In my opinion 1920x1080 should be the baseline "standard definition" nowadays.
this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2026
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the bitrate of yt 720p sucks
I remember when youtube basically only had one format and I'm pretty sure it was 240p lol.
I still watch 360p on my phone lol.
Which is generally fine on such a small screen.
Why is screen size important in this context? Sure, my TV is much bigger than my phone, but it is also multiple meters away. Considering the part those screens take up of my field of view, I'd say my phone is 'effectively bigger' than my TV.
Technology advances, something is cutting edge, then the standard, then outdated.
Literally never
Do I remember? I'm fucking 60, I remember everything y'all ask about and much more. I remember when my 16" 1024 X 768 monitor died and I rushed to Staples before they closed to pay $400 for a 14" monitor, which was as much as I could afford at that moment. But, how far back do you want to go? MS-DOS 2.0 on a 12" amber monitor (I didn't like green)? I was there.
My current "big" TV is a 1920 X 1080 14-year-old 55" Toshiba dumb TV.
I got a 27" 4K monitor a few months ago, when my old monitor died. I have my second, old 1920 x 1080 monitor next to it. Yes, I can tell the difference, but only in text, not in video.
I wouldn't mind having a 100" OLED 4K TV, but for two things. I don't want to pay for it, but I would pay for it, except I'm afraid it would die in a couple of years, because my experience has been that new appliances are crap. So, I'll just stick with my old TV, and be happy that it's much better than my 27" Sharp CRT it replaced.
Now excuse me while I go look at new TVs.
If its not sports or something where you're watching a tiny subject on the screen, there is no reason for more than 720p.
Pepperidge Farms about to start needing regular colonoscopies. 👀
1080p is now standard 4k is high definition Anything above 4k is overkill unless youre talking extremely large screens, bitrate, or VR applications
But you need 4k so that you can see the peach fuzz on a female character to fuel an incel rant.
Also, if you didn't spend a months wages on a monitor and game at less than 60fps you might as well poke your eyes out.