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Quest: Media Resolution — What’s The Best Bang for the Buck?
I’ve seen this asked a few times on r/OculusQuest. What resolution offers the best picture with the best file size on the Quest? What is the best bang for the buck? It isn’t a simple answer; but we’re going to try to find the answer here together.
How much is too much?
Everyone knows that media encoded in resolutions that are higher than the target display often result in a waste of storage space and could even impact the quality of the picture. If you have a 1080p TV, it makes very little sense to purchase 4k content, right?
Likewise, if you’re watching video on your phone — even if you can display 2k or 4k video, would 1080p or even 720p look just as good (or good enough) to save you a bunch of data on your mobile plan? Valuable storage space on your SD card?
Analysis of Video
The Oculus Quest — our target display in question — has a resolution of 1440 x 1600 per eye. Let’s compare that with common video resolutions.
Hmmm…. The Oculus Quest doesn’t match any of these. From a horizontal number, we’re talking less than…
