> because I definitely remember pixels being visible when I was growing up Was this on an LCD or CRT display? Because on a CRT, you can't really see the pixels

> because I definitely remember pixels being visible when I was growing up Was this on an LCD or CRT display? Because on a CRT, you can't really see the pixels [0] [1], so what you were seeing was probably the shadow mask instead [2]. You could definitely see the pixels on old LCD monitors though, and new LCD monitors too if you look really close, although even big LCD pixels aren't quite as prominent as the shadow mask is on a CRT. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-pixel_display https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-pixel_display [1]: https://alvyray.com/Memos/CG/Microsoft/6_pixel.pdf#page=8 https://alvyray.com/Memos/CG/Microsoft/6_pixel.pdf#page=8 [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_mask https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_mask