• Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzMEnglish
      51·
      2 months ago

      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.

      • NekuSoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de
        51·
        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 just to achieve the same pixel density you already had on a smaller screen.

        • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzMEnglish
          21·
          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.

    • XTL@sopuli.xyz
      2·
      2 months ago

      It was not. 30 years ago, it would have been very good, though, as a lot of media was still SD.