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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sandwich on November 02, 2003, 06:21:13 am
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/031029/241/5pisb.html&e=1&ncid=
:eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:
That means that a 1280x1024 (or 1280x960 for you purists) screen would be a mere 4.3"x3.4" / 10.8x8.6cm (4.3"x3.2" / 10.8x8.1cm with the 1280x960).
For comparison, most computer screens nowadays are somewhere between 60-100 ppi.
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That's remarkable! :eek2: Gee, you could make those things into digital photo albums with that kind of resolution. Stick one in your wallet. :)
Oh, and while we're on ridiculously small cool things: the Sony DSC-T1. 5 megapixels, 3x optical zoom... and it's the size of a credit-card, 9cm across (2cm deep). Damn...
And check out the size of the LCD... (http://www.dpreview.com/news/0310/sonydsct101-001.jpg)
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0310/03102202sonydsct1.asp
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Wow, I wouldn't mind one of them! Imagine the detail you could suddenly have on a 19 inch flatscreen with that tech! :eek:
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wohoa thats SO cool
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Feh, I'll be impressed when they make 300 inches per pixel, and not before.
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Sweet. :yes:
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Thunder - yeah, a 19 inch flatscreen with one of those:
"Hey, where's my start button? ~fetches magnifying glass~"
Nah, the only flatscreen I've got is obviously superior - it's on a very old laptop, 800x600 at 11.6 inches :p It'd seriously hurt my eyes otherwise.
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I'll be amazed when It's on my desktop. :p
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For the near-to-mid term, this technology is mostly going to be useful for VR equipment. Imagine having the equivalent of a 21-inch hi-res display floating in front of you.
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...nice...very nice...
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wow very nice indeed
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There seems to be a misconception among, well, everyone so far, that letters will continue to remain 1 pixel thick, interface elements will be remain similarly small... If this were going to be the case, then we'd also be seeing books with text printed in the smallest possible font size.
For those of you who have seen a Sony Clie, think about the pixels per inch that screen has. It's pretty high, and if they had regular-sized monitors with that ppi, you can rest assured that there will be new "hi-res" or "rich" interfaces coming out in furute OSes.
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I still think it's easier to just make the screen bigger for more resolution :p Looks better too.
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No, you're not getting it... with 300ppi, text on a regular-sized monitor could look as good as a printed page out of a book.
Now that's what I'm talking about! :nod:
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Originally posted by Sandwich
No, you're not getting it... with 300ppi, text on a regular-sized monitor could look as good as a printed page out of a book.
After 70 years of technological innovation, we're finally back where we started 400 years ago.
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cool
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Originally posted by WMCoolmon
After 70 years of technological innovation, we're finally back where we started 400 years ago.
When was the last time you played a kickass game on a book? :D
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Yesterday.
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*tags sandwirch*
your it! ;)
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My it? What about my it?
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Grammar rant:
You're = you are
Your = possessive
It's = it is
Its = possessive
Revelations != last book in the Bible
Revelation = last book in the Bible
Thank you for your time. ;)
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;7
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Originally posted by Setekh
Revelations != last book in the Bible
Revelation = last book in the Bible
hmm... I'll have to check that in the Hebrew. :p
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Originally posted by Sandwich
There seems to be a misconception among, well, everyone so far, that letters will continue to remain 1 pixel thick, interface elements will be remain similarly small... If this were going to be the case, then we'd also be seeing books with text printed in the smallest possible font size.
For those of you who have seen a Sony Clie, think about the pixels per inch that screen has. It's pretty high, and if they had regular-sized monitors with that ppi, you can rest assured that there will be new "hi-res" or "rich" interfaces coming out in furute OSes.
Trouble is though, the vast majority of the current crop of computer users are uneducated retards so when they start trying to do that it'll elicit cries of "GAY!!!11!!" or "THAT'S WEENIEFIED, I'LL NEVER USE IT!11!!" slowing take-up to an absolute crawl.
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I'm not following you.
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Originally posted by Sandwich
No, you're not getting it... with 300ppi, text on a regular-sized monitor could look as good as a printed page out of a book.
Now that's what I'm talking about! :nod:
fun fact: print resolution for professional digital print-outs actually is 300 dpi.
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i dont think that its quite the same thing...
screens vs paper?
nahhhhhhhhh..............
(or am i missing the point sandwich)
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Originally posted by Carl
fun fact: print resolution for professional digital print-outs actually is 300 dpi.
Uhm, yeah, exactly. I guess this was my bad that I assumed people were aware of this. Oops. :nervous:
Originally posted by Drew
i dont think that its quite the same thing...
screens vs paper?
nahhhhhhhhh..............
(or am i missing the point sandwich)
I think you're missing the point. Grab a high-quality printed sheet of paper. Look at the letters. Can you see the "pixels" each letter is composed of? Probably just barely. Most likely there are 300 of those "pixels" (points in print-speak) every inch - each one is 1/300th of an inch in size.
Now look at your computer screen. See the pixels? there are probably no more than 100-120 pixels per inch. You can see the stair-step effect on diagonal lines (aliasing), you can see the difference in quality between text in the Times New Roman font at 12 point on screen (looks like crap, to be honest), and that same text and size when printed (niiice).
Ok so far?
Now imagine that your computer screen was displaying everything it currently has on it at the same size (your browser window is 6 inches tall or so, etc), but it's using many many more pixels to display that same image. Fonts - even at 8 point - look smooth. Single-pixel diagonal lines of the past can now appear to be the same width, but actually be 3 pixels in width, allowing a much smoother blending of the line with its BG.
Et cetera, et cetera.
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oh ok....
cool :D