# 4k resolution

**URL:** <https://forums.chaos.com/t/4k-resolution/164547>\
**Category:** Requests\
**Created:** [August 11, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/4k-resolution/164547 "2018-08-11T20:18:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![josephkim626](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/josephkim626/32/36608_2.png) [@josephkim626](https://forums.chaos.com/u/josephkim626)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/4k-resolution/164547/1 "2018-08-11T20:18:25Z")

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I personally find Enscape’s 4k resolution setting a bit confusing.

I would prefer to have ' **2160p’** or ‘ **UHD** ’ as the name, and have 3840x2160 pixels of resolution.

Enscape always had **720p** , HD (1280x720), and **1080p** , Full HD (1920x1080), and well received. They are both 16:9 ratio.

The logical next 16:9 resolution to support is, UHD (3840x2160). If you litterally double 1080p, it becomes 3840x2160.

But, instead, Enscape supports 4096x2160, named **4k** , which is 17:9 ratio.

If you do a bit of research in this, 4k is technically correct to have 4096x2160 as is a TV standard. But, is not used very much, especially in computer graphics and videos.

See YouTube’s settings as an example:

 ![pasted-from-clipboard.png](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/e/6/e6898709be4add6af9b104218e51de54244b5cff.png)

Consumer TV’s and computer monitors rarely have actual 4k, 4096x2160 as the native resolution.

Instead, they just market by saying 4k UHD, to confuse their consumers even more confused.

\*I don’t know why Enscape also decided to support 1024x768, as it is quite random, but less concerned about this.

I kindly suggest to include ‘2160p’ or ‘UHD’ (3840x2160), in the resolution option and keep current ‘4k’ if you want to be technically correct.

or,

Maybe you can overhaul the resolution settings to include setting the image ratio, and pick some standards from very useful image below:

[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Vector\_Video\_Standards8.svg/1920px-Vector\_Video\_Standards8.svg.png](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Vector_Video_Standards8.svg/1920px-Vector_Video_Standards8.svg.png)

And yes, I know, I can just set to ‘Custom’ and set resolution to 3840x2160. Just saving your keystrokes here 🙂

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**Author:** ![Micha](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/micha/32/59168_2.png) [@Micha](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Micha)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/4k-resolution/164547/2 "2018-08-12T02:17:11Z")

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+1

Also I missed at the 16:10 formats (1080/720) the 2560x1440 as a medium upper end output.

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Russam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/paul_russam/32/192589_2.png) [@Paul\_Russam](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Paul_Russam)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/4k-resolution/164547/3 "2018-08-12T08:43:42Z")

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I did the little Excel sheet to calc image sizes, you can change the ratio (16:10, 4:3 etc) and the steps it reduces the width by to calc the heights  
[Image Size.xlsx.zip](https://forums.chaos.com/uploads/short-url/fehrdWyBMes03qDBRWjAfCbqTsr.zip) (9.39 KB)

 ![Screen Shot 2018-08-12 at 09.42.01.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/f/4/f46c61cb87df6bb695d5831b3b107b0537449dd4.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Demian\_Gutberlet](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/demian_gutberlet/32/5_2.png) [@Demian\_Gutberlet](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Demian_Gutberlet)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/4k-resolution/164547/4 "2018-08-14T14:31:23Z")

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Hey @josephkim626 , your detailed request has been filed accordingly and @Micha , your voice added a further upvote already. 😉

Thank you very much for the feedback!

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**Author:** ![josephkim626](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/josephkim626/32/36608_2.png) [@josephkim626](https://forums.chaos.com/u/josephkim626)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/4k-resolution/164547/5 "2018-08-14T14:39:24Z")

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Lovely.

Thanks @Demian_Gutberlet