

Compare 4K against all the available consumer video resolutions.

The 4k resolution has approximately 2700% more pixels than standard television and 450% more than HDTV. It’s sometimes referred to as ‘Quad HD’ because it has four times as much resolution as 1080p HD. YouTube and the television industry have adopted UHD-1 as its 4K standard.ĤK resolution is 4,096 pixels across.

In television and consumer media, 4K UHD or UHD-1 is the dominant 4K standard. In the movie projection industry, Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) is the dominant 4K standard. Several 4K resolutions exist in the fields of digital television and digital cinematography. 4K video resolution, also called 4K or Ultra HD or UHD, refers to a display device or content having a horizontal resolution on the order of 4,000 pixels.
