"FULL HD" Monitors

[vlad321]

Senlis said:

jefforange89 said:

Senlis said:
I think Vlad's original point was the ambiguity of the word 'HD'. What does high imply in definition? The name itself doesn't specify anything and is just a marketing term to make products sound good. That, and a lot of consumers don't even know what it means beyond "picture looks better".

This.

I can remember when my friend had just gotten his Blackberry.

"Oh, the screen is so great, it's HD quality!"

When obviously, it was probably barely SD.

lol, I would be surprised if it was 640 x 480, being so small.

The funny thing is that PC has had what many people have considered "HD quality" for a long time, if not the resolutions.  CRT monitors had much higher clarity than SDTVs.

They also had LCDs first. The first OLEDs too, then some years later I'll be hearing "ZOMFG! OLEDS ARE THE SHIT!"