I understand that screen resolution is the number of pixels measured horizontally and vertically. Then the size of the screen is used to calculate the PPI. But if my screen resolution is only 2796×1920, how would I be able to view any video in 4K?
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Video has 2 specs: The resolution it’s *recorded* in, and the resolution it’s *displayed* in.
The software that turns the 1’s and 0’s of a digital file recording into a pciture we can see on the screen has the ability to *scale* the picture to fit the display. It’s taking the full 4096×2160 4k source file recording, and reducing it down to the 2796×1920 display resolution of your screen.
You’re not actually seeing 4k video (2160p), you’re seeing 1920p, because that’s all your screen can display.
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