels, thus the name 4k. I honestly have no idea why 2k is called 2k

 

the xK (where x is a number) simply stands for the amount of horizontal pixels (since we don't have exact 1000, 2000 pixels it's just rounded to the closest thousand), therefore 1920x1080 is 2k, 3840x2160 is 4k, and 1440p is simply 1440p unless you want to call it 2.5K so it represents 2560x1440. It's quite a common mistake to call 1440p 2k nowadays for some reason.

[FLuiD]

the xK (where x is a number) simply stands for the amount of horizontal pixels (since we don't have exact 1000, 2000 pixels it's just rounded to the closest thousand), therefore 1920x1080 is 2k, 3840x2160 is 4k, and 1440p is simply 1440p unless you want to call it 2.5K so it represents 2560x1440. It's quite a common mistake to call 1440p 2k nowadays for some reason.

 

I feel unbelievably stupid rn