eli5 if my monitor is 1080p why does 4k look better than 1080p videos?

Question

shouldn’t 1080p and 4k have no difference if my monitor is only capable of displaying 1080p

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Answer 1

literally there’s an ltt or tech quickie or some other lmg vidya on this. it’s the fact they compress the data more on the lower res stream of the vidyas. so while the monitor can only show x amount of pixels, each pixel will look better on the higher bit rate streams. or something like that. i dunno. watch the video.