| Galaki said: Think about it. You have 50'' TV at 1080P and that's awesome. Now, you have a 10'' screen with twice the resolution. You're going to be able to tell the massive difference? |
Ugh, this argument makes me want to smash my face through a plate glass window.
You know what has a really shitty ppi (pixels per inch) resolution? A digital billboard. You know why it doesn't matter? Because you never get within 100 feet of a billboard.
You know why a 1080p resolution is just fine for a 50" television? Because you rarely get closer than 10 feet while watching it. Go ahead and stick your face 18" from your television and then tell me how fucking wonderful its resolution looks at that distance. It's utter shit but it doesn't matter because televisions are meant to be watched from a distance of several feet.
You hold a tablet ~18" from your face. Maybe 24". At that distance, the ppi has to be much higher or you'll see individual pixels. That's why the iPad's Retina Display matters (and as an iPad 2 owner who played with an iPad 3 last night, it most definitely is noticeable).
The "but my TV has a lower resolution than my tablet derp derp!" argument shows a gross misunderstanding of why higher ppi matters on some devices and not others.
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