Why is HD 1080p? | Nostalgia Nerd

Support the channel at https://www.patreon.com/nostalgianerd / Grab my book (affiliate) https://nnerd.me/GadgetsGizmos ~ Screen resolutions have changed a lot over the years. We started out with a set number of horiztonal lines with early television, before jumping to digital and onto HD, but why oh why is HD 1080p? Why is that the resolution we settled for on both TV and computer? ⌚Timings⌚ 00:00-00:24 Introduction 00:24-00:48 Nerd Stuff 00:48-04:45 Early TV resolutions 04:45-08:25 Early Computer resolutions 08:25-16:58 HDTV 16:58-18:22 HDTV meets Computer 18:22-20:32 The 1080p Proposal 20:32-20:58 Credits 🔗Video Links🔗 Sony CRT: youtube.com/watch?v=SCVa-Vu1C5g CCIR Recommendations 1982: https://search.itu.int/history/HistoryDigitalCollectionDocLibrary/4.281.43.en.1013.pdf XVIth CCIR Plenary Assembly: https://search.itu.int/history/HistoryDigitalCollectionDocLibrary/4.282.57.en.100.pdf Study Group 11 Conclusions: https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-r/opb/hdb/R-HDB-11-1989-PDF-E.pdf BT.709-6 HDTV Standards: https://www.itu.int/dms_pubrec/itu-r/rec/bt/R-REC-BT.709-6-201506-I!!PDF-E.pdf SMPTE Standard: http://car.france3.mars.free.fr/HD/INA-%2026%20jan%2006/SMPTE%20normes%20et%20confs/s240m.pdf CCIR Recommendations 1992: https://www.itu.int/dms_pubrec/itu-r/rec/bt/R-REC-BT.601-3-199209-S!!PDF-E.pdf HDTV Development Europe: https://tech.ebu.ch/docs/techreview/trev_311-wood_hdtv.pdf Rec 601 Peter Rainger Interview: https://tech.ebu.ch/docs/techreview/trev_304-rec601_rainger.pdf Rec 601 Chris Clarke BBC: https://tech.ebu.ch/docs/techreview/trev_304-rec601_bbc.pdf EU "Route map to HD": https://tech.ebu.ch/docs/tech/tech3298.pdf HDTV Overview: https://www.itu.int/net/ITU-R/information/docs/flyers/hdtv-25th-anniversary-en.pdf CCIR 1978 Recommendations: https://search.itu.int/history/HistoryDigitalCollectionDocLibrary/4.280.43.en.1011.pdf Origins of 4:2:2 DTV Standard: https://tech.ebu.ch/docs/techreview/trev_304-rec601_wood.pdf "Present State of HD TV": https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-r/opb/rep/R-REP-BT.801-4-1990-PDF-E.pdf HDTV Harmonization: https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-r/opb/rep/R-REP-BT.2003-1994-PDF-E.pdf King's Quest: https://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2015/10/advantages-of-160x200-16-color.html Jill of the Jungle: https://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2013/10/320x200-resolution-of-choice-for-ibm-pc.html 🏆 Support 🏆 Support my channel, get exclusive videos & perks, as well as an ad and sponsor free experience at https://www.patreon.com/nostalgianerd from just $1 🏪 NN Shop & Affiliate Links! 🏪 My eBay Shop: https://nnerd.es/NerdShop (Now Re-open!) My Retro Tech book: http://nnerd.me/HVFtSB (2nd edition is out!) Desk Shelves for Retro Computers: http://nnerd.me/RetroShelves (Because you're worth it) 🍻 Share/Like 🍻 If you wish to share this video in forums, social media, on your website, or ANYWHERE else, please do so! It helps tremendously with the channel! Also, giving a thumb up or down also helps with visibility on Youtube. Many thanks! 📟 Subcribe 📟 Click to Subscribe: https://nnerd.es/2K4TYvX 📱 Join me on Social Media 📱 🐥 http://www.twitter.com/nostalnerd 🎮 http://www.twitch.tv/nostalgianerd 👱🏼📘 http://www.facebook.com/nostalnerd 📸 http://www.instagram.com/nostalgianerd 🌍 http://www.nostalgianerd.com 🎥 Equipment 🎥 Panasonic Lumix G5 Rode NT-1 Mic Corel Video Studio Ultimate 2020 Corel Paint Shop Pro 2020 📜 Resources 📜 In video links and references are provided where possible. If you believe I have forgotten to attribute anything, please let me know (drop me an email via. the about page on Youtube or send me a tweet), so I can add it here. Apologies if I have missed anything out, it takes time to make these videos and therefore it can be easy to forget things or make a mistake. Errors and omissions excepted. Some material in this video may be used under Fair Dealing / Fair Use. Where under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 (UK: Sections 29 and 30 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988), allowance is made for purposes including parody, quotation, criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, education and research. Fair Dealing / Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.