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[–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

What?! Was I so privileged to have a 720p CRT at the time? (ok well not literally 720p, but a higher resolution 4:3... 800x600)

... actually remembering it, it was probably well after 1998, but I have plenty of memories going, "mmmm, 800x600". maybe even more at 1024x768.

I only really started to understand what it all meant and how neat better resolution was with Unreal Tournament, so... definitely post 1999

[–] Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

800x600 is 600p. 720p is 1280x720

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

600p should be 1024 × 600 (WSVGA), perhaps someone also uses it for 800 × 600 (SVGA). In any case, nobody used that notation back in the day, that came in the 2000s with 720p.

[–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

In my defense it was 720i for a good while for tv signals ;P Also different aspect ratios than a lot of even excellent CRTs.