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Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago20 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 2 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 to achieve the same pixel density.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 2 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.