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To the question of how much resolution is enough, my answer is: can you see the pixels when you approach your eyeball to the screen? If yes, then resolution can
by NewEntryHN 8y ago
To the question of how much resolution is enough, my answer is: can you see the pixels when you approach your eyeball to the screen? If yes, then resolution can be improved. If no, then there is no need for more pixels. On modern big television (e.g. > 45in) then the resolution required to pass this limit is well, well beyond 8K.
You can argue that because you look at the screen from a distance this criteria is irrelevant, but there are all sorts of discussions and argument about perception of clarity and whatnots which makes calculations based on distance hard to defend properly. The only way to be sure is to be unable to perceive pixels even if it's right in front of your eyeball. Like actual things in life.
I'm convinced resolution will improve until this limit is reached, as it should.
- cryptonector 8y agoNo, it should not. No one puts their eyeball to the screen under any normal circumstance. And each additional pixel has implications for bandwidth. Bandwidth is a limited commodity. I don't want my internet bandwidth reduced by your desire to watch TV from less than an inch away.
- koala_man 8y agoDo you think your internet would be faster right now if no one had ever managed to make video streaming work? I think it's quite the opposite.
- ezconnect 8y agoWe need smaller pixels because the next gen tv will be a millimeter away from your eyeballs
- cryptonector 8y agoYes, we need smaller pixels for that, but that doesn't mean we need more than 4k.
- jobigoud 8y agoEyeballs close to the screen everyday: VR.
- cryptonector 8y agoNow we're talking about the angle each pixel subtends, so the size of each pixel given different screen placement distances. This does not mean we need more than 4k, just that we need smaller pixels for screens that are meant to be held closer to the eyes.
- setr 8y agoThats essentially what apple’s “retina display” definition is, isn’t it? Assuming whatever reasonable distance, a minimum ppi that doesn’t allow seeing individual pixels, gives you the apple line’s retina screens (I forget the actual numbers they use)
- jobigoud 8y agoWhat GP is saying is that there is no minimal reasonable distance, just like in real life. I would say the minimal reasonable distance is the minimal focus distance of a single eye, a few centimeters.
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