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.xyz
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    8 months ago

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

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      8 months ago

      It’s not though

      I agree the naming system is dumb, but it’s dumb because 2k is 2x 720p and 4k is 4x 1080p

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      8 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