Quad HD for phones is an incorrect terminology...

[Snaeb_aka_Beans]

So I work in the phone industry and our reps always use the phrase Quad HD and I constantly have to correct them.  You cannot consider 720p as HD anymore, so Quad HD is 3840x2160 not 2560x1440...

 

[Timopomer]

So I work in the phone industry and our reps always use the phrase Quad HD and I constantly have to correct them.  You cannot consider 720p as HD anymore, so Quad HD is 3840x2160 not 2560x1440...

actually its simply the NAME for the resolution - the meaning doesnt matter in that case

 

"hd" is 720p

and "FullHD" is 1800p

 

you can argue 1440p isnt "high definition" but that doesnt matter at all

[NeatSquidYT]

Quad HD is 2560x1440 and 720P is still HD, even if it is bad. Stop being ignorant.

[Snaeb_aka_Beans]

Quad HD is 2560x1440 and 720P is still HD, even if it is bad. Stop being ignorant.

I can barely game at 1080p, looks very very fuzzy with my UD590, 720p is pixelated that I cannot watch content below 1080p, so how is that HD?

[NeatSquidYT]

I can barely game at 1080p, looks very very fuzzy with my UD590, 720p is pixelated that I cannot watch content below 1080p, so how is that HD?

That's not what the term means. Just becuase it doesn't look nice doesn't mean it is no longer categorised in a category that IT'S ALWAYS BEEN IN.

[EpicallyEvil]

I can barely game at 1080p, looks very very fuzzy with my UD590, 720p is pixelated that I cannot watch content below 1080p, so how is that HD?

Wait, So your telling me that the current most used res is 'fuzzy' for you? I use a 720P TV in my bedroom for Sky and Xbox and that looks great. Of course, Yes its not pin point quality like 1080P/1440P but it still looks decent

[Glenwing]

I can barely game at 1080p, looks very very fuzzy with my UD590, 720p is pixelated that I cannot watch content below 1080p, so how is that HD?

 

It's HD by definition. HD is the name of the resolution. 1920x1200 is WUXGA by definition and the W still stands for widescreen by definition even if you don't consider it to be "widescreen" anymore with the advent of 21:9 monitors.

 

Also, the "fuzziness" of a display doesn't depend on resolution alone, it's a factor of resolution, size, and distance. 720p doesn't have an absolute sharpness or lack of sharpness to it. If you put it on a 60" TV it's going to look a lot fuzzier than the same resolution on a 4.3" phone from the same distance, but not if you held the phone up to your face and looked at the TV from 10 meters away.

 

Also, lower resolutions look fuzzy on your UD590 because they aren't the native resolution and thus are subjected to interpolation. It doesn't matter that they are exact fractions of 3840x2160, they are still interpolated.

[Snaeb_aka_Beans]

It's HD by definition. HD is the name of the resolution. 1920x1200 is WUXGA by definition and the W still stands for widescreen by definition even if you don't consider it to be "widescreen" anymore with the advent of 21:9 monitors.

 

Also, the "fuzziness" of a display doesn't depend on resolution alone, it's a factor of resolution, size, and distance. 720p doesn't have an absolute sharpness or lack of sharpness to it. If you put it on a 60" TV it's going to look a lot fuzzier than the same resolution on a 4.3" phone from the same distance, but not if you held the phone up to your face and looked at the TV from 10 meters away.

 

Also, lower resolutions look fuzzy on your UD590 because they aren't the native resolution and thus are subjected to interpolation. It doesn't matter that they are exact fractions of 3840x2160, they are still interpolated.

Oh gotcha, that explains why my gf's 1440p monitor looks better then mine at 1440p