What is 1440p?
1440p is a newer resolution of high-definition television and movies, referring to the resolution of the picture itself. The number 1440 refers to the vertical resolution of the picture, indicating 1440 pixels in the vertical axis. This is understood to be combined with the standard 16:9 aspect ratio of high-definition television, indicating a horizontal resolution of 2560. This yields an overall pixel count of 3,686,400 pixels for a television in 1440p resolution, substantially higher than the 2,073,600 pixels found on a 1080p television. High-definition television dates back to the 1930s, although the televisions considered to be high-definition then would be considered rather low-definition today. It wasn’t until the 1960s, when the Japanese first began experimenting with truly high-definition color televisions, that high-definition TV became a real possibility. In the 1980s, the technology from these Japanese televisions began to make its way to the United States, where they immedi
