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Re:Why can’t you buy a good webcam? by mdre on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @07:03AM (#25505452)
That's UHD. 4K is defined as 4096px wide. But I guess the mass adoption of the term 4K in consumer electronics changed the definition.
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Re:Why can’t you buy a good webcam? by FireBeyond on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @06:16PM (#25512593)
That's DCI 4K.

Two groups have competing definitions. One isn't inherently correct.

I say this as someone who was "that guy" when it came to HD Radio: "It's not High Definition, it's Hybrid Digital!" even though that's exactly the confusion they were trying to encourage.

Arguing that this is misleading is a fool's errand, and only plays into things if you assume that the primary purpose of a "4K" screen somehow is inherently "to play back cinematic content", which... it's not.

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