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.
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MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 4 days agoY’all just picky. 720 was fine 20 years ago and it’s fine now.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 4 days ago
That, and monitor/TV size increased a lot at the time when flat panels became a thing, so you need a higher resolution to achieve the same pixel density.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
Well also the change to pixel based screens from CRTs meant that you needed higher resolution for the picture to look comparitively good.
XTL@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
It was not. 30 years ago, it would have been very good, though, as a lot of media was still SD.
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Black and white TV was fine 60 years ago and it’s fine now