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The resolution is also used in portable devices. In September 2012, Samsung announced the Series 9 WQHD laptop with a 13-inch 2560 × 1440 display. [19] In August 2013, LG announced a 5.5-inch QHD smartphone display, which was used in the LG G3. [20] In October 2013 Vivo announced a smartphone with a 2560 × 1440 display. [21]
Early 1440p computer displays became commonly available in 2010. Dell's UltraSharp U2711 monitor was released in 2010 as WQHD, with a 1440p widescreen. [1] The 27-inch Apple LED Cinema Display released in 2010 also had a native resolution of 2560 × 1440, as did the Apple Thunderbolt Display which was sold from July 2011 to June 2016.
In November 2013, YouTube began to use the VP9 video compression standard, saying that it was more suitable for 4K than High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC). Google, which owns YouTube, developed VP9. [78] Theaters began projecting movies at 4K resolution in 2011. [80] Sony was offering 4K projectors as early as 2004. [81]
"21:9" ("twenty-one by nine" or "twenty-one to nine") is a consumer electronics (CE) marketing term to describe the ultrawide aspect ratio of 64:27 (2. 370:1 or 21. 3:9), designed to show films recorded in CinemaScope and equivalent modern anamorphic formats.