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minus-squarekbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months ago4K 60hz is about 18GB/s and it’s being sent down a 1GB/s pipe typically when streamed. You’re not getting all the data. It’s really compressed to fit and the color space is usually set to 4:2:0 to again save bandwidth.
minus-squareZephyrXero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoBut you said 120hz
minus-squarekbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoso that would need twice the bandwidth of 60hz, meaning even more compression.
4K 60hz is about 18GB/s and it’s being sent down a 1GB/s pipe typically when streamed. You’re not getting all the data. It’s really compressed to fit and the color space is usually set to 4:2:0 to again save bandwidth.
But you said 120hz
so that would need twice the bandwidth of 60hz, meaning even more compression.