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What "HD craze" was there from 2015-2020?


"HD" as a marketing buzzterm for products where "High Definition" technically doesn't make sense. Like adding 2.0 everywhere.


The only example of that I can remember was "HD sunglasses" but I don't recall that ever being a widespread fad. I only saw people ever joke about that.

HD as far as I ever saw it used generally referred to 720p and soon after 1080p. Which is a pretty objective, non-marketing definition. And the timeframe of 2015-2020 seems way off. 1080p was pretty standard by like 2010. YouTube started streaming 4K in 2010.


> HD as far as I ever saw it used generally referred to 720p and soon after 1080p.

I remember stuff like "HD" whitening toothpaste, HD flashlights, and HD radio


HD GIFs, most likely.




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