Re:Relativty – An open-source VR headset
by gorkish on Thursday September 10, 2020 @12:01PM
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2K was/is a real specification that defined and used in digital cinema well before consumer TV's got near to these resolutions.
DCI specifies a few 2k resolutions based on aspect ratio: 2048x1080/24 full Frame, 2048x858/24 for Scope, and 1998x1080 for Flat. Basically any crop of the full frame image with either the maximum width or height is still 2K.
There's probably not a lot of value in beating that dead horse anyway; I have a sneaking suspicion this is all just a typo. Most devices containing a display like this are usually digital cameras or imaging instruments which almost always market the raw pixel count ahead of screen resolution. This is probably generally advertised and specified as a 2MP display not a 2K display.
DCI specifies a few 2k resolutions based on aspect ratio: 2048x1080/24 full Frame, 2048x858/24 for Scope, and 1998x1080 for Flat. Basically any crop of the full frame image with either the maximum width or height is still 2K.
There's probably not a lot of value in beating that dead horse anyway; I have a sneaking suspicion this is all just a typo. Most devices containing a display like this are usually digital cameras or imaging instruments which almost always market the raw pixel count ahead of screen resolution. This is probably generally advertised and specified as a 2MP display not a 2K display.