On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:28:24 -0800 Brian Conrad wrote: > I get confused trying to figure out the new screen resolution > identifiers and worrying about them even working as filters on the > Market. Apparently the Market is the only place they work because they > don't with the emulators. Other than using it as a marketing gimmick > I'm not sure what a 1280x720p buys on a 7" display. It's a little like > putting 1080p on a 32" LCD.
I agree it's just so they can say HD screen, your eyes may be able to see the extra detail but you won't notice and your brain will fix any tiny pixelation. Similar to 10 megapixel cameras with a tiny lens just wasting space to sell. CRTs which are higher res than Full HD are only a couple of megapixels. Unfortunately IBM stopped developing the flat CRT. CRTs are Analog and therefore curved (better, real life) and so can work at any resolution, flat screens can't which is why cleartype in Win XP came about. The media has to match on digital screens to prevent pixelation as curveless means it has to guess where the pixel goes, so credits on a dvd look terrible on a 1080. P.s. I also think 4:3 is better than 16:9 as a square fits a round pupil better, if the media fit such as some of the footage in Imax Cinemas. I think that's more down to making hollywoods job easier over better, same as IBM ;-). Pixelation isn't a problem on small screens as your brain fixes the errors digital introduces, otherwise a standard would certainly be needed. It would be far better if there was only one HD. p.s. Internet HD is never large enough filesize to contain all that data and so likely can't suit any HD screen ;-). -- Kc -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
