Comcast says it represents a 10 Gigabit cable internet network they are building (it doesn’t exist) so they are basically changing the meaning of the g from generation to gig to act like 10g is 5 generations better (or twice as fast)…or that they have a 10 gigabit network. Neither is accurate. It’s still just cable internet that people have to use because they have no other option.

Fuck Comcast.

I read online they are abandoning the “confusing” 10g branding but I just saw a commercial for it. They think all of their customers are morons and count on folks having no other choices in a lot of cases.

Apologies to anyone outside the United States, this is just complaining about our poor internet options and deceptive advertising by greedy corporations.

  • soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    94·
    10 months ago

    I like to call 1440 “4k” as well because it’s 4 times bigger than 720. Stupid fucking naming system

    • accideath@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      10 months ago

      4K refers to the horizontal resolution of the video, not how much larger than FullHD it is.

      Also 1440p is sometimes called QHD (Quad HD) because it’s 4x 720p aka HD

      The correct naming scheme btw, if you don’t subscribe to bad marketing:

      640x480 = SD (NTSC)

      768x576 = SD (PAL)

      1280x720 = HD

      1920x1080 = FullHD/FHD

      2048x1080 = DCI 2K

      2560x1440 = QuadHD/QHD

      3840x2160 = UHD

      4096x2160 = DCI 4K

      7680x4320= UHD2

      • accideath@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        The K refers to horizontal resolution though. The Resolution used for cinema are 2048x1080 aka DCI 4K and 4096x2160 aka DCI 4K. TV manufacturers thought it would be fun to market UHD aka 3840x2160 as 4K, which it isn’t. It‘d be 3.8K if you’d have to label it like that.