• Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzMEnglish
    61·
    4 months ago

    20 years ago was pre-bluray, so the most common video media was dvd with resolution of 720 × 480 (480p). So 720p was really good 20 years ago.

    • NekuSoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de
      61·
      4 months ago

      That, and monitor/TV size increased a lot at the time when flat panels became a thing, so you need a higher resolution just to achieve the same pixel density you already had on a smaller screen.

      • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzMEnglish
        21·
        4 months ago

        Well also the change to pixel based screens from CRTs meant that you needed higher resolution for the picture to look comparitively good.