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by rorrr 14y ago

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ScottBurson 14y ago
But the Retina MBP is already past that resolution on a 15" screen (2880x1800). If "Retina" means 2x the standard resolution, we'd need 24" monitors at 3840x2400 and 27" monitors at 5120x2880. I wonder if even Thunderbolt could drive that.
- rorrr 14y ago
  These screens are insanely expensive, and wouldn't make much sense. Nobody is looking at 27" monitors from such a small distance to distinguish between retina and simply good resolution. Plus, I don't think there are affordable video cards to drive resolutions like 5120x2880.
  - ScottBurson 14y ago
    Well, you make a good point. For comparison, my 17" MBP is at 133 ppi (1920x1200), while the base 15" is 110 ppi, and so the Retina 15" is 220 ppi. If you wanted the 17" screen to be around 220 ppi, you could go with 3072x1920, which would noticeably easier to make and to drive than 3840x2400. Given that full-size screens are usually viewed from farther away than laptop screens, I think it's fair to offer this as a "Retina" resolution for a 24" 8:5 screen. Similarly, the 27" 16:9 screen could come in at maybe 3584x2016.
- pooriaazimi 14y ago
  > I wonder if even Thunderbolt could drive that. It can't. http://www.marco.org/2012/06/22/predicting-mac-desktops http://www.marco.org/2012/06/22/predicting-mac-desktops "" - If a 27” Retina Display is a “2X” version of the current panel, that’s a 5120x2880 panel — running that at 60 Hz requires more bandwidth (over 21 Gbps for 24-bit color) than Thunderbolt offers today (up to two 10 Gbps channels).""

by rorrr 14y ago

ScottBurson 14y ago

But the Retina MBP is already past that resolution on a 15" screen (2880x1800). If "Retina" means 2x the standard resolution, we'd need 24" monitors at 3840x2400 and 27" monitors at 5120x2880. I wonder if even Thunderbolt could drive that.

rorrr 14y ago
These screens are insanely expensive, and wouldn't make much sense. Nobody is looking at 27" monitors from such a small distance to distinguish between retina and simply good resolution. Plus, I don't think there are affordable video cards to drive resolutions like 5120x2880.
- ScottBurson 14y ago
  Well, you make a good point. For comparison, my 17" MBP is at 133 ppi (1920x1200), while the base 15" is 110 ppi, and so the Retina 15" is 220 ppi. If you wanted the 17" screen to be around 220 ppi, you could go with 3072x1920, which would noticeably easier to make and to drive than 3840x2400. Given that full-size screens are usually viewed from farther away than laptop screens, I think it's fair to offer this as a "Retina" resolution for a 24" 8:5 screen. Similarly, the 27" 16:9 screen could come in at maybe 3584x2016.
pooriaazimi 14y ago
> I wonder if even Thunderbolt could drive that. It can't. http://www.marco.org/2012/06/22/predicting-mac-desktops http://www.marco.org/2012/06/22/predicting-mac-desktops "" - If a 27” Retina Display is a “2X” version of the current panel, that’s a 5120x2880 panel — running that at 60 Hz requires more bandwidth (over 21 Gbps for 24-bit color) than Thunderbolt offers today (up to two 10 Gbps channels).""