The Playstation 4 Advantage. Can Gamers Tell The Difference Between 720p and 1080p?

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Chris Hu said:

the-pi-guy said:

 

No, they are both pretty much equally important.  

Stand 2000 feet away and it won't matter if its a 15" TV or a 75" TV.  

With computer monitors size probably doesn't make a huge difference since you usually sit very close to them but with TV's size makes a huge difference.  Plus with sets smaller then 32 inches you pretty much need to have perfect vision to see a noticable difference between 720p and 1080p regardless of viewing distance.

It's a simple linear scale. Double the tv size, or sit at half the distance, same difference.
SMPTE standard for 1080p recommends upto a 30 degree fov, with a 32" tv that means sitting at a mere 1.3m. Not that you can't see the difference from a bit further away. And eh, they're not blasting electrons in your eyes anymore, you can sit that close.

If you want to know how OR rift looks resolution wise, put your face 0.436 * diag away from the screen. You need to be near sighted or have a large screen to see how a 90 degree fov looks, 35cm from a 32" screen, or 57cm from a 52" screen.
(It's not the same though. Since the screen is flat sitting so close will give you a lower perceived resolution in the center than at the edges. OR uses optics to make the screen appear further away and invert the effect, pinching more pixels to the center of your vision)