Should i record in 1080p or QHD

[Marcus637]

Should i record in 1080p or QHD on my Note 9 and how much more does QHD take up storage.

 

[Rukbat]

First - are you going to be watching on a big screen (like a 60" TV), or on the phone. Most people (statistics say 98%-99%) can't tell the difference between 1080 and QHD - QHD is only twice as many pixels (hence, about twice the storage space - it varies according to the picture) as 1080, so taking up twice the amount of storage for something you can't see makes no sense.

If you can see moth Mizar and Alcor as separate stars (the ext to the last "star" in the handle of the Big Dipper) and then resolve Mizar as a double star, you'll easily tell the difference between 1080 and QHD on a 5: screen. (But you'll be able to read a newspaper from about 10 feet or more). So normally, for video that you';re going to see on the phone, 1080 is fine. (even 720 isn't that bad.) But if you're going to watch it on a 4K (or 8k) large screen TV, the higher the resolution of the video the better. (If you're going to watch it on a TV that tops out at 1080, it's going to show a QHD video as 1080 anyway, so it makes no sense to record it in QHD.)

 

[Nakrohtap]

1080p at 60fps is also a good choice. About twice the file size of 30fps 1080p, obviously.

 

[Mooncatt]

If you plan to do video editing, recording at the highest resolution would also give you the ability to crop/zoom more without losing too much quality.

 

[Fred98TJ]

If you plan to do video editing, recording at the highest resolution would also give you the ability to crop/zoom more without losing too much quality.

And “future proof” your videos for sometime later when you get that large 4K tv

 

[TabGuy]

I have a 70" 4K TV and can't tell the difference between 1080p and 4k. I say don't waste the space.

 

[Jimmy Le1]

1080P .. Standart HD ..
Good enough to watch on any sreen ..

 

[Nostromo79]

One of the dubious perks of aging is that even upscaled DVDs look great, to my eyes, on a (now) three year old Samsung HD TV.

 

[DARK Vader777]

little bit of both. Depends on what you want to record and later watch it on.
1080p the most.
But will use other formats at significant functions.