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TWRoO on 17 September 2008
Roma said:
Hmm you know the interesting thing is compared too some animals the “resolution” we get too see is not that good. I don’t know if that makes since :P

So there is nothing that can show how things really are… but from a human perspective is what you want en answer too I guess… I don’t know…

True, like birds of prey, and big cats.

The only way to test this is to have a huge white screen, and a tiny red dot.... and move the screen closer until the person can see the dot.

Edit: seems this theory has been wronged already. Focusing, not resolution.



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Zucas on 17 September 2008

Life has no resolution. Which is why reality can never be achieved on a screen or a picture for that matter.



Chrizum on 17 September 2008

I don't know, but I do know that life has 1:1 motion controls!



leo-j on 17 September 2008
TWRoO said:
leo-j said:
There is no resolution ROFL

Comparable to real life?

Depends..

sometimes HD looks better than what it really is.

I will ask nicely.... can I put that in my sig?


@OP. When sober, I have no idea. When drunk, perhaps 12ppp (extra 'p's are extra progressing scan, so everything is a blur)

 

 

NO you cannot



 

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twilit on 17 September 2008

Real life has no resolution. Res is determined by the number of pixels across and down on a display screen. Real life has no pixels, nor is real life viewed by a display screen... :P



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Cougarman on 17 September 2008

i heard life doesn't have enough power to have super hd



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afree_account on 17 September 2008

The problem is, your eye is not a simple system.  It has much higher resolution at the center than surrounding it, which your mind compensates for by moving what you're looking at.  You can't simply read a page by taking a mental snapshot of it, your eyes have to follow the text.

 

Anyway, the best resolution of the eye is 0.3 arc-minutes (yes, it's measured in angles, not pixels).



vdoesntforgive on 17 September 2008
DTG said:

What is a comparable screen resolution to how we perceive the world with our own eyes? Is there any screen with an equal or higher resolution output then how we perceieve real life?
DTG said:

DEEPTHROAT GAMING

 

Man, I just lost the game.

 

Good job. I'll give you... an 8/10.



 

Retrasado on 17 September 2008

actually, since the human eye has approx 126000000 photoreceptor cells, that would be about 11225p if the viewing area was a square and the receptors were distributed equally.



Not trying to be a fanboy. Of course, it's hard when you own the best console eve... dang it

TWRoO on 17 September 2008
afree_account said:

The problem is, your eye is not a simple system.  It has much higher resolution at the center than surrounding it, which your mind compensates for by moving what you're looking at.  You can't simply read a page by taking a mental snapshot of it, your eyes have to follow the text.

 

Anyway, the best resolution of the eye is 0.3 arc-minutes (yes, it's measured in angles, not pixels).


If I remember correctly, 1 arc hour = 1 degree right?

If so 0.3 arc minutes is (1 degree/60)/3.33rec or 5X10^-3