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When I was a kid I identified old TV shows because they were black and white... (lemmy.world)
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These days, kids identify them by the aspect ratio.

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[–] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

... or how blurry the image is (SD vs HD).

[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean 4k vs HD, right?

[–] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Radio vs TV for Boomers

B&W vs Color for Gen X

SD vs HD would be Millenials

4K vs HD for Zoomers

[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m late gen X so that doesn’t fly.

[–] drz@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm a millennial and I can't really tell the difference between SD and HD. Do you mean like when YouTube switches to 360p instead of 1080?

[–] Clarke311@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just FYI. Ultra HD is 4k Full HD is 1080p (2k) HD is720p (1k) SD is 480p

[–] godofpainTR@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I recall some people calling 1440p 2K and it really grinds my gears

[–] bufordt@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a big problem for stuff that was originally shot on video. Old stuff shot on film can look pretty good when digitized.

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

But then you also have that very specific window of time when a lot of stuff especially SFX was done on video that can't be upscaled. Babylon 5 fans weep.